Czaplicki Bad Hair Day Project

Czaplicki Bad Hair Day

Last Flex for 3 Weeks!

Because of SOL testing we will NOT be having our 

Open Studio during flex for the next few weeks!

If a student needs to do any make-up work, they will need to schedule a time after school with Ms. Czaplicki!

Good luck testing!

(How adorable is this hedgehog?! Look at the detail! Incredible)

Czaplicki A2 Sketchbook

Every class starts with a sketchbook entry. Today we were learning how to break complex pictures into simple shapes. We drew an elephant!

I love watching them take the basic shapes and turn them into a detailed animal!

If your student still has not brought all their supplies in- make sure they have ASAP.

Czaplicki Staying After School

Remember!  For Ms. Czaplicki with a note/e-mail and 24 hours notice- your student can stay after till 4:45 Mon-Thur! A great time to make-up work or get caught up! 

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Exploratory Art Screen Printing and Weaving

As the end of the semester approaches, we have student's finishing many different projects. Some are finishing their silk screen stencil. Cutting it out with x-acto blades.

Some are silk screening with their stencils.

Some are finishing up their circle weavings.

But for sure- we are VERY BUSY!

Czaplicki A2 B4 The kiln is Fixed! Our animals are glazed!

Here are some examples of the FINISHED whistles. 

They have all been fired twice. Once to bisque fire- or turn the clay into hardended clay.

Czaplicki Exploratory A2 Materials Explorations

Students are experimenting with materials to create a non representational design. They were inspired by the art work of Andy Goldsworthy.

Czaplicki Art 6 A3 Sketching

Art 6 students draw their sketches really large, to mimic the style of Georgia O' Keefe. We also worked on cropping, zooming, and enlarging.

They are looking awesome!

It's starting to look like a zoo in here! Czaplicki Exploratory

Czaplicki A2 Clay Whistles

A prarie dog whistle!

And a sea turtle whistle!

We have our first few whistles today. Soon they will be fired in what is called a "bisque firing." This will heat them to tempertures close to 1800 degree! It will cure them and make sure that all the water is removed. It will make them very hard and durable. Then we will glaze them. They will be fired one more time and then our beautiful musical instruments will be ready to play.

Czaplicki A2 Clay Animal Whistle

These are two examples of my 6th grade sculpture projects. Look at the AWESOME texture on this Grizzly Bear! We transformed a simple half circle shape into these AMAZING animals. Next we will turn them into working whistles.

I love seeing the students use these higher level thinking skills to figure out how to make a lump of clay look and feel like an animal. The students are feeling very successful with this project. Ask them about their whistle!

Czaplicki A2 Clay Whistle

Our crafts explortatory class is using clay to sculpt a whistle. Right now we've built the base shape and are adding on details. Duck Dynasty seems to have influenced our choice in animals. Two duck sculptures in one class!

Below you can see a bear start to take shape!

There is a hard jump in the mind to go from 2D to 3D. We have to start thinking about working all the way around the piece. The students problem solve how to make their whistle shape turn into an actual animal!

Czaplicki 6th Grade Exploratory Paper Weavings

 Here are lovely examples of the Exploratory project. Student's worked very hard on two different weavings. The first one they drew a picture and then wove it into a weaving. The 2nd weaving- they created their own pattern- and then wove from their own pattern plan. The results speak for themselves.

This project stretched our problem solving skills. It also worked on our perseverance and creativity. Weaving isn't always easy- but it is rewarding! Please ask your Crafts artist about their project.