Busy in the Ceramics room

I can't wait to see this face after it comes back out of the kiln. The student used a spicy red glaze!

Believe it or not theres only 6 weeks left in the school year— time flies when you're having fun! Sadly, I only just realized that I've been neglecting my Blog this year terribly. I'm still teaching Graphics 1 through 3, but this year I got some extra classes added on my schedule including Art 1 and Ceramics at SHHS.

It's been really rewarding to get back to working 3-dimensionally and getting the chance to teach students skills when working with clay like hand-building and throwing on the wheel. Students have created pinch pot vessels, slab-constructed boxes, coiled mugs, wheel-thrown bowls and cups, and are currently working on sgrafitto vases. I hope I get to teach this course again!

The only downside to teaching this course is that it's SO popular that there are 3 sections of Ceramics 1! With that being said, things don't always come out of the kiln quickly so I'll be sure to add more photos of student work once I have some more glazed pieces. I can't wait to share their work because their so good!

Coiled face mug series

Slab paint palette butterfly

Pinch pot series of shapes

Slab constructed boxes with handles and applied texture

Coiled face mug with realistic human proportions

Slab boxes constructed with handles and applied texture

Students at the wheels

Slab constructed boxes with colorful underglaze

Student working on slab paint palette of Spiderman

Slab paint palette of seashell

Student working on sgrafitto-ing his slab vase

aerial view of wheel-thrown cylinders

Side view of view of wheel-thrown cylinders

Me getting messy in ceramics!