Wesley Spectrum: Middle School Ceramics

This is a middle school ceramics class that meets everyday for 38 minutes. The focus on this class is exploring art through clay. The learner objectives for this course are:

• Students explore clay and learn techniques to manipulate and create with clay
• Students will be able to identify clay terms
• Students will be able to work with three dimensional forms to create unique art work

12/02/2013

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11/25/2013

11/19/2013
For our next project, students will be creating low-relief sculptures with a jungle theme. As a class, we discussed what a low-relief sculpture and what textures students can utilize in their work. Students began to sketch out their ideas using pictures for inspiration.  

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11/15/2013
For the past week, students have continued to work on their melting object sculptures that are inspired by Surrealism. As a class, we discussed different types of line and how they could utilize different lines in their pieces to create a melting effect. 

"Melting Phone"

"Melting Butterfly" 

"Melting Strawberry"

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11/08/2013

Students began working on their final projects to create a melting object out of clay using elements of surrealism. Students observed a teacher demonstration on wedging clay, and then began creating their melting forms based on their sketches and research. 

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11/07/2013

Students learned about Surrealism and works of Dali and Livia Marin. As a class we talked about melting objects, and what makes an object appear to be melting. For their final projects, students will be incorporating the elements of Surrealism to create a "melting object out of clay". Students sketched their ideas, and then narrowed their sketches down to a final project.