Art Club In The New Year

Here are a few art club projects, two finished before the the holidays and one still in progress called a "screamer" which is a very large sculpture piece currently being painted. Right now it's in the back of the art room, upside down as paint dries on one side of the "screamer" body. Our new pottery project in the first stages, are ceramic heart magnets to be finished in time for Valentine Day!

Name Symmetry - Portfolio Cover Design

Students designed the front of their classroom portfolios using their first name as the starting point for a reflected, symmetrical design. Ultimately, they could create an imaginary creature, or place; or simply play with color, pattern and shape. Here are some of the results of the different ways students completed this design challenge as well as the project rubric and instructions.

Art Club-Cool Pottery Project

These are some examples of pottery projects done by my Art Club students. They just keep getting better and better!

Craft In America - Slab Pottery

We start exploring ceramic craft traditions in America by looking at two very different artists, George Ohr from Biloxi, Mississippi and Maria Martinez from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. Following is a sample of our Heart and Soul (Sole) project which is done as a slab project that includes texture from the soles of our shoes. The "double" bonus here was the opportunity to reach across the curriculum to language arts with the use of our homophone.