Last day of school!

Rube Goldberg Machine 2013

This is the only class this year that successfully completed their Rube Goldberg Machine.  Forgot to add back in audio, but they rang the bell at the end.

Black light painting

Using fluorescent tempra, students paint in a radial design generated using French curves and a hand drawn circular grid. They love painting in the dark!

String art

Also called curve stitching, this art is usually done on boards with nails. At the jh, we figured how to do it with recycled cardboard and embroidery floss. White kite string was used as well, and dyed with markers and water on a brush. Most students followed patterns from Internet.

Ugly jugs

Edgefield, SC is the home of face jugs. My students explore this tradition by making their own. We start by viewing a video by PBS called "History Detectives: Face Jug" that explains its history. Then demo and hands on clay. We slab build a cylinder on day one, day 2,3 we add handle and face.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yArq__ZodFc


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yArq__ZodFc

Middle school meeting

Maea middle level educators!

Mystery portraits

After looking at chuck close, I asked the staff for suggestions, then picked 7 images. Manipulated in photoshop, cut and distributed one square to each child. Every kid learns about color mixing and participates in a collaborative mural. Pretty nice results!