Pinch Pot Pets by Grade 2

This project was inspired by the blog http://cassiestephens.blogspot.com.  Second graders brainstormed ideas and made a sketch, and then got to work first creating a pinch pot out of self-drying clay, and then adding all the details to make it a unique "pet".

Starting Clay....

Many grades are starting their units on clay and ceramics.  Here are some images of third grade 

coil-pots and fourth grade leaf bowls about to go into the kiln...

Miniature Portraits in Progress

This summer, our elementary community read The Sixty Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone.  Click here to see some images of the actual Thorne Rooms.  And click here to try out a maze based on the Thorne Rooms called Game of Thornes.  I was inspired by all of the tiny artwork on the walls of the Thorne Rooms, so students are starting off the year by creating four inch tall miniature portraits.  They can choose to draw a portrait of a character from the story, or a self-portrait.  It's only the second day of school, so we've just gotten started, but here are some of our miniature portraits so far...from Grade 2 and 3....

Fourth Grade Weavings

Fourth grade weavings are all finally complete.  I love the variety of colors, textures and designs they chose to use!

Animal Drawings in Progress by Grade 1

First graders were working on drawing animals from observation.  I photographed their in-progress drawings along with the photographs they were observing.  

Watermelon Patch by Gr. K

Here is the watermelon patch scenery that the all-day kindergardeners created for their play.  Each student made a circle or oval watermelon collage and then traced their hands for leaves.

Gyotaku Fish Prints by Grade 3

These are based on an ancient Japanese art form called Gyotaku, or fish printing.  Since we didn't have any real fish on hand, we decided to use foam printing plates. The color comes from crayon designs the third graders colored before printing their fish.