Making a clay head or a lot of clay heads is fairly easy.
There are three basic stages:
1. Forming the clay 2.decorating, glazing 3. Firing.
Forming the clay developes small moter skills. Decorating with a brush promotes
hand to eye coordination. Firing completes the process and makes the clay permenant.
The creation of human heads with clay has a very long history. A good example can be founnd at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York, USA. The “Spout in the form of a
man's head”, Parthian; A.D. 1st2nd century,Iran, iron, mica, glaze; H. 20.9 cm.; 11 3/8 inches.
You can see it @
www.metmuseum.org
