Students in the ceramics class spent time before break creating their own version of a classic game. The ceramic tic-tac-toe boards contain different clay pieces and colors, making it look real with a creative board of their own thoughts.

According to teacher Elise Reed, the perspective allows them to teach a wide range of elements in their 3D artwork.

“Certain components have to be accurate,” 3D and ceramics arts teacher Elise Reed said. 

“That kind of design piece comes into play because there has to be a certain number of rows for the tic-tac-toe, there has to be a certain number of pieces, they have to be the same size and consistency; so those things all have to be planned and designed more than just kind of worrying about creative expression.”

Some students like junior Anwita Das wanted to make it more challenging for herself to make it more interesting.

“So I chose strawberries so obviously I chose red,” Das said. “I wanted to make it look natural so I added some darker shades along with some lighter shades and for the pieces since it’s a strawberry thing I painted them red and I also put some whipped cream on it and I’m gonna paint it white.”

For junior Hailey Buster, these skills will help create handmade sculptures into a view of art to show her talent to the world.

“People are still gonna want to have handmade sculptures like mugs or vases that they want, these small businesses are gonna want to sell, so a lot of this is gonna have to help us kind of learn how to create that and be able to disperse that with people who wants those certain sculptures that they still want,” Buster said.