Food Inspired Bowls:

UNIT 1:  EMPTY BOWLS PROJECT

Food Inspired Slump/Hump Mold Bowls

*PROJECT GOAL: The Empty Bowls Project is an international grassroots effort to raise both money and awareness in the fight to end hunger. Students will participate in Washingtonville High School’s second Annual Empty Bowls Project by creating ceramic bowls inspired by their favorite foods. Through the introduction of videos, discussions, and online research, students will learn how their favorite foods are farmed, processed, and sold, as well as why people, even in our local communities, are struggling with food insufficiency. Students will be invited to sell their bowls at the school’s Empty Bowls Dessert Social & Fundraiser in April, 2018. The money raised with be donated to the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley and the Country Kids Food Pantry of Washingtonville. Students will learn to prepare clay, make basic slabs, and use the slump/hump mold method to create their bowl forms. Other techniques such as carving, stamping, relief, sculpture, and glazing will be introduced and used to add color, dimension, texture, pattern and sculptural forms to these bowls.

The introductory lesson to this unit includes 2 activities and a Google Slide Presenation that help set the stage for the unit theme, favorite foods.

FOOD VISUALIZATION:  The first activity is a food visualization exercise in which the students were guided through a 5-minute visual meditation. They were asked to visualize their favorite food or meal and image what their food tastes, feels, smells and looks like. Then they were asked to write or draw about what they imagined and share their responses with the class.

FOOD SENSORY LESSON: The second activity was a food sensory experiment. 18 mystery food samples were places on the student desks and the students were asked to move about the room and taste, touch, smell, and look at each sample and then write down their reactions. The big "reveal" of the mystery food samples happened at the end of class as we discussed our reactions and findings.

FOOD & ART GOOGLE PRESENTATION:

Monster Tile Mini-Project

The week of 9/11-9/15/17 Clay Class students began working on their introductory mini-project, Monster Tiles. Students learned how to roll slabs of clay, sculpt basic forms and add details using the techniques of carving, stamping and relief. This short project will prepare the students with the skills and the techniques needed for our first Unit: Food-Inspired Bowls, which we will begin the week of 9/25.