Wedging dragon eye

Hey guys miss warren here today i'm going to talk to you about how to get started with Clay, we are making clay dragon eyes in my class Texture is our focus for our element of art And we're going to be adding An eye to the at the end of the dragon as well So the first thing i'm going to be giving y'all is you will have a bag And I will ask you to put your name on where the white part is you're going to keep your clay Inside the bag when you're not using it, so it doesn't dry out If it uh, if you're going to be storing it over the weekend You're going to wrap it in a wet paper towel before you put it away and make sure the bag is closed Well, so it doesn't dry out now I already kind of started on this and when I give you fresh clay you do not have to do the next step Um, but since I started on this and I want to start over i'm going to show you all how to wedge so, um When you get your clay out of the bag, you always want your clay on a tray. I have clay boards in my classroom So keep your clay On the tray. Let me get this a little bit closer to me is the rule as we are working So i'm going to get my clay out And I kind of part started but I want to start over And if it's getting a little bit dry At every table i'll have a bowl of slip and you can rub a little bit of slip anywhere. It's cracking To keep it moist So i'm going to wedge wedging is to mix up your clay and make sure there's no air bubbles in it If you start over you're going to wedge, but if you um Or have fresh clay you don't need to wedge. So i'm mixing up the clay. I'm not Making it flat as a pancake i'm putting it into a rock shape and i'm turning and firmly kind of tossing into the clay board Notice that i'm not lifting it super high. You don't need to lift it super high. You're just kind of firmly pressing it Into the clay board as you turn it now notice one of the reasons i'm staying on the clay board is If I were to do this on the table, it would stick to the table If the surface is slick the clay will stick so you want to do this about 40 times turn toss turn toss keep it in a rock shape. We don't want to pancake it out yet This will help us mix Our piece now if we have a huge piece Like larger than a piece of rock here. This is about a little bit smaller than a baseball fits in my hand But if you had a large piece you would wedge like kind of like kneading dough Um, but this is how you wedge a small piece of clay the turn and toss method Until it's nice and mixed Okay, so i'm going to go ahead and stop the video here since we've now seen how to wedge And then i'm going to continue with another video on how to get started with the clay dragon eye