Weekly Recap {11/21/2012 - Happy Thanksgiving!}

7th grade art classes are wrapping up their celebrity grid paintings in 2D & ceramic coil mugs in 3D. This shortened week put a crunch on time, but everyone did a good job taking on the challenge! I'm impressed at all the hard work and talent these classes displayed.

{I just got the new iPhone 5 and I've been experimenting with the camera. As you can see, the panorama option does a wonderful job at capturing a focused art class!}

{Image of the Week}

Here is a photo of Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, and Stella Pollock carving a turkey in 1950!

For everyone that will be traveling, whether it be across the street or across the country. Travel safe, take car, and have a happy Thanksgiving!

Student Work: Functional Clay Mugs

Sometimes teachers have a hard time doing the same art projects year to year, so when it came to working with clay, I was at a loss of ideas. I got the inspiration for this project from fellow art teacher Mrs. Leban because I loved how her students finished pieces looked. So, with the 8th graders, I decided to do a ceramics lesson that was a functional clay mug inspired by a favorite book, magazine, or literary genre.

 Students celebrated the completion of their ceramics project by heading down to the library for a hot chocolate party. Some students chose to sit down with a good book and read, while others used their time to catch up with friends. The assistant principal, Mr. Capper, even stopped down to see what our students had created!

  

 

 The guys enjoyed themselves! (It was also Freaky Friday, note Mr. Capper's attire & Michael's glasses.)

Miss Burley, our schools librarian, was nice enough to let us display our finished mugs next to our favorite books & magazines!

  

Although, I have a strong animosity towards Mr. James, I was very impressed with the amount of detail put into Derrick's mug. Overall, EVERY student did a really nice job with these! Just check out the fun details in each one of them!