After reflecting on the good fortune of our community members to have enough to eat each day, and how they can help others who may be less food secure, the kindergarten through eighth grade students are beginning to work on clay bowls for our Parker Empty Bowls Event. An introduction to or review of clay properties and various techniques happens in all the art classes. The younger students knead their clay to get out the air, roll out even slabs with a rolling pin, and cut out a flower shape using a stencil that they created. The slab is eased into a paper bowl and decorated with incising and/or scoring and slipping on additional decorations. Older students review techniques, create a bowl using either pinch, coil, or slab construction or a combination of those. Once dried and fired the bowls are glazed and refired in time for our December Empty Bowls event where families will come to admire and "purchase" the bowls as a way of raising money for a local organization that helps to feed the hungry. All the students created a work of art while reaching out to help others.
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| Kneading the clay |
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| Rolling a slab |
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| Cutting a base |
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| Assembling slabs |
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| Coil construction |
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| Figuring out what's next |
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| Joining a side to the base |
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| Just getting going |
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| A Parker grad came back to help with the bowl production! |
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| Glazing begins in 2/3 |
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| Sharing colors |
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| Middle schooler glazing a mug |
Some of the finished bowls
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| Some 2/3 Bowls on Display |
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| Checking out all the bowls at the Empty Bowls |
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