December 8th, 2025- Inquiry Project- Purpose
- I would like to build a tea set.
I would like to do this because in my family we drink a lot of tea, so I think that it would be something useful and fun to try to do.2. I need to plan the design of the different components of the tea set, learn how to use the wheel and practice on it, and find out how long it would take me to finish this project (maybe plan a basic set, like, a teapot and only two cups in case I can’t make a full set in the given time).3. Some challenges might be the amount of time I am given compared to the experience I have on the wheel which is zero. However, many people say that making cups on the wheel is fast. I can probably solve these problems by making a smaller set, or ask others for help as well as searching online tutorials.4. Ideations:
December 5th, 2025
What I did this week?
Worked on my monster mug and tried glazing my tile.
Biggest Struggle
The monster mug handle broke so I had to re-do it, and then I had to take something out from my design because it did not work, also the mouth for my monster mug was really difficult to make compared to my vision and I also had to change it.
When trying to glaze my tile, it was snot working and I spent a whole class trying to re-glaze it, which still did not work.
Biggest Success
I finished building the monster mug, and I am waiting for it to dry so I can paint it.
Goal for next week
Glaze my tile, paint my monster mug and start my inquiry project.
November 28th, 2025
What I did this week?
I finished my monster mug ideation’s and the tile’s caarving, but I am still waiting for the tile to be fired so I can glaze it.
Biggest Struggle
When carving the pheonix’s tie, the hole part that was supposed to be “up” got destroyed, but I was able to fix it doing a tinier tie and painting the inside.
Biggest Success
I really like my monster mug ideation, and I was able to wedge the clay to start building it.
Goal for next week
Work on my monster mug and finish it by the end of next week so I can start working on my inquiry project.
November 21st, 2025
What I did this week?
Made the tile, painted it black, and started carving it.
Biggest Struggle
I think the design’s lines were too thin and the tile was too dry, so I could not do fine line without it breaking or making a wider line. Therefore, I had to restart again.
Biggest Success
I was able to do the tile again and the design came out aa little bit better this time.
Goal for next week
Monster mug ideations and glazing the tile.
November 14th, 2025
What I did this week?
Worked on the tile design and tried to make it smaller so it could fit on the tile. Then I wedged some clay to do the tile.
Biggest Struggle
Drawing the pheonix’s feet.
Biggest Success
I was able to scan the image and shrink it for it to fit the tile’s size.
Goal for next week
Make the tile and start carving it.
November 10th, 2025- Sgrafitto Tile- Research and Ideation
Project theme: Elements and funny mythological creatures.
Team members: Mara, Aaron, and Agustina.
My theme: Sky/ Air.
Reference Images, Pinterest:
November 7th, 2025
What I did this week?
I thought that I had finished my found objects but when I was going to take a picture of it, it got destroyed :)…
Biggest Struggle
When trying to glue it back together, it broke even more, and the superglue was not working properly.
Biggest Success
Not many good things happened because I spent all week trying to fix the sculpture and it did not work. I think tha a good thing was that I was able to think what I was going to do for the Sgrafitto Tile.
Goal for next week
Start working in the tiles ideations, I will try to fix the sculture when I finish my other projects.
October 31st, 2025
What I did this week?
I worked in my found objects project. I started building the base and planning the main wire structure.
Biggest Struggle
Glueing the structure with superglue was really difficult.
Biggest Success
I was able to find the right objects to do my sculpture.
Goal for next week
Finish my found object and start working in the tiles ideations.
October 28th, 2025- Clay pumpkin- Bonus project
October 23rd, 2025
What I did this week?
I worked on my pumpkin, I was able to make the hat
Biggest Struggle
The pointy part of the hat was difficult to make as I had to do it hollow and pierce a small hole so nothing bad happens when it is fired.
Biggest Success
I was able to make the base of the hat to fit perfectly onto the pumpkin.
Goal for next week
Finish my found objects and be able to start ideating for the next project.
October 17th, 2025
What I did this week?
This week I worked on my pumpkin and started the base of my Natural World project.
Biggest Struggle
The pumpkin lid had to be done again because I wanted it to like be a witch hat.
