3-D Design

Welcome to the 3-D design Class at Grossmont High School. I am very excited to have you involved in our class. The first week of school will involve getting the procedures in place that we will use to keep the 3-D design classroom going.

We will begin by Exploring the California Visual Arts Frameworks, which are the foundation of what we learn in this art class. By basing my lesson plans on these standards, I can be sure you receive a useful and thorough arts education. We will then begin preparing for our first project.

Each student will receive a copy of the class Syllabus. This syllabus contains the general information regarding 3-D Design, and my expectations. Parents, please review the information contained in the syllabus with your students, and return the information sheet by the end of the first week of class. If you have not seen a copy of the syllabus, there is an online copy located here. You can also download and print out a pdf version of it here.

I will post preliminary grades after 2-weeks, and will do my best to update them regularly. Please be aware that the initial grades are based on a very limited amount of work, and are severely impacted by not turning all work.

Congrats to the following GHS 3-D Design students who won awards in the GUHSD district art show:

Jacob Sizemore

 Advanced Sculpture: Honorable Mention

Advanced Functional 3-D: 3rd place

Daniel Santillan

Advanced Jewelery: 3rd place

Great Job!  We are proud of you.

We are currently taking the safety test for the metals classroom.   We will begin working on our first project on wednesday 1-16-08.

The gallery for student ceramic work is up.

Check it out   2007 student work

As the semester winds down, and the ceramics portion of 3-D Design comes to a close, here are some very important dates to remember.

• Nov 28- Glaze fire at the end of the day
• Dec 7- Last day to finish projects to greenware (last bisque will be that weekend)
• Dec 12- Last Glaze fire (all projects should be to completion)
• Dec 13- Student show and sale
• Dec 17- Last chance to turn in any projects.
• Dec 18-20- Final exams
• Dec 21- No school

The kiln is bisque firing today (monday)   it will be done and unloaded for parent shadow day on Wednesday.   Lots of good projects.    We still have a long way to go and only a little time to get done,   so stay busy,  and stay focused.

Here is the final project list for the semester for beg ceramics

• Pinch Pots
• Pinch Vase (ec)
• Clay Guardian
• Coil Pot
• 2-Slab Mugs
• 3-thrown Object
• ClayWhistle(ec)
• Rain Stick
• Extra-credit Assignment TBA
• Clay Stamps (ec)

I will be submitting grades for the second progress report this weekend. Everyone seemed to be hard at work getting their projects ready and graded this week. Good Job! The following is what you were responsible for during this grading period.

• All Homework assignments
• Pinch Pot
  • Planning
  • Execution
  • Glazing
• Clay Guardian
  • Bisque
  • Glaze
• Coil Pot
  • Bisque

Keep in mind that all clay projects will need to be completed at the cut off day of this semester (tentatively December 13th). This means that all clay work will end on the day before this day. We have a lot to do and just a little time, so lets keep busy, and we will have great work to show for it.

I will be unloading the glaze load in the kiln first thing in the morning on Friday. It will be important that you get any and all projects that are due this grading period graded today in order to be reflected on the grades that are due this weekend. I will be in my classroom after school to wrap up grading.

Hello,

Welcome to the Grossmont High School 3-D design web. I hope it proves to be useful.