Better Than a Lava Lamp

Nichole took an AP 3D Art class this year. Final grade her teacher gave her? 150%. That's my girl.

Her projects were all based on fairy tales and meaning in fairy tales. She used several mediums including ceramics, paper mache, items she collected to add to the projects, and more. She won 2nd place for ceramics in a school art show for one of her fairy tale pieces (even though the ribbon says 3rd place).

She spent a lot of time on her projects. One of them was a Sleeping Beauty spinning wheel made of bones. She collected owl pellets, dissected them, cleaned the bones, and put together the spinning wheel. It was so tiny.

Nichole: The spinning wheel in the story symbolizes death. Nothing makes me think death more than bones.

One part of the process was cleaning the hair off the rodent bones in hydrogen peroxide and water. As they separated, certain parts would float and certain parts sank. Jr. Jr. got a big kick out of watching this process. He commented that it was "better than a lava lamp." I'm glad he got so much enjoyment out of it.