A Day of Service

Continuing work on our class sculpture...

Each student will have a spacer to glaze...

Putting the pieces together...

Waiting for the earlier beads that the kids made to cool...

Taking dried pieces outside...

Construction zone with carrot juice...

A very busy weekend is over...

Way Wet Workday

Drying the bead pieces in the kitchen...

Mitering the edges...

One bead down, three more to go...

Meanwhile, finishing the first fifteen kid valentines...

Putting a bead together...

It's not easy in this damp weather...

Winston stepped on two hearts, while running into the shed...

Working on the last fifteen hearts...

A decorative seal at the top of each heart...

A Tisket a Tasket

Pure color...

Sophisticated palette...

I like to teach my fourth graders about Native Californian basketry. We learn about many different tribes and about the baskets that they made. Each student creates a coiled basket, using modern materials: cotton string, and raffia. It is a challenging project, but the results are pretty fabulous.

Love that orange rim...

Perfect stitching...

Wild colors...

Love the pattern...

Light blue rim...

Love the shape of this one...

Old lady basket...

Careful stitching...

Dark blue accents...

Bead Pole Beginnings

My class is making three large totems...

We are hoping to get them into the "Sculpture Is" show...

It is at the Pajaro Valley Arts Center Gallery...

These were our first giant beads...

We will be stringing our beads onto vertical poles...

Giant Cake Plates

A large slice of cake needs a large plate...

These bases are sitting out to dry...

This plate is resting on a slump mold...

Adding the lace around the edge...

These are ready to smooth out...

This one will hold the Marie Antoinette cake slice...

This one is for the Miss Havisham cake...

Cake Decorating

Starting with some candied apricots...

One is a Marie Antoinette cake...

Taking some time out while the icing dries...

Flower factory in action...

Starting to attach pieces to the side...

Ended up with a snail...

Sitting outside to firm up a bit...

There is no more slip left, after icing both cakes...

Miss Havisham cake...

Marie Antoinette cake...

Beribboned sides...