workshops with the three year olds

the three year olds are making hands.
They roll out the clay and then Debbie traces around the shape of their hand. They then smooth the edges of the hand before they paint it. The hands will be going around the border of the mosaic.
After the children make the hands, Debbie takes them home to dry them. She also paints their names on them in the evening after the first coats of underglaze have had a chance to dry a little.



The hands are painted with underglazes. These are colours which can be painted onto clay before the glaze goes on. The hands will be left to dry for a week and then will be put into a kiln for a bisque firing. They will be fired to a temperature of 1000 degrees centrigrade. Then they will be painted with glaze and fired again. This time to 1070 degrees. The glaze will make the colours bight and the surface shiny.