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Vacuum-Form Cast Plaster Sculpture.
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Stokes, Ronald – School Arts, 1981
Outlines a high school sculpture project using plaster and a vacuum forming machine. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Materials, Guidelines, High Schools
Three-Dimensional Scavenger Hunt.
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Dostal, Guel – School Arts, 1981
Describes student sculptures made from discarded materials, such as wire, tubing, and salt blocks. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Materials, High Schools, Recycling
Alkyds in the Art Room.
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Brendel, Judith T. – School Arts, 1981
A high school art teacher reports her classroom experiences with a new type of chemical paint-alkyds. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Materials, High Schools, Painting (Visual Arts), Student Projects
The Pot Shop.
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Hazell, Alva – School Arts, 1985
Scrounging, cooperation, and resourcefulness have made pottery the most popular--and the most visible--art class in a Missouri high school. The pottery course is described. (RM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Materials, Ceramics, Course Descriptions
Cylindrical Slab Construction: Quick and Easy.
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Heidt, Ann – School Arts, 1984
To help them get the cylindrical shape necessary for making pottery beer mugs, high school art students used flexible armatures stuffed with vermiculite. (RM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Materials, Ceramics
Blueprints.
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Mason, Linda – School Arts, 1979
The author presents a unique and innovative art project involving blueprinting, a process in which specially treated paper (Blueline-Blueprint) is exposed to ultraviolet rays. When washed in ammonia, any unexposed designs on the paper turn color, creating a clear, blue and white picture. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Materials, Blueprints
Bulletin Board Ideas.
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Vocational Education. – 1988
This document consists of bulletin board ideas for high school home economics classrooms. The first section contains 19 themes for bulletin boards. Each page contains the name of the theme, needed materials and supplies, and an illustration of the bulletin board. Themes include the following: home economics occupations, motivational materials,…
Descriptors: Art Materials, Bulletin Boards, Career Planning, High Schools
The Chemistry of Vat Dyes. Palette of Color Monograph Series.
Epp, Dianne N. – 1995
From prehistoric times people have been fascinated with color; from cave paintings to the latest computers, color has been a constant companion. Textiles are made more beautiful by the alteration or application of colorants. This teaching resource investigates vat dyes, a colorant class which includes the oldest dyes known as well as important…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Materials, Chemistry, Color
The Chemistry of Natural Dyes. Palette of Color Monograph Series.
Epp, Dianne N. – 1995
From prehistoric times people have been fascinated with color; from cave paintings to the latest computers, color has been a constant companion. Textiles and craft items are made more beautiful by the alteration or application of colorants. This teaching resource investigates dyes obtained from natural sources, such as plants and animals. These…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Materials, Chemistry, Color
Arts and Crafts of the Mississippi Hills. ESEA, Title IV-C, 1982-83.
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Eaton, Barbara; Weatherford, Martha – 1983
An overview is presented of a 1982-83 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Title IV-C project, designed for 50 talented high school art students, to preserve the arts and crafts in the Mississippi hills area and to enrich existing arts and crafts curriculum. Steps are listed for implementing such a program, a simple program budget is…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Materials, Ceramics