Archieve - Ceramics

Celeste and Abe' work on a ceramic rain stick

 Completed rain sticks

Jennifer demonstrates her ceramic rain stick

Student are introduced to the pottery wheel.

Student are learning to center, cone and open the clay in order to produce a variety of pottery forms. 

 Second year student Scott mentors beginners.

Second year student Saferra mentors beginning potters. 

Valeria's tree person sculpture from the Imaginary Creature project

Niki's sculpture (28 inches tall) freshly painted with glaze and ready for glaze firing.

Functional Ware

Students learned how to design functional mugs with 'pulled' handles. Red slip sgraffito design was added to outside.

Ceramic mug by Joey Cox

Mug with Michigan State logo by Taylor Bawks

 

"Ring around the rosie" plague mug by Jennifer Perez

Studio Work

Sharing the Love for Ceramics
Saffera Korin loves working and tutoring other students on the wheel so much that she bought a toy potter's wheel for her little sisters. She's teaching them to make pottery at home. 

Ceramic Sculpture

Students explore sculpture techniques and thinking in 3 dimensions.

Eric working on his imaginary creature

Jacob and Cody collaborate on a garden gnome character

Andrea creating a 'tree man' imaginary creature

Heith's imaginary creature sculpture

Daisy's creature sculpture

Rosa at work on ceramic lettering

Jacob and his gnome sculpture

Maddy's gumball man

 Little Monsters
Fun extra credit projects

Ceramic rose (moist)

 Coil Pottery adapting native Am. methods