As part of the curriculum, sixth-grade students at Crispell Middle School study ancient cultures. That includes Tara Bruyn’s art class, which is now studying Greek pottery.

The students will be working on their pottery over the next few weeks. Ms. Bruyn explained that the clay dries to an orange color and they can glaze it either with clear or black glaze. That’s what most of the ancient Greek pottery looked like.

The students are making cups and bowls. They each received their ball of clay and started to visualize their project. They rolled out their clay – the ideal thickness is a quarter inch – and started to shape their project.

Their final projects will sit on the shelf for two weeks to dry. Then the pottery goes into the kiln for the first firing; the students glaze them and then it’s off to the kiln again for the final firing, which heats and hardens them into usable pieces of pottery.

Stay tuned!