Ceramic Butterfly Bowls (Part 1) Slab Construction
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Date: 2015-04-03 Author: Michelle East Categories: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, After School Art & Art Camp, Art Lessons, Ceramics Lessons, Ceramics Slab Construction Lessons, Elementary Art, K-1st Grade, Sculpture Lessons Tags: additive clay, after school art class, ceramic butterfly bowl, clay art lessons, clay bowl, clay butterfly, slab
Kids almost always making art with clay! Since we got our kiln 3 years ago (I prayed for the school to get one for 7 years!), we have had so much fun creating ceramic art-everything from Teapots, bird baths, ceramic boxes, fairy houses, Ceramic Butterfly Bowls & Roll-a-Beast Animal Sculptures! Before the kiln we did air dry clay (which was horrible) or paper mâché or plaster (we use these in different ways now).
We have just finished 2 clay projects:
- Butterfly Ceramic Bowls in After school art (k-4th graders)
- Mini Birdbaths with birds in 4th Grade art (click on link for lesson & pictures)
I saw this lesson on “That Artist Woman” blog called Clay Butterflies, please refer there for her excellent instructions. LOVE her site-she is SO creative!! We followed her instructions almost completely with the exception of flipping our bowl over & letting it dry upside down.
Cassie Stephens: In the Art Room has a similar lesson check it out below
Cassie Stephens: In the Art Room: Kindergarten Clay …
Which leads me to this here Clay Butterfly project. If you’re new to teaching clay or you simply need a quick project that teaches the basics of clay construction in a fool-proof-ish kind of way then this big bad butterfly is the thing …
Here are some pictures of Part 1: forming the clay slab & designing the butterfly with drawing & additive clay
See our GLAZED Butterfly Bowls Part 2
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