Create a textured slab-built lantern.

Fire can create tools, transform muddy clay into pottery, and light the darkness. Lanterns were developed to protect a candle’s flame from wind and to prevent flickering. This ensured better lighting and helped make light more portable. Historically lanterns have been also used for signaling (like a light house) or to generate an ambience of warmth. This simple rectangular slab form is enlivened by symbolic textures and cut-outs that reference architecture, nature or various cultures. Before starting, read more about Uluru in the Outback, the Moorish Alhambra, East Asian gardens or other subjects to determine your design. Cut-out forms, bases, and lid finials should be designed to enhance your concept and form.

In this lesson we take you through 3 simple ways to create underglaze stamps that you can use AND reuse in your classroom! Download the PDF to learn more!

Educator Amanda O’Shaughnessy (@artoshaughnessy) demos a simple lesson that yields success at all elementary levels!

Amanda takes you through making “rock fish” after reading “Only One You” by Linda Kranz. It’s a great way to utilize scrap clay from previous projects and facilitate something small yet impactful. The transformation from clay to it becoming “hard as a rock” after the 1st firing was quite effective. So many fun jokes to connect with your kids on in this project.