5th Grade Clay Food Sculptures

For this assignment, students were able to choose whatever food they wanted to sculpt out of clay.  In letting students choose their own subject matter I hopes to emphasize that sculpting anything from clay is always a process of establishing form, texture and eventually color.  By following these three elements of art students were able to create stunning, and quite realistic, works of art.

Each student began with a photograph of their chosen food.  Most students chose their favorite food and thus there were a couple repeats, tacos were very popular.  

Bacon and Eggs

Buffalo Chicken Pizza

Beef Taco

Sushi and Sashimi 

Apple Pie on a plate with Ice Cream and Whipped Cream

Sub with all the Fixins and Fries 

Steak Burrito with painted on tinfoil wrapper 

Chicken, Alfredo and Broccoli Pasta

Ice Cream Sunday

Old Fashioned Popcorn

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