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St. Michael’s 2010 Auction Benefit Projects

• Cezanne’s Table- 5th Grade

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  The class took inspiration from Cezanne’s table still life paintings in creating a place setting of 8 dinner and salad plates, and one large vase for the center piece. This was a collaborative project with every student in the class setting brush to every dish.

• Cezanne’s Table 5th Grade- Detail

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• Cezzane's Table 5th Grade- Detail 2

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• Cezanne's Table 5th Grade- Detail Salad Plate

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• Currency Self Portraits 7th Grade

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  Students created their own currency starring themselves. Students took a self portrait using the timer feature on a digital camera. The photo was then printed on a transparency. Students were offered an array of paper to choose from to create their own bill. Calligraphy techniques and brush pens were used in creating the final product. The Currency was laminated, then displayed in a shadow box. Each bill is floated on foam core.

• Currency Self Portraits 7th Grade- Detail

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• Hanging on a Limb: A Sculptural Tribute to the Faberge Egg- 6th Grade

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  Students were given duck eggs that had been emptied of their yolk & inner matter. These eggs have been treated with a coat of hardener and primer to make them more durable. Students took inspiration from Peter Carl Faberge in embellishing their egg with designs, crystals & metallic paints. These egg were strung with copper wire and hung on a large Manzanita branch stabilized in a mirrored square vase.

• Hanging on a Limb: A Sculptural Tribute to the Faberge Egg- 6th Grade

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• Hanging on a Limb: A Sculptural Tribute to the Faberge Egg- 6th Grade

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• Hanging on a Limb: A Sculptural Tribute to the Faberge Egg- 6th Grade

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• Cooper- Mini Cooper 3rd Grade

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  Students came up with a design and then painted a Mini Cooper Dye-Cast car (that had been disassembled and sprayed w/ primer) using very small paint brushes and enamel paint. The cars were reassembled. These cars are displayed in a framed shadow box.

• Cooper- Mini Cooper 3rd Grade- Detail

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• A Sculptural Tribute to Georgia O’Keefe Pre-K

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  This class sculpted Calla Lilly out of Sculpy Brand oven clay. The flowers were fired in a home oven, mounted with a glue gun to a sheet of Plexiglas with textured paper adhered to the back. This piece is displayed in a shadow box w/ a glass face due to its delicacy.

• A Sculptural Tribute to Georgia O’Keefe Pre-K- Detail

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• Flying High: A Collaboration of Aerial Landscapes 4th Grade

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  Students used scrapbook paper to cut out collage pieces that helped to create an Aerial Landscape. These were adhered to 4” x 6” watercolor paper. Acrylic paints were used between the pieces of paper to create “rivers” and “roads” that connect the diverse patterned “fields.” The individual pieces were puzzle-pieced together and framed as one collective Aerial Landscape.

• The End of A Time: Goodbye Polaroid Camera 8th Grade

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  Students had a last experience with the polaroid camera (they stopped making them & I bought some of the last of the pre-expiration film on ebay). These photos were montaged together to create a conceptual piece celebrating the end of an era. Students captured their last memories of the place they have known as a second home for the last eleven years of their lives. Goodbye St. Michael’s. Goodbye Polaroid Camera.

• The End of A Time: Goodbye Polaroid Camera 8th Grade- Detail

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• Picasso’s Piano PreSchool

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  The class painted a kid-sized baby grand piano with a music inspired design on the the legs and piano stool and a replica of Pablo Picasso’s famous painting “Three Musicians” on the lid of the piano. The surface is treated with Marine Spar Varnish to protect the work from peeling, sun damage, and any spills/ water damage that might occur with the owner.

• Picasso’s Piano PreSchool- Detail

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• Picasso’s Piano PreSchool- Detail 2

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• Talk to the Hand: A Pop Art Homage to Michael Angelo 1st Grade

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  Students took a polaroid snap shot of their hand making one of the letters of the sign language alphabet. These photographs were photocopied onto watercolor paper and the students used water color paints to vibrantly fill in their photograph. The pieces were assembled in one large piece that includes the entire alphabet.

• Talk to the Hand: A Pop Art Homage to Michael Angelo 1st Grade- Detail

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• NeoImpressionist Vineyard Landscape 2nd Grade

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  Students learned about a Post Impressionist technique called “pointillism.” Students used their finger prints to create vineyard landscapes in the Impressionist style. This was done on watercolor paper. For the background, students used watercolor paint and brushes using a Wet-On-Wet technique to produce the final project. The final product is a collection of individual pieces matted & framed in a long horizontal collective landscape.

• Awesome Penny Sylvia capturing the Vineyard Landscape

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• NeoImpressionist Vineyard Landscape 2nd Grade

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• Van Gogh's Patio Kindergarten

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  A set of Adirondack chairs were painted with sunflowers by the Kindergarteners. Each student got the opportunity to paint the red of the background, the green of the leaves and stem, and the yellow and brown of the petals and center of the flowers. After the class painting was completed, these chairs will were treated with Marine Spar Varnish to prevent sun and water damage.

• Van Gogh's Patio Kindergarten- Detail

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• Van Gogh's Patio Kindergarten- Detail

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