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We started with lots of looking at turtles, discussing pattern of the shell and skin, etc. |
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The actual turtles are made from a lump of clay about the size of a fist. |
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Pull one piece off for the body, 4 bits for the legs, one piece for the head and a tiny bit for the tail. The body part needs to be flattened and cut into the shape for the body. Then attach the legs in the 4 “corners”. Make a small egg shape for the head and stretch a piece of clay for the neck. |
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You can make a curved shell by flattening the clay in your palm and putting a small wad of paper under the shell while it dries. Scratch all the details in with a pin tool or sharp pencil.
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The shells can be lifted off if you have put paper between the body and the shell while they are drying. |
| The turtles here are painted with acrylic, but you could glaze them. |  |
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These
clay turtles were made by a class of grade 5 students, but the lesson
could be adapted for most primary grades. If the sides were made a bit
higher, they could be used as little boxes, but we chose to let them be
just ‘object d’art’.
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| If you have any questions or comments about this project, feel free to contact our Art Teacher, Ann Rallison at machray@wsd1.org | ||