Sole Plates Glazed
May 2009 – This is an easy fun project for kids and novice potters. Roll slab (any size), impress with interesting textures, including the soles of shoes, place slab on piece of foam (upholstery foam works great), center a block of wood or other rigid surface on top of the slab, press down firmly to create the rim of the plate. Adapted from “Plate-O-Matic”, Pottery Making Illustrated, June 2008.
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This post marks the end of my after school clay class and is the last project that we made. We met for the very last time on Tuesday, May 19th – a fact that makes me a little sad, but also happy in that my future holds different opportunities now. I haven’t been as attentive to blogging as my routine normally dictates. Lots of little activities are interrupting the flow of my schedule – parties, field trips, ceremonies and finally the school comes to an abrupt halt on Friday at 10am when my daughter will collect her 5th grade “continuation” certificate in a final ceremony. I don’t know about her but, I’m excited for the future (both hers and mine).
Meanwhile, I’ve been reading up a storm. I am attempting to do all the recreational reading that I can stand before school starts for me mid-August since I know that everything I read after August 16th will most likely be landscape/ecology related . I just finished The Handmaid’s Tale and Falling Angels this week and am looking for a few more good reads. I have Pollan’s Botany of Desire and What is the What and by Dave Eggers at the ready right now.
Read anything good lately?
Cynthia
jim
May 27, 2009 at 7:23 am //
they came out really nice, i particularly like the last two. almost done with “out stealing horses” by per petterson
Cynthia
May 27, 2009 at 7:54 am //
Hehehehe – those last 2 are from my “2 peas in a pod” who were highly influenced by each other – can you tell?
Thanks for the recommendation…my family history is Norwegian so this will be interesting to read.
cindy shake
May 27, 2009 at 8:20 am //
Wonderful plates! I love them all but especially the first and second one. Just finished “A Prayer for Owen Meany” and if you like dogs, “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.” Both good.
Cynthia
May 27, 2009 at 8:30 am //
First one is my example – so doesn’t really count as the kid’s work…
Ooh – so happy to have book ideas – plus I’ll need some for plane ride!
ang
May 27, 2009 at 5:00 pm //
very trippy and colourful, great idea C..
Cynthia
May 28, 2009 at 6:18 am //
Sarah Regan Snavely
May 27, 2009 at 8:55 pm //
People are coming in the library raving about The Help by Kathryn Stockett.
If you like non-fiction, I’ve got Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa on my list to read.
Cynthia
May 28, 2009 at 6:19 am //
Ooooh – I forgot that you are a librarian! I’m going to look for these books. There is not a whole lot that I don’t read….
LB
May 27, 2009 at 9:34 pm //
Reading? Do you mean the kind that is not on a ‘puter screen?
Cynthia
May 28, 2009 at 6:20 am //
hehehe – I’ll be unplugged for 2 weeks – what am I going to do??
Linda Starr
May 27, 2009 at 11:34 pm //
puter screen – ha ha; Girl in Hyacinth Blue. The plates are wonderful, great project. Several folks have asked me to teach kids classes this summer, so if I get my kiln bugs worked out, I may be needed this idea, thx.
Cynthia
May 28, 2009 at 6:21 am //
Teaching kids is both challenging and very rewarding, Linda! I’ve enjoyed it immensely…and the kids love it because they don’t always get to touch clay in school.