Emily Myers - Potter

Learning Outcomes

Pupils should be able to:

• Record the process of throwing a pot.
• Make a collection of pottery of different styles, tactile qualities and type of manufacture.
• Use IT and other methods to research the different shapes, patterns, colours and decorations used in pottery in different parts of the world and across time.
• Use IT to research Islamic architecture. How do pupils think Emily’s pottery has been influenced by Islamic architecture?
• Select and record observations and ideas from their research, observation and imagination, using a sketchbook. Experiment with ideas for a pot, considering its purpose.
• Design and make a coil pot. Experiment using hands and different tools.
• Experiment by pressing objects into clay to make patterns and impressions.
• Understand and appreciate the work of a potter such as Emily Myers.