Elizabeth Priddy on tue 11 apr 06
try a ceramic quilt.
each person makes a square with a uniform size
and a hole in ach corner.
you can use stamps inclusions, underglazes,
everything.
You can make it theme or not.
Then to display, you can either do it flat or link it
together and show it on the wall. crib size quilts
can fit on the wall together or you can nail through
the holes at each corner.
easy for kids to make way to many and then you have
too much to work with, allowing for another crazy
quilt made of leftovers.
Good luck,
E
Elizabeth Priddy
Beaufort, NC - USA
http://www.elizabethpriddy.com
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Susan P on tue 11 apr 06
Well, this just goes to show that Mom's never stop being Mom's. My 26 year
old son is a teacher in a daycare classroom and they will be creating a
class project for a silent auction - school age from grade K up to about 3r=
d
- so wide range of abilties. He thought it would be cool to do clay - and,
of course, so do I.
What have you seen that it really awesome incorporating many little items? =
I
have done this type of thing but only with Junior High and up.
Mosaic mirror? Tray? Hate to use pre- bisque tiles but . . . ?
Susan near Seattle
AND it has to be done in 3 weeks.
Amy Yeip on wed 12 apr 06
You can easily roll and cut clay with cookie cutters, they have great small sizes, such as flowers and animals at the cake bake shop. Roll them thin enough they dry in a day or so and can be bisque and glazed and refired in a week. Yep, I've done it. You can let them create their own wildflower mural, mounted onto a purchased kitchen cabinet door . . . or if you have a dad who is handy with tools, let them design a free form shape and have him cut it out. They can put their thumb print in the center of each flower to show their individuality and the beauty and promise that each child possesses . . .
Peace,
Amy
Susan P wrote:
Well, this just goes to show that Mom's never stop being Mom's. My 26 year
old son is a teacher in a daycare classroom and they will be creating a
class project for a silent auction - school age from grade K up to about 3rd
- so wide range of abilties. He thought it would be cool to do clay - and,
of course, so do I.
What have you seen that it really awesome incorporating many little items? I
have done this type of thing but only with Junior High and up.
Mosaic mirror? Tray? Hate to use pre- bisque tiles but . . . ?
Susan near Seattle
AND it has to be done in 3 weeks.
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Ruth Ballou on wed 12 apr 06
Funny how the synchronicity of Clayart works! Must be that time of year.
I'm just working on this very idea, with K - 2nd. The idea started
innocently, from the art teacher saying he'd like to make a nature
center in a wooded area visible from his classroom. The idea of
making a bird bath popped into my head. So that's what we're doing.
I'm using the instructions from Marcia Selsor's article in Pottery
Making Illustrated to make the bird bath. Thanks Marcia! I'll take
the basin and pedestal into school and the children are going to make
things to add to the surface. For the interior of the bowl, the
kindergartners' are working with making stamped patterns with a
simple implement (popsicle stick, end of paint brush, etc.) on slabs
of clays that they pat out. The teacher has been working with them on
the concept of pattern. Then they will cut the slabs into squares,
triangles, rectangles. These pieces will be re-arranged and applied
to the interior of the bowl, like a quilt. The 1st and 2nd graders
will model small insects and birds which the teacher and I will
attach to the pedestal by scoring and slipping. As preparation, they
are looking at birds and insects, and drawing and painting them. The
teacher and I will likely make a leafy vine going around the
pedestal, before the bugs n' birds get attached. Before attaching,
everybody will paint their creations with commercial slips, which
will be sorted out by color on different tables, to keep the mess
down. If we have a lot of work, I can make extra pedestals which will
stand alone as sculptures. I've done some small samples to test the
concept and it seems to work. I'll spray the whole thing with a clear
glaze before firing.
I'm using a stoneware clay that vitrifies at cone 6, as it does
freeze here in the winter.
The kids part will be done in about a week. I've got to get the base
and pedestal made before then; drying and firing will take more
time. So three weeks may be pushing it for your son's project.
However, I think the same concept of attaching the small things kids
make to larger piece will work fine, especially if they work on a
theme. Mirror frame sounds like a great idea; everyone making faces,
maybe? Smaller projects, such as slab vases, might work, too.
Good Luck!
Ruth Ballou
Belgium
On Apr 12, 2006, at 5:00 AM, Susan P wrote:
> Well, this just goes to show that Mom's never stop being Mom's. My
> 26 year
> old son is a teacher in a daycare classroom and they will be
> creating a
> class project for a silent auction - school age from grade K up to
> about 3rd
> - so wide range of abilties. He thought it would be cool to do clay
> - and,
> of course, so do I.
>
> What have you seen that it really awesome incorporating many little
> items? I
> have done this type of thing but only with Junior High and up.
>
> Mosaic mirror? Tray? Hate to use pre- bisque tiles but . . . ?
>
> Susan near Seattle
>
> AND it has to be done in 3 weeks.
>
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louroess2210 on wed 12 apr 06
On Apr 11, 2006, at 9:00 PM, Susan P wrote:
>
> What have you seen that it really awesome incorporating many little
> items?
Susan, I don't know how awesome this would be, but it's easy. When I
worked with the kids at the Deaf Camp I had them roll out balls of
clay, cut out rounds with tin cans opened at both ends, then look
for some nature things to impress on the discs. They used flowers,
evergreen twigs (these looked like feathers - very neat) grass heads,
etc. They put a hole in the top and we hung them in the window when
they were done. The only problem was I gave them a good sized lump
of clay and some of them refused to cut any off - they used the whole
thing and we had some very heavy decorations. If this will be
indoors they could use stamps or other ways to decorate them.
Good luck with your project.
Lou in Colorado
Patrick Green on wed 12 apr 06
Hmmm, I think the Mosaic Is a great Idea, but it will require alot of teacher aid after they are formed. Perhaps a Mosaic table? t would be heavy but very beautiful. Or perhaps you could do what i do with my glaze tests (since we are talk small bits) I like to make pendants and windchimes from them. But I suppose thats my 2 pennies :) Good luck with whatever you decide on.
-Patrick
Susan P wrote: Well, this just goes to show that Mom's never stop being Mom's. My 26 year
old son is a teacher in a daycare classroom and they will be creating a
class project for a silent auction - school age from grade K up to about 3rd
- so wide range of abilties. He thought it would be cool to do clay - and,
of course, so do I.
What have you seen that it really awesome incorporating many little items? I
have done this type of thing but only with Junior High and up.
Mosaic mirror? Tray? Hate to use pre- bisque tiles but . . . ?
Susan near Seattle
AND it has to be done in 3 weeks.
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