Challenges and Benefits
Artists have to understand how different materials react under
various conditions of light, heat, or humidity. Each material discussed
in this workshop dealt with a different material and different process
of creation. By its very nature, art and artmaking require knowledge
of a variety of techniques based on different scientific processes such
as the lost wax method in bronze casting, the firing of modeling clay
into terra cotta, or how to carve stone of varying degrees of hardness.
However, this is not always obvious to teachers outside of the arts.
The groups that attended were comprised of students and teachers
from public, private, parochial, and home schooled communities
from the greater DC metropolitan area. Participants were students of
ceramics, printmaking, IB visual art, English, and science.
Student from Washington Mathematics, Science, Technology Public Charter School,
Washington, DC
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