Masks

We made these glazed clay masks as part of a project about Native American Indians.

We talked about the shapes and symbols that were used in traditional art, we looked at pictures of totem poles and then we used this as inspiration for our own work.

We worked with a local ceramic artist, who showed is how to use objects, like pen lids, to make marks in our clay and how to cut out shapes and stick them on using 'slip' which is a mix of clay and water.

We glazed our masks, but before they were fired the colours looked very dull and nearly all the same, so it was a great surprise when we got them back to see how bright and shiny they looked!