Air-dry Clay experiment

Two fifth grade classes had the chance to experiment with air dry clay. Throughout the process we ran into a few problems and had to problem solve and be very flexible in order to build our gargoyles. The first problem we ran into was the fact that the clay dries solid in less than a week. We realized that we had to finish each part completely in one class in order to create a successful gargoyle. The second problem we ran into was creating the two separate parts, the head and the body so that they would fit together when they were dry. We used coil building for the body and used a pinch pot for the head. We also discovered that if each piece wasn't connected using the slip and score process the pieces broke off very easily. Hot glue worked best to glue the broken pieces back on. When the pieces were dry we used tempera paints to add color and personality to our gargoyles. Check some of the gargoyles out!

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