Happy Friday!  Here is some Ceramic Art…  (more stuff here at our blog)

Humans and masks have always gone together.  Cultures throughout history have made masks for ceremony and ritual.  The masks simultaneously hide the wearer while transforming them, exaggerating some power or characteristic within.  Animal features are often used to represent the wearer taking on that animals spirit or traits.  We looked at various masks from around the world and students created their own.  Here are some!:

Mary Ramirez

Sam Melvin

Gabby Katsma

Mitch Ludwig (more…)

Here is some art from the Advanced Ceramics class:

We made lanterns to hold candles and took inspiration from Japanese style stone lanterns.  Here are the results!

Karen Rasmussen

Alex Ashford

Ben Miranda

Matt Moore

Tyler Quiring

TJ Allen

Chelsea Olesiuk

Audra Atwood

Izzy Barnwell

Julia Davenport

Here are some goblets we made.  We took inspiration from Indian Jones and the Last Crusade, the epic scene where the Nazi choses the wrong cup and ages to dust before your eyes! “He chose poorly”… I think they did a great job, here they are!

TJ Allen

Julia Davenport

Hannah Norris

Ben Miranda

Tyler Quiring

Emily Quinn

Audra Atwood

Richie Mack

Hayden Beard

Izzy Barnwell

Chelsea Olesiuk

Alex Ashford

And check out Jamie Jacobson’s Elephant!  The tail is a drawer that slides out to store something.

Here are some Soap Dishes too!

Renzee Comia

Gabby Katsma

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One of the fun things about ceramics is the creativity involved.  You can drape clay over almost anything to take its form as it dries; wood, plaster, newspaper, glass… Draping a slab of clay into a concave surface is called a slump mold and onto a convex surface is a hump mold.  We did both methods, using paper plates as our slump molds and paper bowls as our hump molds.  You can also use just about anything to texture clay; your fingers, a fork, a leaf, a toy, stamps, whatever you can imagine…Seward High Ceramics first assignment was to make a textured plate and bowl and they really did a great job.  Here are some of the best:

Mary Ramirez

Gabby Katsma

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Here are some more ceramic projects from SHS!

Tea Pots

Hannah Stovall

Kira Ludwig

Sherelle Holmes

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Happy Thanksgiving!  Here is some of  Seward High Students recent artwork:

This assignment was simple, create a mask which extends beyond the shape of the face.  This is what they came up with!

Jon Kingsland

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Here are some more ceramic projects.  There are lots more here at our blog.  We made gargoyles for Halloween and they turned our awesome!  Also, please vote on your top three choices for the skate park mural design!

Gargoyles/Sculptures

Rachel Tougas

Jessica Degnan

Diana German

Andy Hughes

Tiffanie Rook

Matt Moore

Sherelle Holmes

Erin Lane

Jamie Jacobson

Hannah Stovall

Wheel Projects

Sasha Hamner

Sherelle Holmes

Josh Dotomain

Emma Farris

Sasha Hamner

Erin Lane

Alice Pfeiffenberger

Zack Martin

Butter Dishes

Hannah Stovall

Kim Leavitt

Tiffanie Rook

I have two ceramics classes this year and they are filled with creative, patient students.  Here are some of their projects!

Butter Dishes

Jessica Degnan

Erin Lane

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Here are some projects that Seward Highs Ceramic Classes have been working on!

Ceramic Frames

Hannah Stovall

Diana German

John Kingsland

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The first semester has flown by, and we are all excited for a couple of weeks off!  Here are some especially nice final projects from Seward High art students: Mica Dunn (slab snake containter),  Michaela Thomassen (slab mug), Gretchen Lindquist, Chet Brewi (Wu-tang), Brennan Atherton (My Time is…)

Seward High Ceramic students have been busy this semester mastering hand building techniques as well as the pottery wheel. Here are some bas relief tiles and wheel projects by 1. Isi Mayer (flute) 2. Catie Zweifel (guitar) 3. Michaela Thomassen (mermaid) 4. Gabe Stoval (basketball) 5. Mike Thorn (bowl) 6. Mary Goodwater (mug).  Click these links to see more bas relief tiles and bowls and mugs.