Biggest Success
I was able to get the shape of the pumpkin right and finish the base of the main project.
Goal for next week
Work on the structure of the main project and be able to work on the pumpkin, it is a short week with many schedule changes though so I do not know how much progress I will be able to make.
October 10th, 2025
What I did this week?
This week I finished the Natural World sketch and worked on my pumpkin.
Biggest Struggle
I had to redo the pumpkin base many times because it was not as good as I wanted it to be, however, I was able to do the base and I still need to work on the top.
Biggest Success
I finished my project’s sketch and also was able to do the pumpkin base.
Goal for next week
Start my found objects (Natural World) project and finish the lid for my pumpkin.
October 3rd, 2025
What I did this week?
This week I finished my basic shapes, and started the reflection of my found objects project.
Biggest Struggle
One of my toothpick figures broke, and I had to redo it with a different type of picks.
Biggest Success
I was able to do the wired shape that was really difficult last week.
Goal for next week
I would like to have my sketch done and a little bit of the new project done to be able to do a pumpkin.
October 2nd, 2025- Found Objects-Consideration and Research
A place that is really significant for me is the beach in Algarrobo, Chile. My family has a vacation house in the coast of Chile and it became a symbol of calm, a place to escape the city life and not worry because we usually went there for holidays or free days.
While researching I found out that this beach is actually considered one of the prettiest beaches in Chile based on the landscape that can be seen from here, which makes sense because it has been preserved thanks to the forest that comes before the beach.
https://www.monumentos.gob.cl/monumentos/zonas-tipicas/sector-canelo-canelillo
A thing that affects this beach is climate change, as the tide increases size, there is barely any sand left. Plastic is not really a problem I can see in these beaches nowadays because people have learned to keep beaches clean, however, urbanization is the problem that is more common now, and if we add the climatic change problem, then we are slowly losing the beaches. In Algarrobo another problem that can be seen is the algae, there is a algae plague which ends up covering all the sand with it; when they try to clean the beach up they also take a lot of sand with it. Animals like the Humboldt penguin and chungungo are also in danger of extinction.
https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/birds/penguins/Humboldt_penguin.html
I want to convey a message about the harm that we are doing to a really pretty place, and how we might not even be able to enjoy these beaches anymore in a couple of years. I think the theme I will explore is art as a statement. I will try to use tiny bits of natural beach elements to represent the decline in the landscape, also maybe add elements that represent buildings threfore urbanization.
October 2nd, 2025- Constructing Basic Shapes
September 26, 2025
What I did this week?
This week I started doing some of the shapes I sketched previously, I started with the toothpick shapes, and with the wired ones. I also fixed some corrections from the Elements of design.
Biggest Struggle
I struggled while trying to do the wired shapes.
Biggest Success
I was able to do the toothpick shapes pretty easily.
Goal for next week
My goal for next week is to finish the wired shape.
September 18, 2025
What I did this week?
I was finishing the last spaces from the elements project. I pretty much did that all week, and looked for more accurate examples of each element.
Biggest Struggle
I struggled finding examples for unity and shape as well as examples for space (space and unity, space and pattern, etc).
Biggest Success
I was able to finish the project and started sketching the other one.
Goal for next week
My goal is to finish my sketches for the next project as well as being able to create more ideas to sketch during the 15 minute sketching time.
September 17, 2025- Elements and principles of art assignment
September 12, 2025
What I did this week?
This week I worked in my principles and elements of art skill builder. I grabbed some magazines and looked through each of them to look for pictures corresponding to each element and principle. I still have not glued many of them on the paper, however, I have almost all of the spaces filled out with a picture.
Biggest Struggle
I really struggled while trying to find pictures for shape.
Biggest Success
I think that finding the elements and principles for other sections was really easy.
Goal for next week
My goal for next week is to finish and glue everything by the beginning of next week.
September 4, 2025
Today I set up my Edublog page.
Edublog Structure
Week #, Date. Title (projects worked on)
- Brief Overview of what you did this week, including photo documentation of process.
- Your biggest struggle of the week.
- Your biggest success of the week.
- Goal for next week