1. Pinch Pots!
Mr. Canfield
Campbell County Middle School

2.  Form: A three-dimensional object having volume
and thickness.
 Color: Comes from the three primaries and black
and white. They have three properties – hue,
value, and intensity.
 Texture: The tactile qualities of a surface (actual)
or to the visual representation of such surface
qualities (implied).

3.  Unity: Achieved when the parts of a work of
art are perceived as harmonious, giving the
work a sense of completion.
 Emphasis: The created center of interest, the
place in an artwork where your eye first lands

4. Japanese Tea Bowl is a teacup with no
handle!

5.  Used during “social events”
 The bowl creates a connection between host
and guest
 As bowls are used over time, they change and
mature
 Bowls are given poetic names by the artists
who makes them
 Their name is written on a custom-made
wooden box that holds the bowl

6.  Tea Bowls is “Chawan” in Japanese
 They are available in a wide range of sizes
and styles.
 Different styles are used for thick and thin
tea.
 Shallow bowls, which allow the tea to cool
rapidly, are used in summer
 Deep bowls are used in winter

7.  Bowls over four hundred years old are in use
today, but only on unusually special
occasions.
 The best bowls are thrown by hand, and
some bowls are extremely valuable through
the pinching technique.
 Irregularities and imperfections are prized:
they are often featured as the "front" of the
bowl.

8.  Some Tea Bowls are created on pottery
wheels.
 These bowls are symmetrically balanced.

9.  Beside using a wheel, Japanese artists would
use a “pinching” technique to make a Tea
Bowl.
 These bowls are more organic and unique!

10.  Tea Bowls today are created on the wheel in
bulk
 These bowls can be purchased inexpensively
 Some bowls are actually made to look like
they were done with the pinching technique,
yet actually on the wheel

11.  Chawan (Tea Bowls) created by Japan’s most
famous potters can be worth hundreds to
thousands of dollars
 They inscribe their names on the bottom
 Price goes even higher!

12.  Roll a ball of clay – bigger the ball, bigger the
bowl
 Press thumb in the middle of the ball
 Between thumb and pointy finger, pinch the walls
up as your working around in a spiral.

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14.  To complete your soon-to-be Tea Bowl, add
a coil base.
 Roll a piece of clay like a worm, leaving it a
little thick.
 Wrap around to make it look like a bracelet
 Wet the top of the circular coil or “bracelet”
and place pot on it.
 Smear the coil and pot together where it
connects.

15.  How will you design your Japanese Tea Bowl?
 Will your Tea Bowl have decorations?
 Will your Tea Bowl have different colors?
Before using clay, let’s design our Tea Bowl!
Grab a piece of paper and sketch out how you
want your bowl to look! Color it!
Get Creative!