I have to say that of all of the camps I've helped with this summer (almost all of them), this camp was the most rewarding and fun for me. I had the absolute pleasure of working with an awesome educator/motivator in Pam Ward. She taught an incredibly engaging week-long course in pottery. The kids made several different projects ranging from dinner plates to coil/pinch pots and theme sculpture pieces. They did a fantastic job and were motivated to "make" and were very helpful towards each other and Pam and me in the classroom. She creates an excellent atmosphere for experiencing learning that is something I can only hope/strive to achieve in my own art education quest.
Here are a few pictures of some of the kids who were in the pottery camp and their works!
Here we have Kin'la and Sonja hard at work! They are putting the finishing touches on their handmade dinner plates. Such diligent workers! :)
A sampling of the campers' dinner plates.
The entire second shelf is chock full of campers' works ready to be clear-coated and fired!
Pinch pots!!
It's the last day and they are having their pottery feast. (They are supposed to be using their own plates, which a kiln malfunction prevented, but they were super sports about just having the feast!)
Everyone say, "Whoohoo for pottery camp!!"
Some of our silly and sweet pottery camper faces; McKenna, Jayne and Silas!!!
Pottery is wonderful; I've always loved it. The pottery campers obviously both enjoyed the experience and created some cool pieces. The pottery feast was a great idea--in spite of the malfunctioning kiln!
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