INSPIRED BY...

Ceramic artist Lana Wilson,

the 8th and 9th graders at Raintree Montessori in Lawrence, Kansas,

taught by Cindy Sears have knocked these slab pieces out of the park!

I believe these were done in her 3-D Art class there 

where they were also doing other art & craft forms as well.

This is the second time I've posted the work of these students.

I cannot begin to tell you how very impressed I am by their craftsmanship and design skills.

Ms. Sears must have really had them do their research into symbols

(very important in Lana's work),

as well as lots of designing before the clay came out of the bags.

Lana lives in Delmar, Ca. and I have actually seen her work in person many years ago 

when I visited a Solana Beach Art Gallery called Trios.

I don't know if she still exhibits there,

but I did explore her website and learned a few of her secrets that she shares.

Fascinating work!

Enjoy Ms. Sears' students works.

Many are even interactive!

Sydney Alexander

Floreno para el Jardin

Michael Campbell

Skater's Stoneware Cabinet

Courtney Goodlet

Miracle Box

Jason Zhou

Pagoda

Tammy Liu

Wings

Emmi Murao

Cats Temple

Raintree Montessori School

In Lawrence, Kansas, art teacher Cindy Sears found our blog and was inspired by the burnished primitive whistles my Ceramics I kids were making.  She sent me a lovely note, and asked if Id share the process with her so she could teach it to her 3rd thru 5th graders seen here.

So I sent her the rubric with a couple of sample whistles and off she went with the project.  Recently she sent me pix of the results and let me tell you, they were just as wonderful as what my high school kids where producing.  

Marvelous job to all!!

I was able to download 3 of the pix she sent, so here they are.  What I really like that she had the kids do at the end was to apply clear shoe wax then buff.  I really like the shine it brings to the pieces.  I'm going to have to try that next school year.  Thanks for the tip Cindy  :)  And thank you and the administration at Raintree for allowing me to showcase your school and your sweet students.