Ms. K Jorgenson and Ms. M. Jorgenson- Clay Ornaments

This was the last peer taught art lesson for this semester. We made lacy clay ornaments. The first step was drawing out a lace design that we liked on the powerpoint we were shown. Once we had our design we  taped wax paper over the stop of the paper we drew our design on. Then we were given clay in a baggie, we had to mix it around to get rid of the water. Once the water was mixed in, we cut a small hole in the tip of the baggie so we could push the clay out of the end. We traced our lace design we drew on top of the wax paper. Once we had the design done, we used water colors to paint it. We had to chose either warm or cool colors. I chose warm colors. The final directions were to tie a ribbon onto it when it was dry.

Extension Activity:  I would have my students study the different uses of clay and then I would do another project using clay. Possibly go into the schools pottery classroom and study the history of spinning clay on a wheel.

Ms. Cronin and Ms. Eikamp- Stepping Stones

The art lesson we were taught was from the area of crafts. We made stepping stones out of cement. We were asked to bring in a 4x6 photo of our choice. The teachers laminated our photo before the project began. The first thing we were asked to do was to draw what we wanted our stepping stone to look like. We were also suppose to decided which pattern and which stones we wanted to use. I chose a picture of my parents and I. The colors I chose around my picture were maroon and blue. I chose maroon because my parents and I were at a Northern football game in this picture. The first step was to get cement poured into our plastic circular tray. Then we had to move the cement around by shaking our tray in order to get rid of the air bubbles. Once the air bubbles were out we set the picture into the middle and then set the stones around in the patterns in which we were taught. I used a repetition pattern for my stepping stone.

Extension Activity: I would teach the students about the history of the different patterns, such as mosaic. Then I would have them make a smaller stepping stone to go with this one so they could put it in their gardens.