Ceramic Busts

Students have officially ended their clay construction, and the artworks are drying before going in the kiln. Check out some of the animals!

Progress Update and Quiz Corrections

Students have been working hard constructing their clay spirit animal busts for about a week now.  The animals are coming together, and our goal is to have them constructed and ready to fire by the end of class on this Friday, the 15th.  It will be exciting to see the complete animals!

Students received their graded quizzes on Monday, and are able to complete quiz corrections to gain half of their missed points back.  For the corrections, students will need to write the question that they missed, their original answer, and the correct answer 3 times.

For example:

1. ______________:Kneading clay to remove air bubbles and to even consistency of the clay.

My original answer was weld, which is incorrect.  

Correct Answer:

Wedge: Kneading clay to remove air bubbles and to even consistency of the clay.

Wedge: Kneading clay to remove air bubbles and to even consistency of the clay.

Wedge: Kneading clay to remove air bubbles and to even consistency of the clay.

Corrections are due this Friday, November 15th.

Clay Drafting

We are starting our clay project tomorrow, and students are making clay spirit animal busts that display their personalities. Before we begin to build, we draft out our plan. Students have completed their drafts and are moving onto the building stage! Here are some of the completed drafts.