Quote o' the Week

"Do not repeat anything you will not sign your name to."
~ Author Unknown

"You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him."
~ Audrey Hepburn

"Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you."
~ Spanish Proverb

Student Work - Photo Montages!

Night Photography

Info:

This film documents a Full Moon Night Photography Workshop in the Big Bend region of West Texas led by photographers Scott Martin and Lance Keimig. Learn more at www.on-sight.com and www.thenightskye.com. Learn more about the filmmakers at www.walleyfilms.com

Our First Glaze Firing!

Our First Stop Motion Video!

One Day Without Shoes from Melanie Burnell on Vimeo.

This is our first shot at stop motion! It was a great learning experience, even if it isn't perfect.

Thanks, Vannah and Toms!


From the www.Toms.com website:

WHY SHOES?

Many children in developing countries grow up barefoot. Whether at play, doing chores or going to school, these children are at risk:

•A leading cause of disease in developing countries is soil-transmitted diseases, which can penetrate the skin through bare feet. Wearing shoes can help prevent these diseases, and the long-term physical and cognitive harm they cause.

•Wearing shoes also prevents feet from getting cuts and sores. Not only are these injuries painful, they also are dangerous when wounds become infected.

•Many times children can't attend school barefoot because shoes are a required part of their uniform. If they don't have shoes, they don't go to school. If they don't receive an education, they don't have the opportunity to realize their potential.

Tomorrow is our "Day without Shoes!"

S.J. is raising awareness for "One Day without Shoes" during tomorrow's assembly.

Here is more information on the event:

http://www.onedaywithoutshoes.com/

Subtractive Sculpture

Sculpture: Modeling, Carving or Found Object.

"Modeling is additive: as it follows the logic of assembly, it accumulates substance toward achievement.

Carving, as a subtractive process, is the opposite of modeling. The effects of carving can be seen whenever meaning is created by stripping something away, or where a new form takes shape by means of removal. The subtractive (reductive) method we associate with carving can be a tool for creative destruction or a means of refinement and intensification.

The most famous description of the reductive process is Michelangelo’s image of a figure trapped inside of a block of stone. He also explained that he carved as if he were witnessing the revelation of a submerged object."

Source: www.StoneProject.org


"Atlas" by Michelangelo


"Pieta" By Michelangelo