Bad news for several of my classes.....I fired my last batch of clay projects yesterday over fall break so they would be ready to paint next week. These projects were for the Fall Festival Night in my room as part of an art gallery showing.
We worked so hard getting all the classes projects ready before fall break so they could dry and be fired in time. I put in so many extra hours and really pushed the kids to get these done, I had several 4th graders come in during recess to finish their project.
So you can imagine perhaps some tears as I opened the kiln and found 4 shelves of completely melted projects....2 whole classes and 1/2 of 3 other classes. I have no idea whether I did something wrong or if something is not right with the kiln, but I am incredibly sorry to all the students whose projects were in there. Some of my favorite clay pieces of pie, clay fish, and clay portraits were in there. As well as these amazing leaf bowls!
So I may or may not try these projects again with the students, but I apologize to any parents in advance that several classes just may not have clay projects on fall festival night, but perhaps I can show off some of the students amazing 2-d work.
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