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Without cleanup facilities, it does sound like plasticine or something like it would work best. My 2 cents, though, is that many types of plasticine are actually not that malleable--small hands (even 10 year olds') and older hands (like mine, and I'm not that old!) might have trouble. So test out some samples to make sure you've got something soft enough. Another thought--I'm not particularly germ-phobic, and am not in favor of antibacterials, but you might need to think about a way of sanitizing in between uses.
Sarah
On Jan 8, 2013, at 4:00 PM, Stein, Emily wrote:
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> Thanks everyone for your responses so far! To give some further background, this is going to be a short, self-guided activity (10 min) geared towards teens and families (primary audience 10-18 years). It kind of builds upon the idea of piecing together fragments, but instead visitors will actually visualize and sculpt a complete pot from a few sherds and some reference images. The clay will be re-used throughout the day every time a new visitor walks up to the activity station. They'll be able to take a picture of their pot for posterity and share it with other visitors. We don't have readily accessible sinks in the space where the activity will be, so the less mess the better.
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> Hey Emily,
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> I've posted this to my facebook account to see if any of my archy friends/colleagues have ideas. Someone said "The Fernbank Museum of Natural History outside Atlanta has a very cool interactive for kids with broken pottery pieces, but not the sculpting aspect. Might be a cool thing to "build" upon though." Another person (who works for the Smithsonian) asked what the age of the intended audience/user is?
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> I'll send you any more suggestions/questions. Seems like you've gotten quite a few responses already, very cool!
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> Briana
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> Hello all -
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> I work in education at the Smithsonian NMNH. I am developing a hands-on activity centered on reconstructing a piece of pottery from potsherds. Visitors will analyze the shape and size of fragments, then try to recreate the pot with a sculpting material, such as clay, to better visualize what the pot looked like. Has anyone had experience with a similar type of activity? What materials did visitors use to sculpt their pot? I thought that a non-drying modeling clay like Plasticine would work well. Please let me know if you have any recommendations for materials.
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> Thank you!
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> Emily Stein
> Office of Education and Outreach
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