Sunday, October 30, 2016

Community

Our local gallery has an exhibit for Dia De Los Muertos...
Fabulous work by these middle school students...
Local printmakers brought memories alive...
This was one of my favorite displays...
Ancestor platters with diverse stories...
Loved this family photo platter... 
These two cuties showed up to see our class ofrenda...
Loved this memory mobile...
Action heroes and skulls...
Traditional papier mache...
Snapped some photos of our class ofrenda...
Chatted with Lizzy, the maker of the pup on the left...
Spent some time reflecting on my grandma...

My School Year Life: A Never-ending Series of Errands

Started out today's errands with a tuna melt...

Saw Percy's stuffed animal doppleganger...

Snuck into Loot while driving to get clay on the back roads...


Needed to get more clay and some glaze for our student nests...

We're making spiders out of cookies and pretzels on Monday...

Saturday, October 29, 2016

Holiday Craft Fair Production Begins

We're making these for the school Holiday Craft Fair...
Each student will make one to keep, and one to sell...
Drying in the kitchen overnight...
Trying to figure out the pricing is always tricky...
Love the tiny little leaf on Gael's nest...
We'll glaze some with brown and some with yellow...
Removed the bowl frameworks...

Sunday, October 23, 2016

Wet Clay Day (Finally)

These plates will be for sale at the Linscott Holiday Craft Fair...

Loyal studio lurker/stalker/assistant...

Smoothing out the inside with a rib...

Making a small nest for the holiday sale...

Students will be making small nests to sell...

Making the bases for some compotes...

Sample nest to glaze with the kids...

Making a tiny folk nest with little eggs...

Using the heat outside to firm up the clay...

Kind of love this sunflower sprig mold...

This is the top of the compote...

These are the bases of the compotes...

Nests and compote top...

Friday, October 14, 2016

Ayotzinapa 43




I was very impressed today, at the Pajaro Valley Arts Council Gallery, with the exhibit of prints commemorating the 43 missing men from Guerrero, Mexico. I have been listening to this story in the news over the past few years. Each time the story is told, the men are mentioned as a group. There is never any discussion of the men as individuals. Several artists have made gorgeous prints, using a variety of styles, representing each one of the 43 men. It's heartbreaking to think of their families and friends, and of the senseless loss. It's a fitting tribute...

 






Fall is Rattlin'



Gourds a plenty...
Special guest, a former student, made a lovely rattle...

These parent helpers have got skills...

The kids did an awesome job attaching the pinch pots together...

But, will they rattle? We hope so...