MELTING GLASS

CARVED GLASS PLAQUES

CERAMICS I

clay, glazes, & glass shards 

Here is another favorite assignment of my beginning clay kids,

these Carved Glass Plaques.

They are tedious to make and carve out,

 but oh so fun to load up with glass shards

and see the beauty of the end results when we unload them from the kiln.

Let's take a look see.

This first beauty was the work of senior Catherine Lu.

We all liked how she was able to get so many value ranges within each color.

Plus she rocked her design as well.

And how could we not love senior Christian Balbido's pup?

He brought in a picture of his dog to work from

and did a terrific job carving all those complex areas.

And junior Lina Kim made a spectacular creation as well.

She also chose a very difficult design and was able to get a lot of great movement 

within her glass shards.

Like Christian's piece,

she also painted black glaze over her walls to make the glass pop.

Senior Michelle Hwang crafted this beautiful shark,

and junior Michelle Son made the lovely piece below.

We end with junior Richard Montes and his design based on his cultural heritage,

an Aztec creature.

I really liked the colors of glass he used and the lighter raised bumps on the animals skins;

the contrast is so appealing to the eye.