8th grade Clay

Eighth grade students are exploring slabs and texture. They have created relief sculptures (flat on one side with many layers of depth) using incised (cut into) and raised relief(images that stick out)for designs. Students are now decorating slabs with surface design, creating textures with stamps, cloth, printmaking plates and clay tools to make fascinating surfaces on the outside of their cups. They are practicing their technical skills at connecting clay with adding handles and seams.