Animation Preparations

 8^th Graders are starting to make a cast of characters for a stop-action claymation project. Teams are forming and plot lines are being rehearsed. Props and backdrops are being created. Musical accompaniment is being considered. Stay tuned for next steps as they emerge...

Over Under Over Under

Weaving takes time and patience. Few students demonstrate the ability to “Engage & Persist” (one of the 8 studio habits we engage in as artists in the studio). Below is a good start by a fiber artist who was inspired by the video Weaving on a Cardboard Loom, available on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbtKnvc_9No

  Students make their looms from recycled cardboard and warp them with string or yarn. We have lots of donated yarn, for the weft, thanks to our supportive CBMS community.

Kowabunga!

Look what I found when I unloaded the kiln!

Surfer by "M"  - Grade 5

We unload the last batch of bisque-ware for quarter 2 tomorrow – then one week left to get it glazed. This quarter flew by! Kindof like a tiny surfer on a giant wave...