Totem Spoons

Quarter 1 students created Totem Spoons for our Clay Unit.  They really enjoyed this activity!  We learned specific elements and principles vocabulary and all the detailed info that comes with clay!  We looked at examples and determined what we wanted to do with our artworks.  It took 1-2 days for vocabulary, 2-3 for working on our spoons, then it was time to air dry.  During the air dry time, we started our next unit, or you can try and time it for a long weekend (hint: Thanksgiving and all those 3 day weekends)

One of the biggest challenges was the importance to slip and score, wrapping the clay in plastic bags to 86 air flow and NOT glazing the bottom!  I think next time, I need to spend a full day on writing your name on the bottom and give every table buckets and sponges and making sure they wipe the glaze off the bottom!

All students made a spoon and then created objects representing their interests!  We had sports, video games, palm trees, UK (Go Cats!), school items like instruments and paintbrushes!  It was really fun to see all their interests!  This was great for all grades (6,7,8) and really kept them all engaged!

Here are some pics!