Ugli Face Pots

We no longer have a kiln to fire clay, so rely on air-dry clay. Students make pinch pots, then built up with coils and added faces. These examples are from Tyrein and Chance who went above and beyond requirements. The one on the right is unsigned, but so cute, I store brads on my desk in it.

Op Art

We went beyond the usual Op Art by using a heat gun to warp old 45 records, then included them in the center (doesn't show up well in the photo).

Art-O-Rama

Studnts struggled a bit with this one. The assignment was to create 4 "gears" from cardboard and wooden spools, wrap cord around them so that when you pull one side or the other, they all moved. Listening to directions came in handy.

Rainbow Animals

Austin, you dog! He did a great job blending a rainbow or colors in this assignment.

There' something about student success in drawing bugs....I'm not sure who these are all by--one is Wyatt Hamilton's, I know. Freshman Art One class.

Hannah Harp's found-object face makes me smile. She used the materials on hand in a very creative way, I think, don't you?

It didn't take me long, once summer vacation started, to make something of my own. This is a set of three house-shaped books set inside some found candle holders. It marries my love or architecture with love of books and mixed media.