Carole Fox on wed 25 jun 03
I am trying to come up with some new projects for my kid's classes. I
would like to have them make a set of bookends and I'm wondering if
anyone has advice for me as to how to construct them. I was thinking of
making support stands of two scraps of wood nailed together into an L
shape. I would have the students roll out slabs which they would drape
over the wooden support so that the top of the slab would be minimally
wrapped over the back of the top of the wood- to hold the clay upright
and keep it from slipping. The kids would then attach figures to the
clay on the bottom of the L and also somehow attach some of the figures
to the clay that runs up the erect part of the L. At the end of the
class, we would trim off the top overhang. After the bookend were glaze
fired, we would glue some material on the bottom to keep them from
slipping. I am not sure what to use at this point- I am thinking maybe I
could buy little rubber pads(??) or perhaps
I will try it myself before I attempt to do it with my class. But before
I do, I was wondering if anyone had a better idea for this project.
Snail Scott on thu 26 jun 03
At 10:33 PM 6/25/03 -0400, you wrote:
>...kid's classes...bookends...slabs which they would drape
>over the wooden support...then attach figures to the
>clay on the bottom of the L...
I'd skip trying to apply clay over wood - the shrinkage
will be frustrating to deal with. Why not just have them
make 'whatever' in clay (keeping scale in mind) and glue
the result to the wood with silicone adhesive? The projects
don't need to look like they're all-clay, do they? The kids
can paint the exposed wood to coordinate or contrast with
the glaze.
>...glue some material on the bottom to keep them from
>slipping. I am not sure what...
Try the rolls of textured rubberized stuff they sell to
line kitchen drawers with - you can probably do the whole
class's projects with one roll. Cheap and 'grippy'. It's
usually sold on a display rack next to the contact paper.
-Snail
Marcia Selsor on thu 26 jun 03
Use tar paper templates. You could prepare them (cut them out) in
advance. Let the kids roll the paper onto slabs. Adhere the tar paper
with a squirt of water. You can build immediately. Then they can creat
the decoration.
Marcia Selsor in Montana
Carole Fox wrote:
> I am trying to come up with some new projects for my kid's classes. I
> would like to have them make a set of bookends and I'm wondering if
> anyone has advice for me as to how to construct them. I was thinking of
> making support stands of two scraps of wood nailed together into an L
> shape. I would have the students roll out slabs which they would drape
> over the wooden support so that the top of the slab would be minimally
> wrapped over the back of the top of the wood- to hold the clay upright
> and keep it from slipping. The kids would then attach figures to the
> clay on the bottom of the L and also somehow attach some of the figures
> to the clay that runs up the erect part of the L. At the end of the
> class, we would trim off the top overhang. After the bookend were glaze
> fired, we would glue some material on the bottom to keep them from
> slipping. I am not sure what to use at this point- I am thinking maybe I
> could buy little rubber pads(??) or perhaps
>
> I will try it myself before I attempt to do it with my class. But before
> I do, I was wondering if anyone had a better idea for this project.
>
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