Exploring Materials: Clay
Clay is a natural material that can be shaped and transformed. When wet, it’s soft and easy to mold, but it hardens when fired in a kiln or left to dry. For those without a kiln, air-dry clay offers a simple way to build an understanding of how clay behaves, and over time, how skills can build to create objects which transform.
Find resources below which inspire and enable this playful exploration, together with more involved projects to further develop skills.
EXPLORE CLAY...
Handpicked resources to help inspire an exploration of Clay
How to Clay Play
Exploring Materials: Clay and Water
Develop skills...
Be inspired by these projects to help develop skills and experience
Quick Clay Figurative Sketches
Fruit-Inspired Clay Tiles
Inspired by Japanese Ceramics
