On the first day of electives Mrs Butler and Mr Locker split us up into two groups. Metal with Mr Locker and glass with Mrs Butler.
In metal with Mr Locker, we started on some outdoor sculptures made of large cut outs of steel. Then we welded the pieces of our sculptures together to finish it. The next day we made rings out of silver. First though, we made a practice ring out of brass so we knew what to do. Once we had finished making our brass rings, we got to make our silver ring, which was very shiny and took ages to sand and buff properly.
On the first day of glass making, we made plaster to cast our glass lollies. We let our plaster set a bit before putting our lollies into the poisonous plaster. When it had completely set we took the lolly out and put some glass frit in. It got put in a box to take to the kilns. After that, we made glass tiles. We washed the glass plate, then dried it. Then we were allowed to start decorating it with coloured paint, powders and bits of metal/guitar strings. That got put in a box for the kiln, too. Then we made tiles out of clay, and put glaze on it. On the second day, we walked all around town and looked at different art things like the epic bee ring, the dark room, and lots of paintings at the art gallery. Metal and glass creations was the best elective because we saw a spinning door.
By Izzie and Grace :)
