Sunflower pinch pots

First graders have begun a unit on painter Vincent Van Gogh and his masterpieces.  Our first project is a sunflower formed from a pinch pot.  Van Gogh loved sunflowers and painted them again and again - sometimes out in the fields and sometimes at home in a vase.  Our little bowls capture the colors and textures of the sunflowers.

ready for first firing

stages of drying

opening the kiln