Local artist teaches students about her craft

In May, Guilderland-based artist Laura Hamor's work was displayed in the Principal's Gallery at Abram Lansing, and the sculptural illustrator and painter visited students to show them her work.

To create her unique clay illustrations, Hamor begins with a pencil sketch. She eventually uses clay, shaped with a pasta machine, rolling pins, clay tools and her hands to put together her illustration, which is then photographed.

At Abram Lansing, Hamor had students working with clay. She read the students a story about an egg and had students sculpt what they thought would appear from inside the egg once it cracked and opened!