Hand Building with Clay class at Will Rogers School with the CREST Enrichment program has been a joy to teach. Students learned pinch, coil and slab techniques, creating functional and fanciful items, and enjoying plenty of time to create their own personal visions after completing each class … [Read more...] about The Work of Our Hands: Hand Building with Clay 4
Hand Building with Clay
The Work of Our Hands: Hand Building with Clay 3
Hand Building with Clay class at Will Rogers Elementary School with the CREST Enrichment program has been a joy to teach. Here behold first - fifth grade students get their hands in the “earth”... … [Read more...] about The Work of Our Hands: Hand Building with Clay 3
The Work of Our Hands: Hand Building with Clay 2
Hand Building with Clay class at Will Rogers Elementary School with the CREST Enrichment program has been a joy to teach. Below behold students aged 5-6 get their hands in the "earth". We had class on Valentine's Day, which proved to be an inspiration. From the heart. … [Read more...] about The Work of Our Hands: Hand Building with Clay 2
The Work of Our Hands: Hand Building with Clay 1
Creating masks in our Hand Building with Clay class at McKinley Elementary after school with the CREST Enrichment program has been a joy. With majority boys in the class, the tempo had to be high energy. Students learned how to "pound out" slabs (flat) pieces of clay the week before, then … [Read more...] about The Work of Our Hands: Hand Building with Clay 1
enRICHment III
enRICHment III First through fifth graders have a blast pinching, coiling, flattening, carving and incising clay in Santa Monica’s CREST Enrichment program which provides a variety of after school classes in Santa Monica Public Schools. In this class, we invited parents and siblings to join … [Read more...] about enRICHment III
enRICHment II
enRICHment II Working in clay with Kindergartners…through Santa Monica’s CREST Enrichment program, at Santa Monica Public Schools…after school. Students "gently pounded" out slabs (flat but not too thin pieces, in this case disks) of clay, and used them as surfaces upon which to … [Read more...] about enRICHment II