２００４年１２月３１日 星期五 晴

December 13th，2004.Friday，fine

This afternoon， we paid a visit to the Ceramic Sculpture Art Center.

After we visited all the exhibition rooms， it was time for us to practice making soft pottery. Mr. Zhang gave each of us a bag of clay， a toothpick and a red rope， He said to us， “ The clay has different colors. It has strong plasticity. The more you pinch it， the softer it will be. It can’t be hardened unless the temperature is over 120 degrees centigrade. What’s more ， it is not poisonous. It’ s safe for you to use. Youcan make all kinds of decorations and give them to your relatives of friends as presents. Ok， let’s begin!” As soon as the teacher finished saying， we got down to our business. Some made little pearls， some made little vases， and some made little animals. All of us were trying our best to show our talent.

What I made was a little man. The first step was to make the head. I made a ball with yellow clay. Then I made the eyebrows with black clay and the mouth with red clay. After I put the eyebrows and the mouth on the ball， I shaped the nose and the ears with my fingers. The work for the head was done in this way. I was not satisfied with it， because I didn’t think it was very beautiful. Suddenly， a good idea came to me. I made a hat， which had three colors. After putting on the hat， the little man looked much lovelier. However， I had to make a coat for the little man. I chose black clay and brown clay as material. First of all ，I made a cuboid with black clay and connected it with the head. Then I made several small balls with white clay as buttons. After that， I made two sticks with brow clay and pressed it on the clothes. They were sleeves. In this way， the upper part of the body was accomplished. Next， I made the trousers with red clay and green clay. So far ，the little man was finished at last. But there was still on step left. I put the little man in the oven and baked it for a moment. When I took it out ，it had become hard. Until then， the task was successfully completed.

On the way home， I watched the lovely little man constantly. I was so pleased， and I was so proud of my works!

2004年12月31日 星期五 晴

今天下午，學校組織我們班的同學去陶塑中心參觀和實習，同學們非常高興，因為其中有一個節目就是我們可以親自做軟陶，于是同學們迫不爭待地趕到了陶塑中心。

在參觀完所有展廳后，我們便可以親自做軟陶了，只見教我們的張老師發給了同學們一人一袋軟陶、一根牙簽和一條紅繩。他對我們講：“軟陶色彩豐富，可塑性化的效果。它要在120至150度之間加溫即能變硬成形。還有軟陶不像橡皮泥那樣有毒，它是安全無毒的。而且通過自己親手精心制作而成的各種發飾、胸飾、鑰匙鏈、相框等物品，可以送給你的親朋好友。下面你們就開始做軟陶吧！”老師一說完，同學們就開始做起來了。有的做小珠子，有的做小花瓶，有的做小動物等等，同學們都盡力地展現著自己的才華。

我做的是一個小人。我先從頭做起。把黃色的軟陶揉成球，用黑色和紅色貼上眉毛、眼睛和嘴巴，再用手捏出鼻子和耳朵，這個小人頭的工作就這樣做完了。我想一個光頭不好看，還得加一個帽子。于是我用紅、綠、蘭三種顏色搓成條，疊在一起，揉成球，捏成帽子形狀，蓋在小人的頭上，這樣小人就可愛多了。接下來是為小人做衣服，我選擇了黑色和棕色的“衣料”為他“縫制”，首先，我把黑色捏成方塊和頭連接在一起，然后再用白色的小球為衣服貼上幾個扣子。接著是做袖子，我把棕色的軟陶搓成條，按在衣服上，這樣，上身就做好了。此后，我便以相同的工序用紅和綠色軟陶為小人做了了褲子。至此，我的小人做好褲子。至此，我的小人總算完成了，但是別忘了還有最后一道工序就是把小人在烤箱烤一會兒，然后拿出來以后，它就變硬了。

在回家的路上，我不住地看著他可愛的模樣，心里美滋滋的，我為我的作品驕傲，我為我的作品自豪。