SPRING IN THE CREATIVITY LABORATORY AT HURSEY AND MURRAY LaSAINE!

GETTING OUR FARMERS MARKET AND CARNIVAL SALES UP AND RUNNING!! THESE WERE BEAUTIFUL DAYS AND GREAT COMMUNITY SUPPORT!

Creating Flowers out of random objects for our sales decorations 

Tagging and pricing the items

 Kate's Spring collage


 

Sterling takes charge

 The Farmers Market is a beautiful opportunity for garden sales and display of  one of the many attributes of Murrray LaSaine!

The Carnival at Hursey gave the students an opportunity to have fun and show off what they created. The garden classroom classes grew the plants for the art pots,  and they made soaps for sale from they herbs they grew themselves!

When spring has arrived and the weather is gorgeous, the teachers and the students want to be outside. 

We went outside to look for elements of art in our environment. We were able to find everything we were looking for in the playground area.  

One of the hardest things to do for a child is to NOT play on the playground on a beautiful day, but they did it. They sat and studied its angles, curves, textures, the way it is put together, the colorful unity of all the components and the movement. I think the children were surprised at what they were able to draw themselves.

Next week, as we end our 2016-2017 school year, the students will continue the playground creations and construct a piece of our playground or make up their own. Should be an interesting week of craziness!! I do love my job! The creativity, the excitement, the love.. its all part of a child's mind, (and mine).

OUR VISIT TO THE GIBBES THIS MONTH 

AND PATRICK DOUGHERTY 

WOW!! 

Structures with sticks .. inspired by our field trip to the Gibbes Museum this month
Check out: "stickwork.net" 

Artful Business- Handcrafted Pottery

 The Art classes are in full on business mode!

All of the classes have been knee deep in clay dust creating ceramic gifts for the Hursey Carnival and the Murray LaSaine Farmers Market.

So far we have used about 400 Lbs of clay. I have trucked supplies and creations back and forth between the two schools for 3 weeks. We have 2 weeks to go! March Maddness is in full swing!  I take home the scraps of clay and reclaim them in water, knead the air out and bring the clay back for more creations later. 

Clay is always an excellent confidence builder! You can always start over!  The most valuable lesson in life is, if you make a mistake, just change the plan, or begin again. Clay is forgiving and messy is fun!

 We have made sets of fully functional bowls.

Primary children are creating garden accents such as magnets

We have made Berry Bowls to hold onto your delicious summer berries. 

  Garden Lanterns to set atop a small candle 

This week begins the massive amounts of glazing and firing. No rest for this KILN!! 

Flower pots will be filled with plants grown from seedlings by the children at both schools. 

We even had 2 bird houses creatively, constructed spontaneously. 




Hursey Exploratory starts the glazing process.

The Upper Elementary students 
at Murray LaSaine begin the glazing process.

 

After we get all the creations glazed and fired, we will prepare them for sale at the Hursey Carnival -April 29 and Murray LaSaine Farmers Market- April 22.

Come out and get some amazing hand crafted,  fabulously, functional pottery! All proceeds go right back to the students through PTO and PTA. 

Final photos of finished artwork to come!