CLAY WHISTLES
CERAMICS I
clay, glazes, & oxides
In the past several years for the whistle unit,
we have done Burnished Non-Objective Whistles,
but last year I decided to bring back Realistic & Abstracted Whistles;
they actually resemble something or are a made up creature.
The kids had a blast and brought in a lot of whimsy.
Making the clay actually whistle is a real challenge,
but last year the kids caught on pretty quickly,
like junior Dustine Ansiboy above.
We all were highly impressed with her realistic heart form
as well as how she glazed it with ceramic watercolors & Transparent glaze.
We were also super delighted by the rest of these whistles you will see.
Like the one above left by senior Christian Balbido.
The addition of the hat and nose brings in a bit of fun.
Senior Renee Kim choose to try a more realistic view of her shark on the right.
You can kind of see where you place your lips to blow on Renee's shark nose.
Senior Ashley Scott made the adorable piggy on the left.
I love that she placed his smile to the right
as this adds so much personality.
And junior Michelle Son went with a made-up creature with a slightly fierce expression.
Lastly we have senior Shreya Gupta, and juniors Lina Kim and Angela Mak.
Adorable,
right?
I was told once by alumni Megan King that making her clay piece whistle
was a highlight of her Whitney High School days.
Makes me so happy!!
Okay, gotta be honest ... Dustine's heart is almost a little too real
ReplyDeleteThank goodness for the comic relief of Christian's critter, with its Groucho Marx eyebrows
And I really wanted Renee's shark to be a bottle nose dolphin ... but gills
Ashley's pig looks like a smirking caricature out of a vintage political cartoon (and I looked briefly, but couldn't find a good example)
In any case, Michelle's lop-eared creature is the perfect snarky sidekick
I love how Shreya detailed the facets on her turtle's back
The glazing on Lina's frog makes it look half in and half out of the pond
And Angele's turtle looks like it's putting on the brakes, just digging in with those front feet
Yep, I can well see how these little beings will be memory holders ...