Annalise Nisly, a Bluffton High School junior, is the Bluffton Icon's student artist of the month.

She has taken  Art one, ceramics one and ceramics two.

" I enjoy ceramics because working with clay in my hands is calming and therapeutic to me," she said.  "I especially like this project because I have a lot of creative freedom and I get to be working on one of the most fascinating ecosystems on the earth: the coral reef."

Here plans after high school include college, but specific plans are undecided. Vickie Garmon is the Bluffton HS art teacher.