Horizons Magazine | July 2019
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FOR<br />
CLASS<br />
As the Introduction to Clay for Kids class came<br />
to an end, the elementary-age students couldn’t<br />
help but tap their fingers and wooden mallets on<br />
their newly molded, handmade xylophones. The<br />
class's freestyle approach allows each child to<br />
express their creative spirit, this time in the form<br />
of unique xylophone keys — one student’s keys<br />
spelled their name while another shaped theirs<br />
to look like fall leaves. Instructor Shigeru Ayuha,<br />
fondly known as Shig by his students, brought out<br />
more of the students’ creations for them to glaze<br />
— figurines the children had molded by hand<br />
during a past class session. Shig explained how<br />
they could blend paint to create new colors. After<br />
his instruction, the students were off, expressing<br />
their creative energy one clay piece at a time.<br />
Shig conceptualizes a new main project for each<br />
class, providing a different experience each course.<br />
He offers an Introduction to Clay for Kids class<br />
and Introduction to Clay for Teens. Parents who<br />
sign their child up for either of the classes offered<br />
at Arts & Crafts can rest assured their child will<br />
learn a variety of clay methods and express their<br />
creativity in a safe, structured environment.<br />
Stop by the Arts & Crafts Center or visit<br />
YokotaFSS.com/Arts-Crafts for more information<br />
on upcoming classes.<br />
24 HORIZONS<br />
JULY <strong>2019</strong>