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A few notes from our Art Teacher, Ann Rallison, about the making of these fabulous vessels: I was looking at the poster from the WAG advertising the exhibition “through the eyes of a child”. The poster shows a collection of clay pots, with lids, quite decorated. So I decided we would have a go at making some vessels ourselves. I went to the gallery to check out the way the original ones were made first. We made them by making two thumb pots and then sticking them lightly together before we cut lids. The construction of three feet underneath was an interesting mathematical problem, which the children solved very quickly. We made holes in to add beads, feathers etc once they were fired. The results are quite beautiful. It was a good project for the children to tackle, as they had to look at 2/D images and make 3/D vessels. I introduced the word vessel as opposed to pot or clay box to expand their artistic vocabulary. Click on the thumbnails below to see a larger image. Use the Back button in your browser to return to this page.
Danny's Vessel How I made it the vessel 1. I looked at the poster. 2. We got a ball of clay. 3. We cut the ball in half. 4. We scooped out the inside the middle. 5. We put the whole thing back together. 6. I designed it when it was wet. 7. It has three legs. 8. Then Ms. Rallison fired it. 9. Then we painted it.	Jamie's Vessel First I looked at a poster. After that we rounded the clay. And then we cut it in 2. We put it back together and when it was back together Ms Rallison put it in the kiln. I think it looks nice.
Aaron's Vessel	Brandy's Vessel Vessels My vessel is going to have jewels in it. That means I will have a jewelry box and a vessel for my jewels. It is a vessel that has a lid that opens, and it's clipped on the pot. I think that my vessel is beautiful, gorgeous and terrific. I put my favorite colour on it, blue. And other colours. Or I'll put jokes and riddles in it. Or pop-up monsters. Or pictures. My vessel's name is Beady, because it has beads on it. Dedication: I dedicate this vessel to Ms. Rallison. About the Author My name is Brandy. I like playing on the monkey bars. It is cool when I do a cherry bomb. But I just learned how. I like my friends. They are: Shanine, Des, Michelle, Krystyne, Chynesse and Danny.
Michelle's Vessel Vessel I made a vessel. First, you make a ball. You cut it in half and you have a vessel. But is not a vessel yet. You fire it and you paint it. You put the three legs on the bottom and you put beads on it. I dedicate this vessel to Ms. Rallison.	Alex's Vessel	Shanine's Vessel Vessels My name is Shanine. Guess how I made this vessel. I just got clay, I put it in a ball then I cut it in half and I scooped out the bottom and the top. Then I made a whole again. Then I designed it. Then it got fired and after that we painted it. And I designed it more. I would like to dedicate this vessel to my art teacher Ms. Rallison. What goes inside? Well I was thinking that you can put jewelry or secrets in it. My vessel's name is Destiny. What if it was alive, I'd be very scared! When I sleep it can wake me up in the morning.
	Leslie's Vessel Name: Needlehead. If it was alive: It can protect me from bullies. What it eats: Pizza, fruits and ice cream. Dedication: To Mr. Proctor, my teacher. What goes inside: Treasures, notes, jewels and pictures.	Dylan Z.'s Vessel
Deserine's Vessel 1# The first thing I did was use clay. I turned it into a bal. I made it into an egg shape and designed it. 2# I cut it and scraped the clay out of the insides. 3# Then I decorated with beads.		Chynesse's Vessel Vessels I dedicate this to Ms Rallison. My vessel is made out of clay. First, we made a ball. Then everybody looked at a poster. The poster had pictures of vessels. Ms. Rallison cut my ball in 1/2. Then we dug it out on both sides. We did some designs on it. Then Ms. Rallison put it in the kiln. Then we decorated the vessels. Now it looks pretty.

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