Mr.Mitch Cudney, the art and photography teacher at SJHS, is letting imagination and creativity be expressed through the hands in his sculpting class. For one of these sculpture projects, the students had to sculpt a humanistic head out of clay. However, according to Mr. Cudney, there is a process you go through before you start sculpting. Mr. Cudney said, “The students will sketch out their sculpture, get ideas from other artists, and create an original design.”
Mr. Cudney sometimes has to help his students sculpt by demonstration. Mr. Cudney said, “If, say, one of my students is having trouble sculpting an eye, I’ll do one, and have the student do the other.” According to Mr. Cudney, you need to have the right tools, and patience, to make a sculpture.
Porter Benson, an eighth grader at SJHS, said, “My favorite part about Mr. Cudney’s class was sculpting humans and being able to sculpt whatever I want!” Sculpture class is definitely hands-on creativity!