This is one of my favorite projects and they are hot out of the kiln this morning! A few weeks ago, 8th graders learned about
idioms in class (we even read children's books by Fred Gwynn like
"A Chocolate Mousse for Dinner"). By definition, an idiom is "an expression, term or phrase whose meaning cannot be deduced from the literal definitions and arrangement of its parts, but refers instead to a figurative meaning that is known only through common use." Students were given the challenge to sculpt an idiom of their choice and here are the results:
Crocodile Tears; Live in the Present:
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Pigeon-Toed (toad); Naval Orange:
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Jay-walking; Caught Red-handed:
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Davey Jones' Locker; In a Pickle:
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Bull-headed; Cut the Cheese:
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Long in the Tooth; Old Money:
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Butter Fingers; Zip Your Lip:
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i love these! especially "butter fingers"
ReplyDeleteHi! My name is Nathalie and I'm a Swiss middle school art teacher. I love all your works, they're brilliant and I'm sure you're one of those great teachers able to motivate their students :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of sculpture and I'm always looking for new materials and themes because, you know better than me, I'ts important to keep curiosity and motivation levels high in our job. I saw that lot of activities you propose are made using "clay", the final effect are stunning and the colors of the objects so bright and shiny. I can reach these results only with ceramics but I have to admit that, this material sometimes could be pretty challenging and time demanding. I'm writing this message because I would like to know what kind of clay you use and how it works with colors, paintings, cooking etc...
I would be really happy to know more about it, (at least the brand name so I can take a look on internet), and I hope my message will not bother you, this time of the year usually is stressing for us..
Thank you and again, my compliments for your work!
I leave you my email: nathalie.caravatti@google.com
Hello and sorry for the delay in responding. Most of the brightly colored ceramic (clay) work you see created by my students were created with Standard 105 white low fire clay and painted with colored Duncan Cover-Coat Underglazes (then topped with IN1001 Duncan Envision Clear overglaze). Bisque fired in my Skutt kiln to cone 04, then glaze fired after decorating to cone 06.
DeleteThere are some other projects on the blah that may have used red clay or high fire stoneware clay, but these and most projects were the products above
Hope this helps!