Below are pdfs of design and art journals from years 7-9. I’ve been working with journals for a number of years. They replaced sketchbooks in an art class, and obviously I’m doing design journals in my current design classes. I’ve really fallen in love with them as an educational tool and want to write aboutContinue reading “Art & Design Journals”
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Tiffany Style Lanterns
student work, all three sides of the lantern A shout out to my friend Kristy who started this project with resin-based “stained-glass”. Her previous work was really helpful in developing this unit on Tiffany style lanterns. Lanterns are a big deal in Asia, they can identify what kind of restaurant you’re walking into or evenContinue reading “Tiffany Style Lanterns”
Quilt Vases: Printing Textures onto Clay
Two views of three of the quilt vases. Slab building is an essential component to any ceramics program. If you’re not familiar with ceramics, slabs are sheets of rolled out clay that are used for sculpting functional and non-functional objects. Many facilities have a slab roller, which is just a large table that rolls outContinue reading “Quilt Vases: Printing Textures onto Clay”
Draw, Paint, Think 