Sculptural Rings

Garrett A

Steph M

Jezzah A

Nicole H

Amanda A

Sara G

 Bianca R

India A

Alicia W

Agnes S

Special thanks to Lane alum Alex Agudo for sharing his time, knowledge, and enthusiasm for metalsmithing and jewelry making. 

Pit - Fire 2012

Students building open-air kilns from brick for a smoke-firing.

Brittney & Jessica preparing the smoke kiln. 

Alicia & Mariyah

 Nicolette with Sheba the llama. 

 Our works piled high with straw and heavy wood, set ablaze.

Digging out the work the next day. 

Ash is cleaned from one of the masterpieces (by Jasmine C)

Halloween Costumes

I don't have nearly any time to make sculptures or pottery myself these days, but somehow Halloween always inspires me to break out the scissors and glue gun. These are my kids during some of our last few Halloweens.

2012 - Where the Wild Things Are:

 2011 - Pac-Man & Ghosts

 2010: Washer & Dryer

2009: Cat in the Hat & Things

Egg Drop 2012

This year’s egg drop contest was a hoot. There were so many laughing-to-tears moments when function lost the battle to form in a resounding, messy splat. Students developed a variety of creative ways to protect the fragile egg:

One of the funniest moments was when Waffles’ sculpture landed and the egg shell cracked but stayed inside the rubber bands while his entire egg fell out totally intact – first time in the long history of our annual egg drops that a yolk wasn’t broke, sunny side up.

This year, the winners from both classes designed ingenious rotating forms that slowly descended in a spiral to the ground.

From period 3, the strongest design was by India A; her petite but powerful egg helicopter surprised everyone, when, without a seat belt for the egg, the structure remained upright through four floors of throws, finally succumbing to a tiny surface crack in the fourth floor drop.

From 7th period, Steph M.’s tall cardboard and foil spiral made it through four stories of launches without any damage to the egg. We’ll need a field trip to the Willis Tower to test its ultimate potential.

Portrait Sculptures

Sculptures in the City

Over the summer, students from AP 3-D made some fantastic sculptures, and then took them around the city to find the best spot where they belonged.  (Works in order by Javier R, Rachel K, Steph M, Piotr J, Robin H, Joanna K, Nicole H, Mayra V, and Rosie R)



Ms. Moore's Summer Trip to Ghana

This past summer, I traveled to Ghana for an amazing three weeks of studying pottery and art. In the experience of a lifetime, I learned so much more than I could have imagined, and met incredible artists and children. A big thanks to Fund for Teachers and Chicago Foundation for Education, two non-profit groups who fund teachers in fulfilling their dreams to travel and learn, bringing their knowledge back to the classroom. 

Throughout this year we will be doing several exciting projects connecting our students at Lane to the artists of Ghana, including:

1) conducting firing experiments where we mine our own clays and fire them using Ghanaian techniques practiced today (barrel, open-air, pit, and wood firings).

2) collaborating with Mr. Flygt's percussion classes to make wheel-thrown drums, sewing on the skins, and learning Ghanaian drumming, along with  a workshop and performance by a visiting artist from Ghana.

3) studying the relationship between Ghanaian/Gold Coast traditional sculpture and American slave pottery from the Carolina coasts, then creating inspired works and face vessels.

4) selling art from Ghana and Lane to raise funds for programs that help children in Ghana go to school.

5) "traveling" around the world as we investigate world pottery traditions from our heritage, to map the world of ceramics as it relates to the diverse population of Lane, and to create large-scale works inspired by our research. 

Here are some pictures from my travel. Click here for a complete online photo journal: Ceramics in Ghana

 

Photos from Clay & Arts Festival 2012

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