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.