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Tutu's "Blue Room" is decorated in the the blue willow pattern.

Today in art we learned about “The Willow Pattern”. The lesson started with a retelling of the tragic legend of Koong-se and Chang who were not allowed to marry and died rather than be apart. The willow tree is originally from China and represents life. One of the blue colors used in this china pattern is “cobalt”. After learning about the background of this type of china, we created our own willow pattern plates.

Samantha designed a blue willow plate in art class.

This is an example of an authentic piece of blue willow china.

Lauren's blue willow art creation.

Two birds flying high,
A Chinese vessel, sailing by.
A bridge with three men, sometimes four,
A willow tree, hanging o'er.
A Chinese temple, there it stands,
Built upon the river sands.
An apple tree, with apples on,
A crooked fence to end my song.

Samantha's still life from her previous art lesson.

Lauren's still life creation.

Lauren and Mrs. Henry plant an unknown bulb in science. What  will it  become?