Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Class Terracotta Army, Second Grade
The class art project for the Strawberry Street Festival is a mash-up of Gormley guys and the Chinese Terracotta Army c/o Emperor Qin.
Late night clay prep involved a two-generational production line, some dental floss and scales for portion control. Then classroom sketching c/o fab British Museum book, clay modeling and intense concentration as the warriors became individuals and multi gender.
No-one was walled in alive once finished and some even stayed into recess. These 27 characters now await firing.