1st - This week we are glazing our pinch pots! Glazing means using a special paint that turns to glass when it gets really hot. After we glaze our pots, I will put them back into the kiln to be 'fired.' Once they come out they will be bright colors with a beautiful shine.
2nd - After finishing up our Peter Max project, we are having an "artist" week. Their choices this week will be tempera and watercolor painting, oil pastel, drawing, coloring, and collage.
3rd - While our coil pots are drying, I used this week to show third graders another way of making a pot. Using a potter's wheel, I created a couple different pieces for the students. After I created for a bit, I let each student get on the wheel and feel the clay and what it's like to be a potter!
4th - We are finishing up our clay maracas this week by adding all of our extra pieces to make our maracas unique. The students are coming up with great ideas. Cats, dogs, aliens, robots, people, and just clever designs have all been created. It is very exciting to see all of our pieces turn out. These artworks will be fired in the kiln after Thanksgiving and we'll paint them during that first week of December.
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