A Little Teapot Evolution

2012-01-27T03:00:00.000-08:00

Boo made another teapot! And because I love to see progress, here are a few of the previous teapots he has made:

Ninja Knight Pig teapot from 2010

First Teapot 2009 -- checkout the massive improvement on the spout!

The purple plate (our first purple pottery!) is by LS.

Legion of Honor :: Medusa

2012-01-23T03:00:00.000-08:00

The Legion of Honor is one of the San Francisco's fine arts museums, located in Lincoln Park. It is smaller than MOMA and De Young but still has some nice exhibits. The layout is similar to other art museums with one room leading into another, which makes for a fun walk about.

My "assignment" for the day was to search out Bernini's Medusa, which actually proved to be not difficult at all. As soon as LS saw it, she told me the story about how Medusa turned people into stone with just a glance. I didn't even realize she knew the myth!

Whenever I'm at an art museum, I go on "teacher mode" and look for potential art projects. It's totally automatic and I'm not sure how to turn it off. Anyway, this was one of the paintings that caught my eye as having project potential -- a window looking out into something. It's been a long time but it reminds me of the Masterpiece by Elise Broach. I think the beetle in the story drew a mini picture of the street outside the window.

Another winner in my book -- the lady holding a decapitated head. I'm sure he deserved it.

This was a gigantic oil painting that I could stare at for hours. You can't tell in the photo but it is full of the most incredible details -- it's amazing!

Is it just me or does this look like Keanu Reeves?

Monet!

This is one of my favorites. It's been at the Legion of Honor as long as I remember and I still do a double take whenever I see it. There are many more of course, and we probably walked through way too fast. To be honest, I'm not one to read every description -- I just like to see the pretty pictures and marvel at how they were made.

Oven Baked Dinosaurs

2012-01-20T04:00:00.000-08:00

Zee made some dinos and a penguin and baked them in the oven. These are so much fun. We used Fimo and Sculpey, with a little inspiration from the Klutz Create Anything with Clay book.

Journey Into Unschooling

A Little Teapot Evolution

Legion of Honor :: Medusa

Oven Baked Dinosaurs