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Pottery

Success Zone / Malala -
2025 Spring

Nexplore Pottery offers a unique outlet for young artists to sculpt their ideas into one-of-a-kind creations, fostering self-expression and building confidence. This multisensory craft offers joy in experiencing the touch, smells, and sights of clay. Students learn to strategically use a pottery wheel and sculpting tools to create imaginative projects. Manipulating clay helps students understand that they can change something with their own hands and influence the outside world.

Semester at a Glance

Week Project Lesson
1 Clay Slab Pendants Students create a pendant and learn the techniques needed to work with clay slabs: flattening, cutting, hole punching, and carving the slabs.
2 Paint Your Pendant Students paint their pendants, practicing basic principles for painting on non-flat surfaces.
3 Pinch Pots Students create a pot and learn about pinching techniques, drawing on experience from past classes to carve details or smooth imperfections on their pot.
4 Paint Your Pinch pot Students paint their pinch pots, learning about using geometric shapes in design.
5 Coil Pots Students create a coil pot, learning the techniques needed to size and roll long coils of clay and wrap the coil to create a round pot shape.
6 Paint Your Coil Pot Students paint their coil pots, learn to use pointillism in painting.
7 Pinch Pot Creatures Students make a creature, use structural support to attach body parts, and engage in imaginative creation.
8 Paint Your Pinch Pot Creatures Students paint their Pinch Pot Creatures, learn about color theory, and combine colors to create new shades.
9 Pinch Pot, Coil, and Slab Animal Design Students make an animal, making artistic choices on how to combine techniques learned from all previous classes.
10 Paint Your Animal Students paint their animals, learning to use patterns and repetition in their painting.

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Map/Locations
Locations
Malala Elementary
11770 W. Aliana Trace
Richmond, TX 77407
SZ-MYE-2

  Nexplore

Malala Elementary
Mondays, Feb 24 - May 19
3:45 - 4:45 PM

  No Class Mar 10, Mar 31 & Apr 21

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Grades   K - 5th

Full - waiting list

Price: $ 295 00