Fabulous Fountains!

After completing their gargoyle sculptures, ceramics club members spent the remaining part of the term creating these awesome working tabletop fountains. Students filled a large bowl with clay coils and "cream cheesed" (my own personal made up clay vocab word) the inside to make it leak-proof. Then, students created a hollow base to cover the fountain pump and some sort of sculpted top. Many opted to do a traditional tiered piece while others got really creative and did various characters and such.

Here are some photos of club members working with the clay and glazing the bisque pieces:

Here are the completed fountains. These photos REALLY don't do these pieces justice, so please take the time to see them in person (they are in the showcase in the main lobby). I photographed a few of them "in action," with water flowing: