Ceramic little house box
With 6th Grade students we have made these ceramic pen-holders with the slab technique, using the templates that you can find in the worksheet below: … Read more
Ceramic Cup with slab technique
To create this ceramic cup we used the slab technique, using paper templates to reproduce the outlines of the shapes on the clay. You can … Read more
Mosaics 2019
Here are the latest creations of the 2018-19 mosaic course. The course involved some 7th grade students . The process is very complex and requires … Read more
Stop Motion Workshop
This Year we had the great opportunity to collaborate with two theatre directors Jacopo Laurino and Elena Galvani of Stradanova Slow Theatre creating the scenic … Read more
The Starry Night in a big mosaic
With some 7th Grade students who attend the afternoon workshop we made this huge mosaic inspired by the famous Starry Night painted by van Gogh … Read more
Prints inspired by Portuguese Azulejos
During my last trip to Lisbon I discovered the beauty and the infinite variety of the Azulejos , the traditional ceramic tiles you can find everywhere on … Read more
The color wheel in a big collage
This group work is simple but really effective. You can create a big color wheel with colored pieces of paper, ripped from magazines and old … Read more
Collaborative project: design a book cover
In collaboration with literature teachers we have worked on a multidisciplinary project. Students of 7th Grade worked in small groups to create and write a … Read more
Artists Trading Cards 2017 from the world
Here we are the Artists Trading Cards we received in March 2017 from the global swap. My students were so excited to discover where them … Read more
An experience of Active Art
This post is dedicated to the interesting work of the art teacher Giovanni Perdicchia and to his 9th grade students. The classes involved are the 3 B of Presicce-Acquarica Middle School … Read more
Printing Expressionist Houses
At the beginning of Twentieth Century the art movements of Expressionists in Germany and Fauves in France bring an important news in the field of … Read more
The copy as instrument of knowledge
Since forever in the history of art, every artist is used to copying the other artists’ work, especially the work of the ancient masters. This … Read more