Art Activity | Create a Decorative Bowl
Contemporary craft sets the stage for this hands-on art project. The video and activity guide take you step-by-step through the creative process of making a decorative ceramic bowl.
To customize your bowl, embellish it with stitching and different designs. Find extra inspiration for your creation by taking a look at the work of Hella Jongerius in the MFAH collection of decorative arts, crafts, and design.
This hybrid of crafts makes for a day of family-friendly fun!
Art-Making Activity | Exploring Stitching and Creating Decorative Bowls
• Activity Guide PDF
Family Programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from the Junior League of Houston, Inc.
Learning and Interpretation programs receive generous funding from the Jerold B. Katz Foundation; Institute of Museum and Library Services; H-E-B; MD Anderson Cancer Center; Houston Junior Woman’s Club; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; Sharon G. Dies; Susan Vaughan Foundation; and additional generous donors.
All Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive endowment funds provided by Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ballard; Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Tate; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Virginia and Ira Jackson; the Favrot Fund; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of John Wynne; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.
Hella Jongerius, Bowl, 2002, porcelain and thread, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust.
Hella Jongerius, Bowl (detail), 2002, porcelain and thread, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust.
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