Week of October 13^th and 15^th: The beginning of clay

During Class on October 13^th, we had a quick discussion with Noemi, our TA. Since Dr. Johnson was away, she led our class in a discussion about our assigned readings. We talked about how we could discuss the problems of the environment in class, along with how we would handle such topics as homelessness. As we discussed I thought about how I would personally handle such topics, and I concluded that the best way I could help was by always having supplies in my room for those of my students who did not have basic resources such as food, clothing, and cleaning supplies such as towels and soap. After discussion, Noemi quickly discussed what we would be doing in class next period (clays) before letting us out.

In class on October 15^th we started working on our clay project. We were given the parameters of creating whatever we wanted, as long as we used either the wheel or coil method. I started off the first day just tinkering around with the clay and getting used to the feel and build of the clay. The wheels filled up quickly, and quite honestly I was too lazy to start coiling. So I spent most of the class period flatting the air bubbles out of the clay and making random shapes out of my pieces. However, by the end of class I decided that I was going to try to make something with both methods.