Friday, February 10, 2012
Good Enough to Eat!
In this ceramics project, eighth graders used various sculpting techniques to create these mouthwatering sculptures of their favorite foods. Students were challenged to create an interesting arrangement on their plates by overlapping items and to add realistic details in clay and with glaze. As you can imagine, this display is causing quite a stir around here and all the younger students are asking, "Is that food REAL!?!"
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Fantastic. And so carefully done.
ReplyDeleteWhoa! These are absolutely amazing- so perfectly made!! Can I ask what brand of glaze your use? The colours are so subtle and realistic.
ReplyDeleteThanks- we use Duncan Covercoat Opaque underglazes. I have about 45 colors I keep stocked!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love these!!! I would love to do this with my art club! How much clay would you recommend ordering for a club of 45 kids? (I know that is probably a TON.)
ReplyDeleteoy... i don't know exactly! I had each child make a plate underneath first. I sliced big square slabs off of 25lb blocks of clay- I'd say you could get maybe 12-15 from each block and then have some extra pieces from the scrap once the circle plate is cut. Then, each student would need maybe 2lb or so of clay each, depending on what they are making. This is all totally an estimate. I just buy hundreds of pounds of clay in the beginning of the year and have never really paid attention to the amount I use for each project... wish I could be more helpful!
ReplyDeleteDid you have the kids hollow out the larger food items?
ReplyDeleteYes, for sure! Anything thicker than about an inch is hollow
DeleteThese are awesome! I'm having a hard time finding the Duncan glaze, where do you order from?
ReplyDeleteHi there- I purchased through Chesapeake Ceramics. Here is the link to the Duncan Covercoats on their website: https://www.chesapeakeceramics.com/c-423-cover-coats.aspx
DeleteDid you have students glaze pieces first and then put them together? The glazing is done so well!
ReplyDeleteSort of depended on the piece! some of them, like the tortellini and kabobs and chicken wings, were all individual loose pieces, so they were glazed individually and then arranged on the plate and overglazed (which fused the project together in the kiln). All of the plates were made first and dried first, so nothing was attached to them until after glazing. However, in the case of some others like the cheeseburger for example, it WAS all scored together as one burger, so the student just had to be extra careful with glaze and small brushes but her craftsmanship was stellar and she could do it!
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