Clay Matters: A Go-To Guide for Ceramics Teachers and Students (All About Clay: Ceramics Resource Books for Teachers and Students)

CLAY MATTERS: A Go-To Guide for Ceramics Teachers and Students
by Tracy Fortune

Are you a new-ish ceramics teacher looking for insights into working with clay that will help you be a better teacher? Are you an experience teacher that wants student-friendly material to share with your students?
Clay Matters covers everything from getting started with clay, to firing and reclaiming clay. There are ideas, tips, descriptions, and step-by-step instructions for clay-forming techniques, glazing, and decorating methods, as well as suggestions for delving into the creative process. Eye-catching pages with lots of diagrams and images give this resource broad appeal. Teachers, ceramists, and students, from novice to experienced, will love owning this handy resource. There are lots of student-friendly pages that teachers can incorporate into their lessons and more in-depth pages to help teachers and advanced students broaden their knowledge.

Length: 100 pages
Audience: Art/Ceramics Teachers and their Students

This book is organized into chapters, each one focusing on a different aspect of teaching and learning about ceramics. The resource includes chapters on Preparing & Joining Clay, Clay Forming Methods and Decorating & Finishing and Using the Creative Process for Idea Development.

ALL ABOUT CLAY SERIES: 1. “Clay Inspirations: 125 Technique Based Challenges to Spark Your Imagination” is technique-based, with chapters on Pinch Pots, Coil, Slab, Melted Glass, and Extruder Techniques and has lots of images to inspire students and artists. Formats: digital/paperback
2. “Functional Clay Inspirations: 100 Functional Ceramic Challenges to Spark Your Imagination” has over 100 functional artwork ideas and contains lots of inspiring images by students and professional artists. Formats: digital/paperback
3. “Sculptural Clay Inspirations: 100’s of Ceramic Artwork Ideas Organized by Theme/Subject” is packed full of inspiring sculpture ideas by students and professional artists categorized by commonly used themes in art. Formats: digital/paperback
4. “The All About Clay Student Handbook with Chapter Review Questions” is a ceramics textbook type guide with lots of great information to help students learn the basics of clay techniques, vocabulary, tools and more. It includes chapter review questions and ceramics puzzles. Formats: digital/paperback
5. “Speaking of Clay: A Vocabulary Resource for Ceramics Teachers and Students” is packed full of definitions, illustrations, images and descriptions giving insights into a wide variety of ceramics terms. Formats: digital/paperback
6. “Clay Matters: A Go-To Guide for Ceramics Teachers and Students” gives ideas, tips, descriptions and step-by-step instructions for clay-forming techniques, glazing and decorating methods, as well as suggestions for delving into the creative process. Formats: digital/paperback
7. “Clay Studio Tips: Over 100 Practical and Creative Ideas for the Ceramics Studio or Classroom” has lots of tips for organizing, glazing, decorating, cleaning, and teaching ceramics. Format: digital
8. “Cold Finishes for Ceramics” includes information and photos about exciting media options for decorating artworks that do not need a kiln. Format: digital

Tracy Fortune is an author, artist and art educator who has taught art and ceramics for over 30 years. She is a National Board Certified Teacher and has worked at the elementary, middle and high school levels.

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