This clip is an introduction to working with clay. It covers preparing the clay, common tools and equipment, methods of construction (pinch, coil, slab, mold, sculpt, and wheel), and surface treatment (applique, impressing, incising, slipping, and burnishing). As an overview, it is intended to supplement specific instruction.
The following terms are applied: Wedging, Homogeneous, extrude, die, casting, sprig mold, representational, sgraffito, inlay, centrifugal.