Middle School Blue Willow Story Plates

An intricate landscape theme

A lyrical abstract design

Asian characters

An elegant bird

Working from a sketch

Adding blue color to the plates

Middle School students learned about the history of Blue Willow Story Plates. They listened to The Willow Pattern Story by Allan Drummond and looked at an example of that plate design. Then, working on a paper plate with blue Sharpies they designed their own plate pattern keeping in mind the original design features while creating an original central image.