Today, Ms. Burns will launch the jewelry shop. Six out of eleven students have decided to sell some of their work. Everyone participated in developing the shop, the questions, and how they wanted to be photographed. Along with this shop, the classes work is included at the MCC on Main...
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Starting our last project: Pierced Pendant
Today, we had the students start their last project. They will be designing and creating a pierced pendant. The handout is attached that describes the project. Ms. Burns showed a quick YouTube video on positive and negative space and then showed professional examples of jewelry using the pierced design technique. (We...
Dichroic Pendant Showcase!!
This post is to celebrate the great work the students completed. Ms. Burns designed a showcase exhibiting the diverse Dichroic Pendants right out front of the Main Office at the High School. It looks great and the creative work does too. Additionally, the students work is being exhibited at MCC...
Ammending Technology
We were in the lab today. Some students are moving along in creating their images for their Scrabble Tile project. They are using Photoshop well. Others are struggling. Photoshop is a monster program and can be difficult to learn in short bursts. The students’ class time is 53 minutes. By...
Working with Pinterest
Pinterest is a great website to build a design, creative, conceptual board. I would highly recommend using it with students. They can see all their visual examples quickly and make associations during their design (and artistic) process. We introduced it at the beginning of the semester, but we soon found out...
What is identity and branding?
Today’s class was filled with lots of information on identity and branding. What is identity design? What is a brand? How are the Design Elements and Principles utilized to visually describe a brand? These questions and more were asked, discussed and answered during our lecture. Visuals were used including many...