Watch and follow the video for step by step instructions on how to make your own Giraffe. You may use air dried clay for this project if you do not have access to a kiln. You may then paint the piece with water based acrylic paints. For best results wait 24 hours for the clay to dry before you paint.

For this project I used:

Potters clay

yellow, orange and dark blue colored slip

A small cocktail stick to use as a tool

For my lessons I always have a finished piece to show the children. I let them have a good look and feel and we discuss how the piece can be constructed.

The Giraffe is made with coils (sausages) shaped over an upside down pinch pot. We paint the raw clay straight away using colored slip. I then glaze the pieces to give them a nice bright shiny finish

Below are the Giraffes made by a small group that came to my home lesson. Notice what a difference the glaze makes!

I just love the character of the pieces and look forward to trying this project with a larger class.

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