Celebrate the harvest season with a playful clay sculpture inspired by the imaginative work of 16th-century Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo, who created portraits using fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other natural elements. Students will learn basic handbuilding clay techniques while creating their own whimsical harvest-themed bobblehead character.

Students will explore pinching, coiling, shaping, attaching, and texturing clay as they build a character with an oversized, expressive head and a fun bobbling feature. They will use harvest fruits, vegetables, leaves, and other seasonal elements as inspiration for their character’s face, clothing, and personality.

Students will also consider how artists can combine familiar objects in unexpected ways to create imaginative characters and tell a visual story.