Dec 21st

Winter Break Homework

Dec 19th

Continuing... 

Dec 17th

Final touches to our lanterns! These are due Friday!

Dec 14th

Continuing to add ornate details to our lanterns.

Dec 12th

Inspirational artist to inspire us with our own ornate details

Dec 10th

Inspirational ornate surface work!

Dec 7th

Possible solution to the great barrier reef problem?

Dec 5th

Lantern inspiration

Nov 30th

Constructing our lantern's

Nov 28th

Beginning construction on our lanterns.

Nov. 26th

Welcome back! Let's begin designing our next assignments, the ceramic lantern and the Polynesian inspired lantern.

Nov 16th

Critiquing our sets and face planters

Nov 14th

Putting our final touches on our set's and planter's before next class periods peer critique

No. 9th

Glazing our bisque fired pieces

Nov 7th

Overglaze?

Nov 5th

continuing with our sets

Nov 2nd

Group midterm

Oct 31st

Salt firing?!

Oct 29th

Stacked sets

Excellent Mini Assignments!

Oct 26th

Mug techniques

Oct 24th

Continuing with our sets

Oct 22nd

How to throw a bowl demo

Oct 19th

Trimming a plate

Oct 17th

Lets learn how to throw a plate

Oct 15th

Introducing the set (ceramics 2) and the face planter (ceramics 3).

Oct 8th

Let's critique our slab project and do a gallery walk!

Oct 5th

Let's re-cap various surface decorations and put the final touches on our slab projects

Oct 3rd

Lets practice a few experimental surface decorations like bubble glaze, splatter, and sponging.

Oct 1st

Discussing tape and sticker resist

Sept 28th

Discussing slip trailing and if finished begin an under-glaze sgraffito mini assignment

Sept 22nd

Learning about underglaze!

Sept 21st

Re-capping wax resist, another surface decoration you could apply to your project.

Sep 19th

Let's re-cap sgrafitto and continue with our project at hand

Sept 17th

We will re-cap masonry stain from ceramics one and continue with the next steps of our slabbed vessel .

Sept 12th-14th

Starting our template in cardboard

Sept 10th

Re-capping our first slab assignment

Sept 5th

Welcome Ceramics 2 & 3!

June 12th-14th

FINALS!

June 11th

Final touches to our projects and cleaning our cubbies out!

June 7th & 8th

Lets take a look at Korean ceramic masters at work!

June 5th & 6th

Seniors- wrapping up your final assignments. Everyone else is continuing with their mosaics. 

June 4th

Continuing with our projects at hand!

Awesome senior projects!!

May 31st

Lets take a look at an Israeli artist.

Seniors

May 29th & 30th

Inspirational sculptor

May 23rd &24th

Mosaic car and colored clay?!

May 22nd & 23rd

Tables will discuss possible meaning in artists work!

May 21st

Walking through the next steps of our final assignments

May 18th

Continuing with out mosaics

May 15th & 16th

Luna Parc

May 14th

P2- color coding our mosaic
P3- socio political artist- inspiration for final project!

May 10th & 11th

Re-capping our final assignments

May 8th & 9th

Mosaic's and senior final assignments!

May 7th

Let's put the final touches on our projects!

May 3rd &4th

Wrapping up our projects at hand. 

May 1st & 2nd

Inspirational artist, DETAILS on our lanterns and tiki's!

May 1st & 2nd

Continuing with our cube

April 30th

Lets take a look at an inspirational artist who creates organic shaped lanterns/planters.

April 25th

Beginning to add our ornate designs

April 19th & 20th

Possible solution in helping the Great Barrier Reef?!

April 16th & 17th

Diving a bit deeper

April 16th

Continuing with the projects at hand. 

April 12th & 13th

Continuing with our new projects at hand!

April 10th & 11th

Let's critique those set's and begin sketching our next assignment.

April 9th

Today we will talk a bit about polynesian art and culture, today is the last in class day to work on your sets and face planters.

April 5th & 6th

Take a look at an interesting way to recycle sets/discarded ceramics. 

April 3rd & 4th

Group midterm! 

April 2nd

Welcome back! Let's jump back in and put the final touches on our set's and face planter's!

March 20th & 21st

Slip and salt firing

March 19th

stacked sets

March 15th & 16th

Continuing with our projects at hand.

March 13th & 14th

Continuing with our sets

March 12th

Lets watch a quick how to video and continue with our projects at hand. Don't forget about the scholarship opportunity due by March 20th!

March 6th & 7th

Today we will walk through how to wheel throw and trim a plate!

Absent for the critique? Complete at home for full credit!

March 1st & 2nd

Let's critique those slab projects!

Feb 27th & 28th

If you are waiting for your project to be fired, start designing your next project. 

Slab project Due March 1st (Aday) & 2nd(Bday)


Fill out a critique for your extra credit assignment!I like what I am seeing!

Feb 26th

Lets re-cap a few ways to decorate our projects

Feb 22nd & 23rd

Experimenting with tape resist

Feb 20th & 21st

Today we will discuss and try experimental surface deocrating techniques.

Slab assignment due today (left in kiln room to be fired and ready for critique)

Feb 15th & 16th

Slip trailing

Feb 13th & 14th

Re-capping wax resist and its use on clay

Feb 12th

Lets talk about Underglaze sgraffito 

Feb 8th & 9th

Re-capping sgraffito

Feb 5th-7th

Today we will re-cap masonry stain- something you could use on your slab project if you apply texture.

Feb 1st & 2nd

Re-capping the slab project

Jan 29th-Jan 31st

Welcome to pottery 2/3!

Jan 25th

Finals

Jan 22nd

Our last in class day to glaze our mosaics.

Jan 19th

Darker side to ceramics

Jan17th

Wrapping up assignments

P2- Finish tiles!
P3-Wrap up final project
AP-2D- Begin practicing contour lines
AP-3D- Continue with concentrations- Due end of the month!

Jan 12th

Pot 2- Continuing with our mosaics
 Pot 3-lets take a look at a socio political artist. 

Jan 10th

Luna Parc

Jan 8th

Re-cap our final assignments

Jan 5th

P2- Lets begin brainstorming for our final assignment, a mosaic. 

P3- Put the final touches on your ceramic lantern.

AP- Show Ms. S concentration worksheet and homework list!

January 3rd

Welcome back! Lets look at an inspirational artist and talk about due dates.

AP- we will go over individual calendars as well as reflect on our first concentration which is due today.