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When the term and school year winds down, report writing rears it’s head. I find myself evaluating over a hundred pieces of student work and it’s always difficult to evaluate creativity. Using a hand wheel, Grade 8 students created pinch cups  and slab plates for their ceramics unit. Grade 7 students studied positive/negative space and created designs for their lino printing projects (even though we used softoleum). They looked at the work of William Morris, Johanna Basford, and several world patterns, designs and motifs (Celtic, African, Islamic, Native American and ancient Egyptian). Video links for grade 8 here and grade 7 here.

Want to learn how to make a slab plate with clay? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Sorry to the tech subscribers. Anyway, I made this video for my grade 8 students. It’s only 2min38sec. Feel free to use it as well (or correct me if you know a better way, or if I am doing it completely wrong). My other YouTube videos may be found here, but most of them are also included somewhere within this blog. If you use video in your class, I’d love to see your resources too.