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Re: High School Sculpture

From: Bunki Kramer (bkramer.us)
Date: Fri Jan 07 2000 - 22:41:04 PST

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    > FYI The Simple Screamer is listed in the Sax 2000 catalog on p.398 product
    > #571 7237 $17.95. This book has been around a while and I agree, it can
    > produce some interesting results. A teacher I know down in Whitewater, WI
    > did an extensive lesson and the results were so dramatically appealing that
    > she displayed them throughout the community to rave reviews. One of the
    > things she was surprised at was the amount of time they took so be prepared
    > for that if you do them. I was quite impressed with what I saw. Judy
    *****************

    Amen. I do this project every year...for one semester...with 30 8th grade
    boys (and a few token females). It takes one entire semester for each boy to
    make his own monster and we meet EVERYDAY for 18 weeks. It takes 700 lbs. of
    flour, 80-90 rolls of masking tape, and $150 worth of plaster gauze (and I
    get a really good deal on this) for a class of 30. It's the most popular
    class at our school. There is always a waiting list to get in. This is the
    reason I DON'T have problems with my boys. They know they can be replaced at
    any time of the semester.

    I charge a fee for this class...$25 each which covers alot of the
    expense...otherwise we couldn't do it.

    I've done it for the past 7 years. We made them like the book suggests the
    first year. After pulling tons of sheet "strings" out of the clogged sinks,
    we switched then to the last layer being plaster gauze instead. We start
    with the fingers and toes first because they're the most boring part to make
    with so much repetition. The rest is a blast. When they start working on the
    snarling lips and eyebrows with sculpturing the plaster guaze, those excited
    expressions on the students'faces is music to my soul. That's my favorite
    time of the year! Forget Christmas...ha!

    If you're interested in trying it, the book itself (The Screamer) is funny
    to read and explains step-by-step the process using lots of pictures. It
    DOES take a long time to do and takes alot of room for storing the monsters
    while they're being constructed.

    Toodles.......

    Bunki Kramer
    Los Cerros Middle School
    968 Blemer Road
    Danville, CA 94526
    bkramer.us 

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