7th and 8th Grade Art

We had a week of experimenting and "playing" with clay last week. One class was dedicated to a series of clay challenges so I could assess what skill level each student was operating with. They each had to create a pinch method bowl, an even coil as long as their arm, a recognizable piece of food, a hollow sphere and for the more advanced students, a hollow cube. Most students were able to successfully complete all 5 challenges within the 50-minute class period. Our current project is a geometric solid sculpture created by rolling an even slab and cutting a template shape to fold the clay into a form. The students are moving at a good pace and I expect we will finish the unit next week.