Tile Hearts
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, these clay hearts can be used to create a collaborative mosaic. Students rolled out the clay to about half an inch thick, and then used the square cutter to ensure we all had the…
Glass Coasters
Continuous Contour Line Portraits
To get a good understanding of continuous contour drawing, I like to watch Anna Stump’s video with the class. Students used mirrors, and create a continuous contour line portrait of themselves using permanent black marker and a large paper. Once…
Modigliani Style Portraits
There are several sites that show this lesson idea – portraits in the style of Modigliani. I got my inspiration from deepspacesparkle.com. Students love blending colored chalks together, and it really comes alive on black paper. afaithfulattempt.com also emulates Modigliani…
Slumped Bottles
Students love this project, as there are so many things we can do with a slumped bottle! Students choose a bottle to wash and dry. Often these need to be soaked overnight so the paper and glue can be removed.…
Islamic Design Dishes
These dishes are a great intro to scoring float glass and using glassline paint. Students first research an Islamic style design of their choice. Glass pieces are scored to the size of 4″ x 4″ so the design may need…
Glass Book Covers
Students love doing this group project in glass. First students research an interesting book cover they would like to duplicate using a variety of glass types. The criteria is that the book cover should be recognizable, but as artists they…
Glass Islamic Design Tile
Students got a chance to look at various Islamic designs. Looking at the main components found in this style of art, students chose one that they wanted to emulate. Enlarging their design on paper first, students then created their color…
Art Glass Pendants
Students scored a piece of colored art glass and a piece of clear art glass to the same size. Then placed in the kiln. This project has been a great started project, as the process if quite simple, and the…
Clay Bird Bath with Glass
This fun project involved clay and glass. Students researched birdbaths and birds of their choice. After cutting and pasting several examples in their sketchbook to use as reference, students drew a plan of their birdbath in their sketchbooks. Then students…
