So much to do!

So much to do! Make sure you get it all done!
Critique on Wednesday!
1. Concept piece with Animal (Chinese New Year Animal: Year you were born or rabbit)
2. Fortune cookies contained. Piece must have unity and be planned. If you have a particular
style you work in this should be apparent. Everyone is doing a great job.
3. All pieces must be ready for the display case for Chinese New Year's
4. Think about bringing a shirt to silkscreen with the year of the rabbit design we are creating!
5. Look on the dry erase board everyday to check out times for open studio!
6. Anyone interested in going to the Chinese New Year's festival in Denver on Sunday needs to
let me know they are coming! We will meet at the school on Sunday at 12:15
7. I.B. and A.P. students need to stay focused. VERY FOCUSED!

Investigative Workbooks and Blog Extension of deadline

Since everyone is still working on getting it together, in this new year, I have decided to extend the deadline for Wi's and Blogs to Friday! No extensions, No exceptions!


What has to be done?
1. Fortune Cookies with 3 clay bodies and 3 glazes, or you can have a theme throughout.
2. Rabbit, or Animal for the year you were born. Sculpted from solid form. This will need to be cold finished, but it should be ready for the kiln. It will also need to be contained.
3. Documentation both in writing and in photographs of what you have made with reflection.
4. Where you are headed? I.B. you are headed toward your exam date! I will talk with you on an individual basis. Year one I.B. should start thinking about finished pieces for your exam next year.
5. Advanced Throwers should be producing work for the sale. Lets use up the recycled clay, and the soldate!
6. A.P. Concentration pieces should be your focus.

Needless to say there is a lot going on. If you don't understand what is due, ask before Friday!

Blogs and Books Due!

Intentions and New Beginnings Reflections and Images Due-
Please include all information-
1. What you are putting in the cookie- taken away?
2. What are your intentions?
3. Glaze Choices
4. What kind of container?
5. Animal you chose and why? What year you were born? Include handout given to you with images and descriptions.
6. Images of work in progress, add images when work is completed.
7 Remember we are documenting our journey
8 If you are doing a blog please go to the P drive, teachers, student save in, Period 6/7 Pottery Spring 2011. Make a new folder with your name on it and put all images and your blog address in this folder.
9 If your are keeping a notebook please turn it in by my desk / bag marked I.W.

Tom Coleman talking about Influences!

Watch this video clip. What influences your work?

Beginning Again!

Welcome back returning students! Also, would like to welcome new Advanced Students to both 6th and 7th hour. Just a heads up, we are having a student teacher this semester. His name is Tom Steele. Some of you may know him from last year since he observed most of the year. Tom loves Ceramics and Mixed Media!
Hope everyone has been looking at the world around them, and is remembering what they notice in their world.These are the things that inform and inpire our work!
Simplicity has been on my mind this break, and for some reason I just can't stop making coffee mugs. I have also been thinking about surface and the various techniques that can be used to create surface. I also have been thinking about starting another standing figure sculpture! Be ready to share what is on your mind! Hope everyone is enjoying break! I sure like sleeping in past five a.m. every morning. I am going to try to put a Sivie Granatelli video in this post. If it works, please be sure to watch it.

I.B. Second Year student, and A.P. Students the heat is on, time is ticking! No pressure of course! HA!

Lisa