Fused Glass Fish
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Third and fourth grade students from The John Cooper School created fused glass fish in their art classes that will be on display in the Hillery Community Gallery at The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts from February 27 – March 29. A reception for the artists will be held on Thursday, March 3 between 5 and 7 p.m. and the museum will also have art activities for those who wish to participate on March 3 as part of Texas Art Educators Association (TAEA) Big Art Day.
Cooper’s Lower School art teacher, Amy Dietrich, said the approximately 150 students who learned to make the fused glass combined creativity with problem solving skills to create the unique pieces. Students cut clear glass into the fish body shape, then selected and arranged colored glass on top of the fish body, layering up to four pieces high. When fused in a kiln, the layers melt and overlap in a fluid way. |
