Saturday, November 20, 2010

K/1s Draw Community Workers


Adding color and details


Coloring the trash collector

The K/1s are each studying a specific community worker in the classroom. In art class they are drawing their worker, adding details to help identify what they do, and then painting their worker's environment.

K-3 Students Glaze Their Bowls


Glazing the motorcycle on the bowl's rim!


Concentrating on color selection


Covering the outside


Sharing the blue glaze

The students waited patiently for their clay bowls to be bisque fired and then went to work carefully applying glaze which will give the bowls color and a glass-like finish after the next and final firing.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Middle School Builds Bowls


Throwing on the wheels


Working with a large slab


Building up the sides

Each student in the school is making a clay bowl that will be used to raise money for Joseph's House at our Empty Bowls Event in December. The middle school students work on the wheel as well as hand building with slabs, coils, pinching, or a combination of any or all techniques.

2/3s Make Bowls


Working on the edges


Adding small details


Scoring the surface so the clay sticks together

Each student in the school is making a clay bowl that will be used to raise money for Joseph's House at our Empty Bowls Event in December. Here the 2/3s are at working on their unique designs.

K/1s Work on Clay Bowls


Getting the clay flat


Concentrating on the slab

Each student in the school is making a clay bowl that will be used to raise money for Joseph's House at our Empty Bowls Event in December. Here the K/1s are at work rolling out slabs.