Clay Art

In our 3rd quarter, our focus was "the clay art". Among many available clays, I chose air-dry clay "Laguna Modeling Clay" for its reliable consistency and its easy use for children. We used both earth color Red and White. As we have mostly done drawings and paintings in past, children really enjoyed playing clay to experiment 3-d art. In my part, it took way more preparation than other materials, but seeing how excited children were I am planing to continue incorporating this medium.

K~2nd
Coil pots and pinch pots; children enjoyed being creative
adding other materials like feathers, sea shells and branches.

K~2nd

K~2nd

3rd~5th
Making clay piggy banks was much harder than it looks.
Hardest part was to cover up round balloon with a clay sheet.
But they enjoyed adding elements like ears, feet and nose.
The popular animals were elephants, cows, and pigs :)
In the second week they painted their dried creations with acrylic.

3rd~5th

3rd~5th
Students made clay tiles.
After designing and cutting pieces, putting together like puzzles
was a little hard, but look at these beautiful tiles they created!:)

3rd~5th