Archive for May 13th, 2008

Crazy clay head  - my mother’s day present from my daughter

Side View

It’s hard to believe, there are only 2.5 weeks left for my for daughter until school’s out for the summer!  That means that I only have one more week of teaching my after school clay class - which is both good but also sad.  Good because teaching takes time away from my own work and I’ll have more time in the studio.  Sad, because I really enjoy watching the kids create and I’m going to miss them.

The kids always amaze me with what they come up with.  Even when I give them the same assignment they all look different; it just goes to show we bring our own stuff to our art work.  One of their favorite things to do is “free clay” - which is basically my way of keeping them busy until the end of class once they’ve finished the project.  Some kids finish the project right away and others need the whole 2 hours to complete the assignment.  It really depends on their attention to detail or fear of messing up.  I always tell them, it’s hard to mess up when you make the rules.

The head above is the result of “free clay” made by my daughter.  When I first saw it freshly made, I was in love with her creation.  She didn’t want to fire it, and I pretty much insisted.  Since then, there have been a rash of crazy clay heads in the making by the rest of the class.  Fun, fun fun.

Ceramic rattles

Two weeks ago, we made clay rattles and they are so cool!  I’m thinking of making some myself.  It’s hard to resist the temptation to pick one up and shake it up.  They all sound differently too, depending on how thick the walls or how many and large the clay balls inside the rattle are.

Meanwhile, I finally upgraded my Word Press blog to version 2.5 - and it seems to be running a little slower.  It has a really cool administrative interface, but I wonder if it’s causing the slow down.  And, wouldn’t you know it, I upgrade and there’s already another upgrade available to 2.5.1.  I’m staying put for a little while.

Cheers from snowy Colorado (yes, despite 75 degree weather yesterday, we woke up to snow!)

~Cynthia