Clay House Art Project For Adults
Art Medium: clay 
Grades: 4 - 12
Ages: 10 - adult
About this project: This clay house is made from slabs. It can be decorated in many charming ways. Both houses were painted with underglaze; one in earthy colors and the second in soft tones. To use proper clay building techniques, you may want to refer to the book: The Great Clay Adventure by Ellen Kong.
Directions :
Part l :
Part ll :
Part lll
Art Therapy Ideas:
This project has been very useful in the art therapy setting. The house might represent the child’s home or the child’s school. After it’s fired, I place it on a large rectangle of cardboard (30 x 50cm) and begin creating the environment around the house: garden, trees, a path, street, add play cars and little people made of foam. Slowly we act through different scenarios that I know are part of the child’s life. If the house is built with a door that is in the open position, we decorate the inside with a carpet, table and chairs, and pictures on the wall. There seems to be a satisfying feeling that goes along with building one’s environment. A good book to read on this subject is Your Child and His Art, by Victor Lowenfeld.
Good luck including this art project in your art therapy practice.
Grades: 4 - 12
Ages: 10 - adult
About this project: This clay house is made from slabs. It can be decorated in many charming ways. Both houses were painted with underglaze; one in earthy colors and the second in soft tones. To use proper clay building techniques, you may want to refer to the book: The Great Clay Adventure by Ellen Kong.
Directions :
Part l :
- Make 3 paper pattern in the following dimensions: 10x15cm, 15x15cm, 18x18cm
- Roll out the clay to have a thickness of centimeter.
- I used white clay, but choose the color and texture you want to work with.
- Cut out the bottom of the house (15x15cm)
- Cut out 4 sides of the house (10x15cm) eac
- Cut out the roof (18x18 cm).
- Make a big “X” on this square, thereby making four triangles.
- Cover all the pieces with plastic to keep moist
Part ll :
- Begin attaching the four walls of the house to its floor.
- If it will be a bank, make a hole in the floor so that money can be removed
- Use slip and small coils on the inside when attaching the sides.
- Before assembling the roof, cut out one narrow slit where money will enter the house.
- Add a bird or birds on the roof.
Part lll
- Decorate with carving tools
- Color your art piece with underglazes.
- Fire your clay house
Art Therapy Ideas:
This project has been very useful in the art therapy setting. The house might represent the child’s home or the child’s school. After it’s fired, I place it on a large rectangle of cardboard (30 x 50cm) and begin creating the environment around the house: garden, trees, a path, street, add play cars and little people made of foam. Slowly we act through different scenarios that I know are part of the child’s life. If the house is built with a door that is in the open position, we decorate the inside with a carpet, table and chairs, and pictures on the wall. There seems to be a satisfying feeling that goes along with building one’s environment. A good book to read on this subject is Your Child and His Art, by Victor Lowenfeld.
Good luck including this art project in your art therapy practice.
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