| First Week |
Advanced sculpture students are
researching Martin Puryear and Ruth Asawa and experimenting with wire
sphere and will work with reeds also. |
| Thursday 08/27/09 |
Students were asked to look at
the Century in Shoes website
and bring in pictures of shoes for Friday. They were also asked
to look at the artist Gaza's
work. She makes shoes and also teaches students how to make
shoes. |
| Friday 08/27/09 |
Students will attempt to solve
the problem of mood or feeling by making a tiny model of a show.
They will choose from the following: 1. evil shoe 2. fairy princess shoe 3. silly shoe 4. shy shoe 5. happy go lucky shoe 6. angry shoe Students will also see a presentation with the requirements for the shoe project. |
| Monday 8/31/09 |
We continued work on our sphere |
| Tuesday 9/1/09 |
1. We glazed our shoe maquettes today. |
| Wednesday 9/2/09 |
We began our major project |
| Thursday 9/3/09 |
continuing |
| Friday 9/4/09 |
continuing |
| Monday 9/7/09 |
continuing |
| Tuesday 9/8/09 |
continuing |
| Wednesday 9/9/09 |
continuing |
| Thursday 9/10/09 |
continuing |
| Friday 9/11/09 |
continuing |
| Monday 9/14/09 |
continuing |
| Tuesday 9/15/09 |
Coming soon! Otis School
of Art visiting us on October 28 during 3rd period. |
| Wednesday 9/16/09 |
We are still working on our shoes |
| Thursday 9/17/09 |
We are still working on our shoes |
| Friday 9/18/09 |
We are still working on our shoes |
| Monday 9/21/09 |
We are still working on our shoes |
| Tuesday 9/22/09 |
We are still working on our shoes |
| Wednesday 9/23/09 |
We are still working on our shoes |
| Thursday 9/24/09 |
We are still working on our shoes |
| Friday 9/25/09 |
We are still working on our shoes |
| Monday 9/28/09 |
We are still working on our shoes |
| Tuesday 9/29/09 |
We are still working on our shoes |
| Wednesday 9/30/09 |
We are still working on our shoes |
| Thursday 10/01/09 |
We are still working on our shoes |
| Friday 10/02/09 |
We are still working on our shoes |
| Monday 10/5/09 |
We are still working on our shoes |
| Tuesday 10/06/09 |
We are still working on our
shoes but most are done so we are transitioning to another project. |
| Wednesday 10/07/09 |
Mrs. Imerson discussed the major
installations we will have this year: Day of the Dead, Holiday
Lights, Mardi Gras and Asian fusion Garden. We are
currently working on the Day of the Dead which will feature a huge
alter to
Frida Kahlo. We are making 10 huge silhouttes of giant
skeletons to attach to the fence and tissue paper cutouts for banners
to hand. We also have started our basketmaking project. |
| Thursday 10/08/09 |
Continuing giant skeletons,
tissue paper banners, and baskets for the "Day
of the Dead"
installation. |
| Friday 10/9/09 |
Continuing |
| Monday 10/12/09 |
Today we evaluated our shoe
project with the rubric and aesthetic valuing.
(pdf of rubric) SHOE RUBRIC |
| 10/13/09 |
Begin work on
installation. We will be creating leaves, pomegrants, watermelons
to go with the alter for Frida Kahlo |
| 10/14/09 |
Paper mache leaves, baskets,
pomegrants, and watermelons |
| 10/15/09 |
Paper mache leaves, baskets, pomegrants, and watermelons |
| 10/16/09 |
Paper mache leaves, baskets, pomegrants, and watermelons |
| 10/19/09 |
Paper mache leaves, baskets, pomegrants, and watermelons |
| 10/20/09 |
Paper mache leaves, baskets, pomegrants, and watermelons |
| 10/21/09 |
Paper mache leaves, baskets, pomegrants, and watermelons |
| 10/22/09 |
Paper mache leaves, baskets, pomegrants, and watermelons |
| 10/23/09 |
Paper mache leaves, baskets, pomegrants, and watermelons |
| 10/26/09 |
Finishing up our installation
for the sculpture patio |
| 10/27/09 |
Finishing up our installation
for the sculpture patio |
| 10/28/09 |
Finishing up our installation
for the sculpture patio |
| 10/29/09 |
We carved pumpkins |
| 10/30/09 |
We carved pumpkins |
| 11/2/09 |
Dia de los Muertos (Day of the
Dead) |
| 11/3/09 |
Plaster casting of our hands |
| 11/4/09 |
Plaster casting of our hands |
| 11/5/09 |
Plaster casting of our hands |
| 11/6/09 |
Plaster casts of mask molds |
| 11/9/09 |
Plaster casts of mask molds |
| 11/10/09 |
STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY-NO SCHOOL
FOR STUDENTS |
| 11/11/09 |
VETERAN'S DAY-NO SCHOOL |
| 11/12/09 |
Using clear tape we are creating
life size sculpture (one of Maddy and one of Rheanna) The rest of us are painting our hands and mask sculptures. |
| 11/13/09 |
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| 12/02/09 |
We learned about slump molds
today. We rolled out slabs and laid them over the bottom of bowls
or plaster slump molds. We created a design on the bottom with
our names. |
| 12/3/09 |
Today we learned about Mashima
and Sgraffito. These are two incising techniques. We did
the border today using the mashima technique. |
| 12/04/09 |
Today we painted 3 layers of
englobe on our platters covering the incising we did on the borders
yesterday. We then scraped off the layers on the border revealing
the englobe that went down into the incising. We then did the
sgraffito technique on the center of the platter by incising a design
into the englobe which will reveal lines of the clay body with a
background of the colored slip (englobe) |
| 1/05/2010 |
Today we began brainstorming
ideas for our carving project. Students were given the option to
carve soap stone or to repeat success with balsa foam. Mrs.
Imerson gave the homework assignment to gather visuals and resources
for their carving. She will send home the powerpoint on carving for
students to look at at home. |