Early childhood students at Sewickley Academy recently had the opportunity to learn the basics of ceramics from David LaLomia in the ceramics studio this trimester. Their first project was a pinch pot. They then extended their skills by making clay turkeys. They added the wings that they textured with tools, a hat that they built, the tail, which was created from coils, and the neck.
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Photos: Sewickley Academy students make ceramic turkeys
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Kindergartener Michael Feinstein poses with his completed clay turkey.
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Lukas Deutsch, pre-kindergarten, is roughing up the neck of the turkey with a metal serrated rib tool in order to add the “magic” water and adhere it to the body.
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Kindergartener Felix Miller attaches the wings to his clay turkey in Sewickley Academy’s ceramics studio.
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Kindergartener Jordan Schubenski adds the last piece of the turkey’s tail, made from coils.
