Clay Modeling (Clay Art)

Course Details

• Price: $45 / session
• 1 session = 60 minutes
• Sculpting materials included
• Drinks will be provided
• This course is suitable for 9 - 15 years old

Clay art, also known as clay modelling, is the art of molding clay into different shapes to make ceramics, jewelry, illustrations, and more. While there are many artists who practice clay pottery and jewelry making, clay illustrators are fairly uncommon.

For most of us, our first introduction to clay art would've been when we played with Play-Doh as kids. But clay can also be used to create decorative and aesthetic artworks.

Clay is one of the most effective art mediums for children to discover and develop their creative and learning skills. The process of working with this natural material to create a unique clay project supports personalized learning, sensory development, fine motor skills, self esteem, self expression, problem solving skills, discipline and pride in a child. In addition, clay has a well documented therapeutic quality that settles and calms children.

For a teacher or a parent, it is a special moment to witness a child's joy as he or she creates a pottery project from a "lump of clay" or works on a pottery wheel for the first time. The children develop both fine and major motor skills as they handle the clay and feel it responding to their manipulation and imagination.

Want your kids to be smarter? Let them Play with Clay

A recent study concludes that dirt contains microbes that help your kids become smarter and has natural anti-anxiety properties. In May 2010, a local newspaper published an article about research into clay by Dr. Dorothy Matthews. Dr. Matthews discovered that mucking about in good old Mother Earth calms and helps children focus when completing tasks due to the presence of vaccue bacterium in the clay. This bacterium produces serotonin in the brain stem by activating neurons and the serotonin that helps children to learn. The researchers noted that "we've become so urbanized that we risk losing a connection with an organism in nature that may actually be beneficial to humans."

Building On Skills

We offer age-appropriate projects celebrating each individual. Diversity, creativity, problem-solving, and creating leaders one art project at a time is our goals. WE LOVE CLAY and what each child brings to their projects making them personal and meaningful!

Contact Us