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CLAY GARGOYLES and GROTESQUES

Photo: stefanimak

Level: Middle School
Grades: 6-8 | Age: 11-14yrs | Written by: Joann Trimarco
[Joann is a teacher at Grace Lutheran School in Queens, New York.]

Summary:

Students can make gargoyles using self-hardening clay.

What You Need:

pencil
9"x 12" drawing paper
self-hardening clay
pictures of Gargoyles from the internet and the library

What You Do:

After a lecture and discussion on what gargoyles are the students created their own designs.

They had to draw sketches of their creations for homework, then they had to hand sculpt their forms in clay.

I demonstrated different techniques they could use; coils, slabs, balls etc.

Their creative juices began to flow and the result was very unique.

There were tongues sticking out, horns coming out of heads and huge eyes!

Resources:

Kent's Gargoyle Page

Walter S. Arnold - Stonecarver

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