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Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Utah Animal Bobble Heads

Students will choose a Utah animal to turn into a clay bobble head including some of the adaptations that these animals may have that helps them survive our harsh climate.

Here is how we will make our bobble heads.


Liberty Mugs

Students will create a mug using slab techniques in clay.  They will add a quote from The US Constitution or Declaration of Independence to add to their mug and create a design to complement the quote. 

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Here is how we will create our mug.


Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Quotable Mugs



Artists will create a mug from clay using different techniques safely and responsibly.  Artists will add a quote to their mug too.

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Here is how we will make our mugs.


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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Face Mugs

Artists will use tools appropriately as they create a pinch pot face mug.

To plan out our faces, we will use cut paper to create some shapes that we can build in the clay.
Picasso was a famous artist who made some crazy faces.

Pablo Picasso. Femme accoudee. 1938 Pablo Picasso - "Bust of Woman with Hat", 1962   Had to throw in a Picasso

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What will your faces look like?  Here is mine...



Are we ready for clay?
Here is the how to video...

Monday, March 18, 2019

Tiki Mugs

Students will create a ceramic mug in the style of Polynesian Tiki Masks using a slab for the mug and coils and spheres for the facial features.
Here is some information about Tiki Masks.
The Art of Polynesia
Here are some Tiki Mask samples.
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We will start out by drawing our Tiki Mask Faces to be prepared when we have our clay. 

Next, we will sculpt our mug using a slab.  Like this...


And then add our Tiki's Facial features.  Like this...





Monday, March 4, 2019

Roosevelt 3rd Term Mystery Artist

Here is the Mystery Artist for 3rd Term at Roosevelt. We will draw a winner on March 21st. Will you have the correct artist?