![Students in the National Art Honor Society work on the Mount Hood mural on the window of SouthLake Church. The students brought a variety of paints and mixed their own custom colors. “Instead of brushstrokes, we’re doing more dabbing, because it gives [a] better impression of tree foliage, rather than looking like actual brush strokes, because if we’re painting trees, we need it to look like trees,” Crawford said.](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_2397-1200x900.jpg)
Where the magic happens. Some of the features in the library student showcase are the work of students in ceramics classes. The showcase happens about every 2 months. Their current project is working on cups, but the previous project was ghosts for Halloween. Room 201 in the 700 building includes a kiln, pottery wheel, and glaze wall. These are things students use to create their pieces. Marianna Garvey, ceramics teacher, does her best to help her students in different ways. “My goal is to provide opportunities for students to learn about the ceramics medium and art-making in whatever way suits them.”
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Hand-on creation: Dive into the ceramics classroom
Going for a spin. Garvey creates a bowl and shows the different dynamics students can use when spinning the wheel. This is one of the ways Garvey instructs ceramic students on how to make their pieces. The mirror is used to see the clay from the opposite angle.
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Rebecca Ugenti, junior, is entering her first year of journalism as a Staff Reporter for wlhsNOW. She enjoys writing and wants to know more about photography and learn more about journalism overall. In her free time, she likes to take her dogs on walks, as well as playing board games with her family.