Capping off the 6th grade promotion festivities was the reveal of the annual 6th grade mural. This year we chose to do Ancient Greece, with many student’s incorporating mythological creatures into their tile creations.
We used terra cotta clay to create our tiles. To save time and to take advantage of the sgraffito technique, we painted our underglaze directly onto the greenware. This is sometimes difficult as kids have a tendency to leave many fingerprints. But that’s easily remedied with later touch-ups.
Our district supermen, Mike and Frank, did an excellent job of mounting the mural in seriously record time (perhaps a few hours before promotion?) and I video taped their entire process. I will be adding this segment to my Ceramic Tile Mural eBook. Anyone who has purchased this e-book in the past will receive this free update sometime later this summer.
I want to congratulate all my sixth grade students for completing this wonderful legacy to our special school.
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Really lovely!!
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Wonderful mural! Well done, 6th graders!!
Very nice! I wish you would film the entire process from start to finish! I would buy it on DVD!
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WOW!!!! Beautiful!
I have linked to this post in an upcoming blog post on summer art projects for kiddos. I’d love your permission to use the mural photo as well. (We are definitely doing this project at home in the fall when we start ancient history. Thanks for the idea!)
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Patty- I just love these murals- They always turn out so great, I am just amazed.
The kids do exceptional work and the murals are getting more and more complicated and beautiful. I’m so proud of my kiddos!
I would love to do a ceramic tile mural project with my 4th grade. Do you think that it’s possible/manageable to a project like this already in 4th grade?
Thanks for your help!
Best wishes,
Janet