“Continual Fortune” Paper Clay Artworks
→Reflection
1. Activity background:
In order to help fundraising for Amitofo Care Center and the plan of Mandarin Daily News to “deliver newspapers to mountains”, we planned to collect a greater variety of items for sale and therefore came up with the plan of producing calligraphic works in combination with paper clay drop ornaments.
2. Activity time and venue:
Date: October 25, 2013
Venue: Classroom 503
3. Activity content:
To begin with, mums of Hsin-yu, Jo-tzu, Cheng-wei, and Yi-chen instruct Class 503 students in groups to make paper clay artworks after these mums learned the know-how of paper clay making from a paper clay teacher. Further, we used time in the “Integrative Class” and the “Flexible Class” on Tuesday and Thursday to mold clay bodies into shapes of cucumbers, leaves, and flowers. Even teachers from neighboring classes and teachers’ husbands all joined to help us. Some cut crates, made vines, and stamped on finished artworks while some people were bold enough to ask the school principal to give our finished works a propitious name. Being the fruits of many people’s love, the “Continual Fortune” drop ornaments were endowed with the magic of imparting more joy and happiness to their hangers.
4. Afterthoughts:
If not for making paper clay artworks and making poster together, we wouldn’t have realized the Cheng-Wei’s artistic talent. The saying that “one may distinguish himself in any trade” is true and pertinent. Through this activity, we observed that despite each person’s dissimilar strengths and weakness, everyone was good for something!
In order to help fundraising for Amitofo Care Center and the plan of Mandarin Daily News to “deliver newspapers to mountains”, we planned to collect a greater variety of items for sale and therefore came up with the plan of producing calligraphic works in combination with paper clay drop ornaments.
2. Activity time and venue:
Date: October 25, 2013
Venue: Classroom 503
3. Activity content:
To begin with, mums of Hsin-yu, Jo-tzu, Cheng-wei, and Yi-chen instruct Class 503 students in groups to make paper clay artworks after these mums learned the know-how of paper clay making from a paper clay teacher. Further, we used time in the “Integrative Class” and the “Flexible Class” on Tuesday and Thursday to mold clay bodies into shapes of cucumbers, leaves, and flowers. Even teachers from neighboring classes and teachers’ husbands all joined to help us. Some cut crates, made vines, and stamped on finished artworks while some people were bold enough to ask the school principal to give our finished works a propitious name. Being the fruits of many people’s love, the “Continual Fortune” drop ornaments were endowed with the magic of imparting more joy and happiness to their hangers.
4. Afterthoughts:
If not for making paper clay artworks and making poster together, we wouldn’t have realized the Cheng-Wei’s artistic talent. The saying that “one may distinguish himself in any trade” is true and pertinent. Through this activity, we observed that despite each person’s dissimilar strengths and weakness, everyone was good for something!
