Please click on my teacher Clay website above: clayshares.blogspot.com for more detailed projects and student examples.

Students also have GOOGLE classroom and are responsible for uploading picture of their projects. Feel free to ask you child to view their projects.

 Clay  Studio 1: The fundamentals of hand building and wheel‐throwing techniques 

Syllabus Mrs. Hom‐ Mandell  Rm.2

 Course Description:  This course is designed for students interested in a focused experience in ceramics. Students will work with clay using a variety of hand building techniques, as well as learning how to use the potter‘s wheel to form vessels, explore surface decoration and glazing techniques.   

Students will be graded on the following: Attendance, Clean‐up, Effort & Citizenship:  40%     Projects: and research HW 60 %                

 Requirements: Ready to learn attitude.  ARTSTRONG mindset

 Attendance policy: According to WPS policy, three unexcused tardies  equal an absence, and five or more absences per term equals an N or incomplete.    

Contact info: Ms. Hom Mandell homj@mail.weston.org 

Key Questions: How do the fundamentals of visual design and the primitive desire to build help how we see the world? How does one assess their growth in creative problem solving?

 Goals: Hands on projects 

Understanding that making art has a purpose‐ functional, aesthetic or personal 

Having the courage to take creative risks

 Building a self‐managing “A” team Discovering the leader within you