More student work from the Art House

Here are a few more examples of some recent work by some of my students at the Casselberry Art House.  They were made using a artificial plastic fern, and brown underglaze that was wiped off and used like a stain.  Although it would seem to be more natural to use real ferns, I like how the fake ones make a nice, crisp, deep imprint into the clay.

Card Making Party

Recently a friend of mine had a card making party.  Of course, I had made a few cards before, but have not been really into the whole "stamping" craze.  I must say that I really enjoyed making these and will probably be making more in the future!

Pottery App for Iphone & Ipad

I found the coolest little app for my Iphone where you can throw your own pots on the wheel, fire them, and then decorate them.  Its an awesome little game!  To find out more use the link below to take you to Idreams website.

Pottery App

http://www.idreams.pl/Pottery/

Latest Endeavor..

Lately I have been working on projects that would be good examples for secondary art lesson plans.  I have been exploring the idea of adding landscapes to pottery.  I finished my first piece that is an example of an African landscape using a warm color scheme (below).  Now I am working on a night time city scape piece that I will upload a photo of when I am finished.  I think that these both will be good ways to have students explore different countries and cities, while honing their ceramic skills!

There is also a continued design on the back with more trees and a giraffe.

Chihuly at Las Vegas

I had the lucky experience of getting a free three day vacation to Las Vegas.  I was more then happy to see all the free art exhibits around town!  Represented everywhere I looked was Dale Chihuly.  He had a small exhibit right outside the Aria hotel where I was staying, as well as many installations at the Bellagio next door.  I got to see one of his most famous pieces, the ceiling at the Bellagio entrance, simply breathtaking!

www.chihuly.com

My Maitland Art House Installation

Along with the lizards, catipillars, frogs, snakes, and cats, a breath of life is given to a dead tree with the addition of this small installation of low fired cone shaped forms.

Conic Trio

Casselberry Art House

I started teaching pottery back in April at Casselberry Art House.  It has been really fun and my students there are awesome.  Here are just a few of their slab projects: