FOUR(4) POSTS/PHOTOS OF YOUR PROJECT PROGRESS ARE DUE THIS WEEK!!!

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!! 

The following blog work will be 100% of your Daily Participation grade and all blog work must be posted by end of your class on Friday (if your class doesn't meet on Friday for some reason, you still have to have your updating finished by 11AM on Friday).
Expectations for Participation Grade:
1. Daily photo of your project and description of your progress – posted to your personal blog - phone app is easiest and fastest, or you can email the photo to yourself or you can use your laptop to take photos.  ***TAG or LABEL your posts from the my label list and/or your own list***
2. Weekly comments on at least 2 of your classmates’ personal blogs. Add a quick post telling me which blogs you posted on so I can find them quickly.
3. At least 1 weekly addition of an artist webpage – in your area of study - in your Link List.
4. ** LABEL your posts from the my label list and/or your own list*** My List – high school art, art assignments, sculpture, photography, etc – your section.

Unit 5 – Clay Hands holding an object Nov 25 - Dec 13

Preliminary work:

1. Google image search for 'clay hands'

2. Draw out several hand positions for the project.Upload drawings to blog

3. What is the world's greatest need? What can you use to represent this? Must fit into the two hands that 'offer' it. Write a paragraph explaining the gift symbol and why the world need this - CAN NOT be a word or direct reference, must be a symbol or metaphor - be creative!!

Project:

4. Create a design in sketchbook and upload to blog

5. Make two hands and a small object that represents a gift to the world for Christmas. Arrange in a way so that the hands are holding the small object

6. Paint and embellish project when it is fired.(after Christmas holiday)

EXTRA CREDIT

Come help fire and clean clay room over holiday - I'll let you know before Christmas break what day and time

Your grade will be based on - 

Teacher observation

Successful completion of project, daily photos and posts on blog

Project Rubric

Class Critique

New Project Assignment!!! Animated Houses - starts Monday!! Due Nov 22, ready to Fire!

Unit 4 - Animated Houses Oct 26 - Nov 22 - 4 Weeks
Here's your new project! Watch this powerpoint from Amaco clay, and you'll see some of the work of my favorite potter - David Stabley!!!
Animated Houses
1. The link isn't working right :(  it will take you to this google search page, and the PowerPoint is 'Animated Houses' Watch it!!
2. Make 3 different sketches of a house project
3. Post your sketches- in color and a short story about what it means.-photograph your sketches and post your story on your blog by Oct 29(Tuesday) end of class. Be prepared to start rolling slabs on Wed. at the beginning of class!!!

4. I have also added a Link List of AMAZING Ceramic Artists - Look at each one and write me a well written paragraph about your favorite artist - and post your paragraph AND your favorite ceramic piece from each of the 5 (Include Deb Stabley also!!)

Empty Bowls Project

We missed this opportunity to participate in the Empty Bowls Fundraiser today -

https://www.facebook.com/events/167870306751868/?source=1

And here is the write up for last year's actual event in Odessa - they raised over $6000.00 for West Texas Food Bank in 2012. http://www.oaoa.com/article_c5f6ff63-9212-5805-9cdf-9e29dc53d04e.html

SOOOOOO...who is up for learning how to work on the wheel, and make bowls for next year???

A Letter From One Of Your Fellow Classmates - I couldn't have said it better!!!

"Ceramics kids need to wash all utensils, and WRAP clay when not in use.If you do not wrap the clay it WILL NOT be able to be used for projects.Keep the clay room clean and well organized.Put your projects where no one will be able to ruin them.DO NOT mess around in the clay room! GET YOUR THINGS AND GET OUT! The clay is to be USED for your projects and not thrown in the trash,or anywhere around the room,nor at each other.
Please remember that the projects you make will show how much work you put into them.
What you do in class is your business,but the outcome of that will also be your business."

I Hope You All Get Caught Up with Your Blog Work This Weekend!!!

Getting the blogs put together correctly and daily updates is 20% of your grade.

BLOG PROGRESS Update Oct 11 - Some of you are doing GREAT!!

4 Ceramic 1 Students

Natasha - 3 fellow ceramics students added, 6 posts, 2 links,  9 photos and 5 comments, 4 AHS Art blogs, 1 extra post, 1 extra photos
Armando - 0 ceramics students added, 0 posts, 0 links,0 photos and 0 comments, 0 AHS Art blogs
ReidJ - 4 ceramics students added, 2 posts, 3 links,6 photos and 0 comments,0 AHS Art blogs
Saul - 0 ceramics students added, 0 posts, 0 links,0 photos and 0 comments, 0 AHS Art blogs

Natasha is still the one with the most work done - Git-er-done!!

1 Ceramics2 Student

Natalie -0 ceramics students added, 3 posts, 0 links,3 photos and 0 comments, 0 AHS Art blogs, 2 extra posts, 2 extra photos

let's get going kids!!!

 Saul's blog - http://saulortiz90.blogspot.com/

BLOG PROGRESS - Sun Oct 6 4:13PM

4 Ceramic 1 Students

Natasha - 3 fellow ceramics students added, 4 posts, 2 links,  7 photos and 2 comments
Armando - 0 ceramics students added, 0 posts, 0 links,0 photos and 0 comments
ReidJ - all ceramics students added, 1 posts, 3 links,3 photos and 0 comments
Saul - 0 ceramics students added, 0 posts, 0 links,0 photos and 0 comments
Natasha is the one with the most work done - Git-er-done!!

1 Ceramics2 Student

Natalie -0 ceramics students added, 1 posts, 0 links,1 photos and 0 comments

let's get going kids!!!

 Saul's blog - http://saulortiz90.blogspot.com/

Blog Instructions

Monday we are all be linking to the Upper Level art blog. It has links to all sections of upper level art and NAHS and the Artroom blog(most of it is art 1 related). Please bookmark it and your individual section blog.
Finishing up our personal blogs:

1. Add at least these two gadgets to your blog - Blog List and Link list
2. Add all students in your section to your Blog List. You can have as many Blog Lists as you want to, but this one is required.
3. Make a Link List of artists in your area of study that interest you. You can have as many Link Lists as you want to, but this one is required.

The following blog work will be 100% of your Daily Participation grade.
Expectations for Participation Grade:
1. Daily photo of your project and description of your progress – posted to your personal blog (phone app is easiest and fastest, but you can also email the photo to yourself) All uploads must be posted by 8pm PLEASE ***TAG or LABEL your posts from the label list.
2. Weekly comments on at least 2 of your classmates’ personal blogs. Add a quick post telling me which blogs you posted on so I can find them quickly. These comments must be posted by 8pm on Friday night.
3. At least 1 weekly addition of an artist webpage – in your area of study - in your Link List.
4. Label List – high school art, art assignments, sculpture, photography, etc – your section.

Thank you!!! This is going to help so much – you will get much more individualized instructions and personal help through this technology based addition to our classes! Thanks for all you do! MzW

Only two have sent me emails for the Ceramics blog that work!!!

LINKING KIDS' BLOGS TO THIS BLOG!!!

Be patient, it will take a while to get everybody 100%committed to this process. I have complete faith in all of you - this will be awesome when it's all done!!