Ceramic Owl Mugs

My group of kiddos in the "Birds!" unit made owl mugs out of this fantastic air-dry clay that I purchased from Clay Planet in San Jose.

SUNFLOWER BOWLS

2nd grade displayed how capable and smart they are with these Sunflower Bowls. This project required your brain to think about positive and negative space and to conceptualize in 3D before achieving a final product. It is the process that counts! 

Pinch Pot Cupcakes

3rd grade learns how to make a pinch pot, in fact 2, to make cupcake bowls with a lid. 

 

 

Ceramics: Mayan Calendars!

5th graders were fascinated with Mayan Astrology back around Dec 21 2012. Apparently they were making a Mayan City as a lunchtime project (not sure about the details). I originally had planned to do Picasso Plates - but these are WAY more cool!

Pinch Pot Fish

So it is my first year teaching ceramics, and I saw a bunch of ideas for animals with a pinch pot as the body. Super cute idea, not too hard... (for me to instruct at least). I did this with all 4 of my 3rd grade classes (roughly 100 kids + 1 Special Needs class - some pieces not pictured).

Beijing Opera Masks

Who would you be if you could represent yourself differently? A villain? A King? Would you be mischievous or loyal? How can we look at the masks worn in the Beijing Opera for inspiration? Why are masks worn? How does a viewer react to a mask? What makes for a strong reaction? This lesson is a preparatory lesson for my 4th grade class, as they will be learning about Asian music through the program I work for, in the 2nd half of their school year coming up in January 2013.