Bringing creative clay experience into Squamish schools and the community
CLAYTIVITY is offering Squamish schools a special rate of $5 per student for in-classroom instruction in hand building projects out of clay during February and March 2020.
We also have many projects to choose from and we are happy to discuss any particular requirements.
CLAYTIVITY gives students experience in sculpting and shaping techniques to create 3 dimensional art work with clay. Classes include step by step instruction guiding students through the process of making a complete project within 1 – 1 ½ hours as well as a demonstration of throwing on a pottery wheel. The students also learn a few facts about the properties of clay and what it is used for.
After the projects are made, they are dried and fired in our kiln, then returned to the class within three weeks for painting with their teacher.
If any teachers are interested in taking advantage of this offer they should contact us by email.
Thank you to the students of Garibaldi Elementary School for providing this information about the American Mink!
The American Mink can be up to 68.7 cm in body length and lives in B.C.. They are brown coloured with white markings on the ventral side (belly), chin, throat, chest and groin areas, and have short ears and short limbs.
Partially webbed toes and short limbs allow the American Mink to easily frequent both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. They eat meat, fish, crabs and birds.
Family members (and pets) are having their picture taken and everyone is smiling for the camera!
Making coil pots from pieces of rolled out clay is a type of pottery that that was originally made in Central Mexico about 4,000 years ago. It became a traditional type of pottery used in South West America since 2,00 years ago.
This coil pot is easy to make and can be embellished with handles, plaques, engravings and other decorations.
Read more about the history of this type of pottery:
Make a few small insects or bugs, lady bugs, worms, slugs, bees, dragon flies, butterflies, earwigs, eggs etc on a leaf. A great project for Earth Day or after looking close up to life by a pond, in the woods or in the garden.
This project compliments studies in West Coast Art, First Nation traditions and culture.
Wearing and making masks, often carved from cedar or alder wood, are a part of the culture of West Coast First Nation tradition including the Haida, Kwakiutl or Kwakwaka’wakw traditions from Haida Gwaii, Vancouver Island and British Columbia’s West Coast. Masks are worn in ceremonies and dances such as secret society and potlach dances. Some represent spirits of the woods. Often they portrayed grimacing faces which maybe blue-green, representing someone who has just escaped drowning.
Follow the links below for more information:
historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions
spiritsofthewestcoast.com/collections/native-american-masks
Make a bear or any four legged animal.
