Kimmy cantrell

Meet the Artist: Kimmy Cantrell Kimmy Cantrell discovered his artistic vision in high school when he fell in love with clay in an art class. After his first hand-built vase was chosen for display a…

Kimmy Cantrell Inspired Masks. Check out Kimmy's webpage here. Outstanding pieces. http://www.kimart.com/sculpture.htm ...

The students began this Kimmy Cantrell lesson by looking at images of his ceramics, then creating their own by using clay slabs and making textured, layered masks. The focus was on asymmetry.

This week, 5th grade will start their Kimmy Cantrell inspired cardboard relief mask! I was inspired by the Plastiquem blog and the Handmakery blog. They introduced me to this artist and I wanted to share him with my 5th graders! Here's a link to more information about Kimmy Cantrell! In short, he's a contemporary artist from Atlanta, who makes beautiful, colorful works of art, out of clay, and his subject matter usually consists of faces. So, that's what we're going to create today…

Some facts about Kimmy Cantrell… He mostly makes ceramic faces, still lifes and figures. He lives in College Park, Georgia. He is mostly self-taught. He was liked ceramics class in high school. He studied business in college and worked in business management (not art) for 12 years. Once he decided to get back to doing his art, he quit his office job and made art full time. He has his art in many galleries and art shows and has won awards for art work.

The above masks were created by 3rd-5th graders. My 3rd-5th graders looked at the masks of artists Kimmy Cantrell and Eric "Straw" (Strawczynski). They come from completely different walks of life, yet have distinct parallels. Cantrell is an African American artist from Atlanta Georgia. Once a purchasing manager for Target, he decided on the heels of job change and divorce to reconnect with his love of clay. Vases evolved into bowls and bowls into his current niche, faces. Now as a full time…

This week, 5th grade will start their Kimmy Cantrell inspired cardboard relief mask! I was inspired by the Plastiquem blog and the Handmakery blog. They introduced me to this artist and I wanted to share him with my 5th graders! Here's a link to more information about Kimmy Cantrell! In short, he's a contemporary artist from Atlanta, who makes beautiful, colorful works of art, out of clay, and his subject matter usually consists of faces. So, that's what we're going to create today…

The above masks were created by 3rd-5th graders. My 3rd-5th graders looked at the masks of artists Kimmy Cantrell and Eric "Straw" (Strawczynski). They come from completely different walks of life, yet have distinct parallels. Cantrell is an African American artist from Atlanta Georgia. Once a purchasing manager for Target, he decided on the heels of job change and divorce to reconnect with his love of clay. Vases evolved into bowls and bowls into his current niche, faces. Now as a full time…