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Blick Art Materials: clay wall pocket bird mask.


P.O. Box 1267, Galesburg Galesburg, city (1990 pop. 33,530), seat of Knox co., W Ill., in a farm, livestock, and coal area; chartered 1841. A trade, rail, and industrial center, it has railroad shops and plants that manufacture paint, rubber hoses, apparel, and plastics. , IL 61402

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Description of project: Wall pockets have a long history as decorative and functional items. Students will design a piece using a head with a mask as the subject. They will work with the self-hardening self-hard·en·ing
adj.
Of or relating to materials, such as certain steels, that harden without special treatment.
 or kiln-firing clay with slab construction, add-ons, texturizing, and cutting away. Painted finish enhances the sculpture sculpture, art of producing in three dimensions representations of natural or imagined forms. It includes sculpture in the round, which can be viewed from any direction, as well as incised relief, in which the lines are cut into a flat surface. . All materials available in Blick's catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. . Grade level: nine to twelve

Complete project description at www.dickblick.com

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Title Annotation:Creativity Center
Publication:School Arts
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Apr 1, 2005
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