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”…
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By Debra Disman
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”…
By Debra Disman
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.
By Debra Disman
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 created “armatures” (support structures) of newspaper, over which they stretched their slabs, so that their masks would be three dimensional.
It was exciting to watch the students develop their mask characters, inevitably thinking in terms of story…inspired by characters from film, television, and books, but always their own. Students used coil, scoring, incising and even pinch pot techniques to create their mask characters.
Creating detail.
Two faces, in one?
Creating texture!
Inspired by the zombie craze.
Our one young girl in class that day created…a self-portrait?
Creative use of coils…
Figuring it out…
A very coherent expression.
Tattoo?
What is going on here? Perhaps this young maker is working out his feelings through creating.
It would not be the first time…
All hail, the healing powers of Art.
By Debra Disman
I will lead bookmaking workshops with Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) English and Art students at Verdugo Hills High School in Tujunga, CA, supported by the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Students will create one-of-kind BOOKS by hand, and develop them with print and visual media to create unique works of writing, visual art and craft.
I will work with Seniors in the VAPA English class, and Freshmen in the VAPA art class.
These workshops are for specific VAPA students at Verdugo Hills High School, and will take place in VAPA classes during school hours.
By Debra Disman
I will lead bookmaking workshops with magnet (VAPA) English and Art students at Verdugo Hills High School in Tujunga, CA, supported by the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Students will create one-of-kind FLAG BOOKS, and develop them through “found writing” they produce through pulling letters, words and sentences from existing print media sources such as magazines and other books.
I will work with Seniors in the VAPA English class, and Freshmen in the VAPA art class.
These workshops are for specific VAPA students at Verdugo Hills High School, and will take place in VAPA classes during school hours.
By Debra Disman
Arts Instructor at the Marlborough Summer School
I will be teaching a range of classes for the Marlborough Summer School this summer, including “Creating Unique Handmade Books”, “Art and Writing”, “Building A World”, “Red Yellow Blue” (all about color!), “Fairy Tales” (fanciful bookmaking for young children), and “Make Your Own Books”.
This is an intensive, daily, five week program, which draws students from all over Los Angeles County. Follow the link to find out more!