{"id":318654,"date":"2025-04-30T15:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T11:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=318654"},"modified":"2025-04-30T15:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T11:21:12","slug":"grade-8-art-art-deco-in-clay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2025\/04\/30\/grade-8-art-art-deco-in-clay\/","title":{"rendered":"Grade 8 Art: Art Deco in Clay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grade 8 students recently wrapped up an exciting Art Deco unit that combined history, design, and hands-on creativity. Inspired by their research into Art Deco architecture and design, students created bold movie posters that became the blueprint for their first-ever ceramic relief sculptures.<\/p>\n<p>Using carving and modeling techniques, they transformed 2D poster designs into striking clay artworks\u2014each telling a story through geometric form, dramatic composition, and period-inspired style.<\/p>\n<p>For many, this was a first experience with clay, and the results show impressive creativity and growing technical skill. The project encouraged students to connect past and present, turning vintage design into personal expression.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/04\/Clay-3-rotated.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-318658 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/04\/Clay-3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/04\/Clay-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/04\/Clay-3-rotated.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/04\/Clay-2-rotated.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-318657 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/04\/Clay-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/04\/Clay-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/04\/Clay-2-rotated.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/04\/Clay-1-rotated.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-318656 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/04\/Clay-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/04\/Clay-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/04\/Clay-1-rotated.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grade 8 students recently wrapped up an exciting Art Deco unit that combined history, design, and hands-on creativity. Inspired by their research into Art Deco architecture and design, students created bold movie posters that became the blueprint for their first-ever ceramic relief sculptures. Using carving and modeling techniques, they transformed 2D poster designs into striking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1185,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-318654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-myp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}