Describes preparation, execution, and finishing steps for modeling and glazing a human head in clay. Project was part of the Ceramics program at Santa Paula High School, Santa Paula, California. (GB)

Describes a 3-dimensional art project that can be completed in relatively short time while providing junior and senior high school students with experiences in design, texture, and color. (GB)

Describes a course in fiber techniques, which covers design methods involving fibers and fabric, that students in the Art Department at Sleeping Giant Junior High School had the opportunity to learn. (Author/RK)

Mention the Shakers and many people think immediately of the fine pieces of furniture made by this group in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The Shaker's philosophy, religious beliefs, and daily lifestyle greatly influenced the design and construction of their furniture and other crafts. While studying and building Shaker-style pieces, students…

This lesson requires attention to the composition and design elements essential to decoration of a curved surface. Skills taught are the techniques and processes of ceramic glazing and underglazing. Supplies required include commercially-made terra cotta flower pots, glazes, and a kiln. The plan includes lesson goals and objectives; background…

Article submitted by the art department, Sunrise Park Junior High School, White Bear Lake, Minnesota.

DESIGN AND CRAFTMANSHIP ARE INSEPARABLE, AND IN AN ART PROGRAM, AREAS OF CRAFT SHOULD BE TAUGHT WITH SERIOUS ATTENTION TO HIGH STANDARDS OF DESIGN. DESIGN CRAFT IS A COURSE DEMANDING TEACHER VERSATILITY. PLANNING SHOULD BE GEARED TO HELP TEACHERS SUPPLEMENT THEIR SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE AND TO ASSURE THE WIDEST POSSIBLE APPLICATION OF DESIGN CRAFT…

Described a project in which students decided to build some cement playground sculptures and used animals for their design inspiration. (Author/RK)

A modified approach to the usual stained glass windows using colored cellophane, scotch tape, water colors and a felt-tip pen. (RB)

What can be done to transform a lump of wet clay into something more than a lump of glaze-fired clay? It is at this point when forming techniques have been mastered that good design becomes most important. Discusses six criteria involved in the search for good design so that students can discover what good design is and how important it is.…

Reviews: a volume of 11 essays on the history of Sheldon Jackson Museum and its Eskimo, Aleut, Athabaskan, Tlingit, and Haida collections; and a book analyzing the geometric design, technique, and imagery of 15 "raven's tail robes," early Northwest Coast textiles predating the more familiar Chilkat blankets. (SV)

Patchwork quilting is an original folk art in the United States. Pilgrims first used worn out scraps of cloth to make bed covers in an age of scarcity. Featured here are stories on East Texas Quilts, their origins, the love and hard work which goes into the making of a quilt (Ira Barr and others). The techniques needed to construct a quilt are…

Described is an art course in which fifth-grade students made masks using low fire whiteware as the medium. (RM)

High school students in an advanced ceramics class made chess sets, using a wood pattern to make pawns for the sets. The class found that using a pattern increased efficiency and speed. (RM)