Sunday, October 30, 2011

Art Club

Art Club at Iroquois School meets two days a cycle after school and is offered to 6th graders. We take old vinyl records and re-purpose them into clocks. The process starts with a blank record...
Then Mr. Perry adds a coat of white spray paint for a better surface to paint on...
Then students choose what to paint on them. Maybe a cartoon or comic character. Perhaps a favorite sports team, the possibilities are endless. Images are drawn on in pencil, then sharpie is used to outline the pencil. We use acrylic paint to add color. The atmosphere is set up like a studio where students hang with friends and work on art...is there anything better?


Once everything is painted, numbers are added using a template. A clock motor is installed through the hole in the record and VIOLA! Ready to hang!