Hands Hard at Work Creating Art

Our fifth-graders have been happily getting their hands dirty in Art class! They’ve been finishing their delightful hand-built “pancake pots”, charming little vessels complete with lids shaped, decorated, and painted to look just like a mouthwatering stack of pancakes.

 

Using the classic coil technique, our artistic Sharks rolled long, snake-like ropes of clay and stacked them layer by layer. A smooth, round slab formed the base and lid, and then the real creativity began. Students topped their pots with tiny sculpted strawberries, blueberries, pats of butter, and drizzles of syrup, along with whatever other delicious details sparked their culinary and artistic imaginations.