Clay!

This semester we've been doing a lot of clay at both the middle and high school levels. Below you can find a lot of examples! I will write the grade and/or project under the picture. Enjoy!

 



8th grade birdhouse

7th grade fairy house

8th grade coil pot

 

8th grade luminary

 

High school cup (focus: texture)

High school ceramic sculpture (theme: good and evil)

 

8th grade bird house

8th grade luminary

High school bowl

8th grade mug

8th grade fairy house

 

8th grade ceramic sculpture

High school mug (theme: good and evil)

7th grade turtle bowl

High school bowl (theme: good and evil)

High school bowl (theme: good and evil)

High school honeypot bowl (theme: good and evil)

High school jug

8th grade hand sculpture

High school mug

7th grade mug (focus: texture)

High school bowl (theme: good and evil)

8th grade hands

 

8th grade cup (focus: texture)

 

Clay Zemis: An Interdisciplinary Project

This year in social studies, the seventh grade learned about the Taino people. The Taino were indigenous to Puerto Rico, Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica, etc. Their religion centered around the worship of Zemis, which were small sculptural objects that housed spirits. Thus, as an interdisciplinary project, the seventh graders made their own Zemis out of clay.

Students were to pick an emotion they wanted to express on the face of their Zemi. After that, they were to design several symbols that represented things that are important to them (love, friendship, sports, family, etc.), which they would carve into the face of their Zemi. Today they wrote a paragraph about the symbolism found in their Zemis, and next week they will present in front of their social studies class.

Below are several great examples of these small sculptures: