Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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NL.qhs -uv-- Y . It's amazing what can be done with a little colored paper and paste. With deft manipulating, pieces fit together to form three-dimensional faces with as much personality as live people. Barb Kittle, June Dremann, Lynne Pisani, and Jan Finished products show Who says that art is just for those who can draw well? Anyone who likes to express his ideas on paper can benefit as much or more from the art courses offered at Seaholm. For the student who is not majoring in art, but wants some art background, a general course is just the thing. During a semester, he works with ceramics, water color, and metal, he also learns the basic funda- mentals of color, design and balance. In the drawing and painting classes, advanced students turn out everything from charcoal abstrac- tions to fine oil portraits. In the spring and early fall, hours are spent outside capturing balmy breezes and lazy moods on sketch boards. 4After the final touches have been put on the wet clay figurines, they are carefully placed in the kiln for baking. There is a mixture of excitement and anxiety when the door is finally opened and the finished products are removed. Diane Akerley removes a glazed ash tray with asbestos gloves. Long before the model sits down, the portrait artist begins work. Paint must be mixed, and a base coat or background must be applied. Here Judy Palmer spreads background with her palate knife. V Andrews finish their projects. Y

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ln the car experience aclds practical knowledge r ' Robert Williams ,I Use the clutch' Off the brake' are very famrllar phrases to the drrvmg student Often after these words are spoken the student finds himself with a stalled car and frustrated teacher Thankfully this happens most often rn the parking lot and by the time he begrns to travel the streets he can operate the clutch wrth ease However he will admit that stopping and starting on h1lls especrally the Maple Southfield intersection can be a bit trrcky Parallel parking also presents problems which seem beyond the grasp of novice drivers Each trip brings new situations to be met and opportunrtnes for students to garn valuable experience and confidence In the classroom a variety of topics are covered Dnagrams and models illustrate maneuvers and work mg parts of the cars, while films show case histories of accidents and important safety lessons At the end of a semester after satrsfactorrly com pletlng work students receive the lone awaited certrfi cate whrch entrtles them to apply for a lrcense A Oh how I wrsh I had eyes in the back of my head' complam students trylng to parallel park Even after several tries the car seems to be at a weird angle and startm all over again seems to be the best answer Well deserved praise and satxsfactron finally come when after much turmns. the car eases mto place Although the average person will seldom pump gas for the car he is driving rt is a good Idea to know jul what is going on Mary Ellen McDonald tills the tank at the garmc on Eton and Lincoln roads 11' Gordon Trayer

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students creative ablllty The art department does not l1m1t ltself to just the use of patnts and charcoal The creatlon of useful artlcles IS an lmportant part of the currlculum What may look like a gooey mess of wet paper IS really the beglllfllng of a crafts students papler mache figure and the shapeless blob of clay soon becomes a useful artrcle rn skllled ceramrcs student s hands Weav 1ng students create functlonal as well as beautrful fab r1cs The creatlons of hard worktng students do not go unnotlced however The best examples are d1splayed rn the art room or rn the mam drsplay cases Kenneth Wynsma Margaret Nichols Lf' AAlthough great pleasure IS dernved from makmg something the greatest pleasure comes from puttmg the nmshed product up on the bulletm board Last touches are put on constructton paper pxctures as they are mounted by Carol Pteters and Don Morrts Pushing the shuttle back and forth rs only a small part of the weavmg process as Shirley Rolph Dxana Robmson and Donna Thompson w1ll tell In order to get the yarn off the skem swlfts and reels are used for speed Shlrley works an umbrella swrft Donna a spool swlft and Dxana a warp mg reel f 0 0 0 ' S l . . . . , I - ' 8 nj -7' ' V 5 W nk- ' . I . - ' . ' S D L. . . A ' .x, I N I . , , y y v kr! I, ' f - I I X! - 1 L ,Z i 7 ' G V - ky ' 5 , V ,, I ' ' l J I I A f , 3 G I 63