Auction 2008 |
Ceramic Serving Platters glazed in styles inspired by the art of famous artists or art eras. |
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| 1st Grade took inspiration from the art of Wassily Kandinsky to make colorful concentric circles on their platter for the auction. |
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| Georgia O'Keefe provided the idea for this bunch of flowers. The 2nd grade class had great experience in painting large perspective views of flowers after their beautiful floorcloth project. |
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| Henri Matisse and his undulating colorful abstract shapes inspired the 3rd grade while painting their auction donation. |
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| Vincent Van Gogh and his beautiful Starry Night was recreated by the 4th graders on their platter. Stars, the luminescent moon, and large brush strokes of glaze all help to convey his unique style. |
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| Piet Mondrian and his love of simple shapes and the relationship between colors provided the source of design for the 5th grade auction platter. |
Butcher Block Painted Table
The 3rd through 5th grades painted stylized flowers on a large piece of finished butcher block, transforming it into a garden of blossoms. Blacksmith Peter Austin created the wrought iron table base, complete with stems and branches. |
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Auction 2007 |
| M.C. Escher Tesselated Peace Dove table |
| The 4th and 5th grades made an Escher inspired table of tesselated Peace Doves and the base was designed by blacksmith artist Peter Austin and had stained glass inserted behind the bird cut outs. |
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Frank Stella inspired Sculptural Wall Paintings made by the 1-3rd grades using hand painted canvas. |
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Freestanding Sculptures for the 2006 Auction
Two free standing figure sculptures will be built by the 4th and 5th grade classes and glazed by all LS art students. Using leather hard slabs, the score and slip method will be employed to attach the clay pieces together. One figure will be sitting, looking up, and the second, will be doing a handstand.
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All done |
Freestanding and cool |
Sitting pretty |
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1st grader putting her fingerprint onto the leg with wax resist.
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Painting the legs of the headstanding sculpture.
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Cooperative glazing!
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Painting the hair of the sitting sculpture.
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First batch out of the kiln
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The head and body of the second sculpture start to take on color and character. |
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Here come the eyes
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Upside down hair
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4th graders adding their creative touches to the body.
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3rd grader starting to glaze the leg.
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Careful planning of the patterns to be incorporated on the leg.
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Making bows on the shoes.
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Glazing the shoes.
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Brainstorming....pants, shorts, skirt, capri pants, long sleeves, short sleeves!! Hmmmmm the options!
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Using glaze test tiles to decide color combinations and patterns.
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An arm slowly dries.
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Body parts of the acrobat
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Arm of the handstander
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Arm of the sitting down figure
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Putting the pieces together for a leg.
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Putting in a supporting hand to hold the pieces till all assembled.
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Scoring and slipping the edges
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Liberal application of slip.
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Pieces of an arm all laid out for assemblage.
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Careful scoring
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Scoring a leg.
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Laying out the pattern pieces
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Painted Floorcloth for the 2005 auction..
Fall leaves were traced by the 4th graders, cut out of contact paper and applied to a pre-painted floorcloth. It was repainted, over the contact paper leaves, with a second color by the 2nd graders. The 3rd graders then painted random blops. When dry, the contact paper was removed, thus revealing the hidden leaves. A striped edge was then painted. The floorcloth was sealed with 9 coats of shellac and polished with wax. The back was signed and decorated by all the students. |
Final beautiful piece.
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 Head of Lower School Lynn Darman adding her personal creative touch to the auction panel, making it truely a cooperative effort of the LS.
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 Painting the edge
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Chesapeake Bay Table for 2005
A composite Chesapeake Bay Table was created using many of the patterns the 4th graders designed for their ceramic puzzle project. The class carefully cut out the 32 clay pieces of complex design, smoothed and added detail as needed. After firing, they will be glazed and assembled with grout to make a beautiful table.
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Beautiful water inspired design of wrought iron created by artist and parent Peter Austin.
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Grouted and sealed finished panel.
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Final composite design, glued and awaiting table legs and grout.
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Carefully glueing the pieces together.
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 Wiggling just so....
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Out of the kiln and figuring out the puzzle...
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Bisqued, and awaiting glaze firing.
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Careful glazing
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The careful glazing process.
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Choosing colors with thought as to compositional balance, flow, and the natural tones of the creatures represented. The relationship between textural glazes and transparent colors was also taken into consideration when choosing the perfect glaze. |
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One piece with another creates a whole.
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Careful cleaning and trimming
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Pre - glazed composition
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Careful planning, cutting, and trimming are a just a few of the many steps.
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Peace Tables for the 2004 Auction
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2 Tables, grouted, stained, polished, sealed, with beveled
glass installed, in all their glory!
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Wooden tables made by the Upper School woodshop students using wood from trees here on campus, tiles made by LS students.
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Tables being worked on in the woodshop.
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Final polishing
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Proud kids!
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 Glazing
tiles for the 2 tables.
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Focused glazing
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Tile themes were inspired by pretend conversations with visiting Martians. The planet Mars was close to earth during the summer of 2003, and martians popped down to see what was what with our blue planet. Using art as an universal language to communicate, tiles were made expressing concepts that the kids felt were important characteristics and values about our world and society. These tiles were then used to make the tables and the peace poles. |
Chesapeake Tile Mural for the 2003 Auction |
4th Grade
students working on their Chesapeake
Bay tiles for the 2003 auction mural.
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Hard at work
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Glaze but unfired 3rd panel of mural
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 Proud
4th grade artists
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Unframed but fired, Panels 1 and 2
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Panels 2 and 3
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Cut leaf composite salad bowl created by all LS students for the auction of
2003.
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Composite salad plates
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Composite leaf platter
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Coral reef fish framed mosaic
for the auction of 2002. Center fish panel researched
and created by the 4th grade students, textured framing
tiles designed by entire LS.
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2nd Coral reef fish panel purchased and donated back to the school
by parents.
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Tapestry Weaving made by the LS students for
the 2001 auction. Purchased and donated back to the
school by parents. Wrought iron frame made and donated
by a parent.
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