David found the Tiny Art Director site the other day while searching around the internet. Not only are there great examples of children’s book illustration, the “art director’s” commentary is priceless. I cracked up so much while reading the commentary that I just had to pass this along…..
…listening to a group of girl speaking to each other in Beijing opera style voices while making Greek and African inspired clay pots. I can’t understrand their Chinese, but it cracks me up anyways.
Students were given the challenge of incorporating movement, overlapping, and small, medium and large with images of nature. Below are some of their final projects.
These were recently sent home for Mother’s Day. I bet many mom’s preferred getting flower tiles verus real ones!
For this lesson, students looked at examples of South American and Asian pottery that incorporate animal forms into their vessels. Afterward, students created their own animal inspired pots.
My classroom has looked like a trash heap for the past few months. Five different grade levels have been working on clay projects. The projects have been stored in unsightly black trash bags on my counters and in my shelves. It seems like every time I empty one garbage bag, it just gets filled up with more projects.
Here is just a glimpse of some of the projects that have been occupying my space…..
The project below is a Kindergarten tile project. For this lesson, students experiment with creating different marks and patterns with a variety of clay making tools.
