This year all level one art classes are creating a project based on a ideas and imagery the student associates with Florida. In Ceramics 1 we started this project reading an article from the News Journal about the history of Port Orange. Using a 3,2,1 reading strategy each class worked as individuals and small groups […]
This fall I saw an Amaco/Brent video series being shared on Facebook. It is an Amaco/ Brent sculpture lesson using a Renaissance painting as the basis for a three-dimensional form. The videos are only a few minutes each and use time-lapse photography to abbreviate the demonstration process. I was inspired by a friend’s visit to London […]
I have been working to include more student choice in Ceramics 1 projects this year. The “Utilitarian Vessel” allowed students to choose a method of construction practiced already, draped slab, coiling or pinching to make a form of their choice to be used in the home. Students sketched out several ideas and created a maquette, […]