Wow, three dimensional art was fun this quarter!
We focused on various handbuilding techniques, using clay as our medium.
Students were responsible for completing one project demonstrating coiling techniques, one project that could act as a planter, and some students took on the optional bonus project of making a clay circle loom (or three!) for weaving.
We rounded out the quarter with an artist's statement, reflecting on what was learned.
Below, please enjoy learning what students have to share and show in their journey of artistic development and growth.
Students: If text in all caps gives you a direction, please follow the direction to have the it removed.
We focused on various handbuilding techniques, using clay as our medium.
Students were responsible for completing one project demonstrating coiling techniques, one project that could act as a planter, and some students took on the optional bonus project of making a clay circle loom (or three!) for weaving.
We rounded out the quarter with an artist's statement, reflecting on what was learned.
Below, please enjoy learning what students have to share and show in their journey of artistic development and growth.
Students: If text in all caps gives you a direction, please follow the direction to have the it removed.
Ava T.
My favorite piece of pottery is a coiled snake. It is light blue with darker blue designs and scale carvings. I started it out as a coil pot and smoothed the insides so it was watertight. I wanted it to originally be a pot, but the final opening was too small for anything to get through. I think that it turned out to look pretty cool, even though it wasn't all like I intended.
Madeleine W.
For my first piece, I made a coil pot. I did the marble glazing technique with black and white glaze. I put the black glaze on first and then layered the white on top of it. Next time I would put more white glaze on, because it turned out with more black than I wanted and not enough white.
For my second piece, I made a weaving slab loom. I put yellow on the bottom and blue over it. It's mostly blue, with a little bit of yellow. I weaved it with yellow string.
For my third piece, I made a dog head. The base was a coil pot, and then I added ears and pushed the face out to make a dog nose. My original plan was to just glaze it brown, but then I decided to do something different and put two layers of white over the brown. It turned out well, except for I tried to do black eyes but the glaze bled outside of the eyes so the eyes are really big and creepy. I also liked how smooth the pot turned out.
For my second piece, I made a weaving slab loom. I put yellow on the bottom and blue over it. It's mostly blue, with a little bit of yellow. I weaved it with yellow string.
For my third piece, I made a dog head. The base was a coil pot, and then I added ears and pushed the face out to make a dog nose. My original plan was to just glaze it brown, but then I decided to do something different and put two layers of white over the brown. It turned out well, except for I tried to do black eyes but the glaze bled outside of the eyes so the eyes are really big and creepy. I also liked how smooth the pot turned out.
Allison S.
My best artwork looks like a unicorn bowl with no feet or legs that’s the style I went for because I wasn’t conceding in myself doing legs. The unicorn is made out of clay as you can guess because this is a clay class but I glazed it with glaze not water colors because I wanted it to be shiny. The piece is called magical rainbows because what else do you name a unicorn. The most obvious piece in my work is the rainbow tail it stands out against the white body. I tried to show happiness in this piece because I’m always trying to make people happy and I wanted to show that somewhere in my room. My goals as an artist are to explore different media’s and I have never really had a clay piece I was proud of so this really helped me achieve something new except for the face I’m not even going to show it in my picture it failed so badly. I learned a lot creating this artwork like how to properly apply glaze and how not to I also learned how to make a clay bowl even well mostly. This piece will influence my future pieces because now I know how to even out coils and paint in a marble way those are just a few things though if I included all I learned this paper would be like 10 pages long
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Elliot
This quarter I made 4.5 pieces. I made a red and black coil pot with pentacles, a Harry Potter themed slab loom, a black and white slab loom and a cat paw planter and plate complete with toe beans. All my art was made of clay, both slab and coils. The pot was made of coils only, the looms were made with slab only and the planter and plate were made with both. Everything was glazed. I didn’t really have any goals for this artwork. I didn’t really like working with clay so I didn’t know what to expect. It was pretty fun though. I learned how to make clay things look nice and how to glaze well. I learned how to find the correct dryness of clay and how to get a solid coat of glaze. I also learned how hard it is to roll an even coil. My projects were a lot of trial and error but they were fun, and I feel like I learned a lot.
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Willow
My piece of pottery is a pronghorn sitting next to log. The pronghorn is a animal that is like a cross between a antelope, a wildebeest and and a deer. The name of my work is the Content Pronghorn, and she is closely related to the piece of artwork called the Forlorn Pronghorn. I created my art out of clay. It took longer than I thought it would, and it almost died when I took it out of the locker I stored it in. The tree came out a lot darker than I wanted. She also lost a horn in a very traumatic accident, and the horn stubbornly refused to go back on. The Pronghorn itself is almost the color I wanted. My friend Gillian was the inspiration to my artwork, after the clay frog pot I tried to make went horribly wrong. I think this helped me learn a lot, because before I took this class, I did not like clay, and was not very good at it. Before Prongy I had only made pots. I learned a lot making a free form piece, and now I like clay. My overall thoughts are, it came out pretty good!
In case you are wondering, the blue weave thing says Moon and Sun on it in Nordic Runes.
In case you are wondering, the blue weave thing says Moon and Sun on it in Nordic Runes.
Chloe
This art quarter I did a brown turtle and a black and grey coil pot. I used clay to make my both my pots. For the coil pot I started with a spiral base then started stacking the coils on top of each other as I went around the outer circle of the base. For the turtle I started with an oval slab and a pinch pot then put the pinch pot upside down on the slab. I cut a hole out of the top for an opening. I made four legs, a tail and then attached them with the scratch and attach technique. I was required to make the coil pot, but colored it with two coats of black glaze and one coat of white to make a marble effect. We were also required to make a planter animal, I chose the turtle because I think turtles look cute in ceramics. My goals in this class were to become at working with clay and glazes. The turtle was a bit challenging with all the scratch and attach and different parts. I learned how to marble using the glazes and got better rolling coils out. I also learned some different styles of ceramics like the ceramic loom weaving and how to make different animal planters.
Natalie
This quarter I made three different pieces, one of them was an elephant with a top hat. I like the shape of the elephant but when I glazed it, it came out all splotchy. My second one is a coil pot, I don’t like it that much but it’s fine. My third one was just a clump of clay I panted and put googley eyes on. All three of them were made out of clay but I used different techniques for each of them. I did the elephant because elephants are my second favorite animal after giraffes but I thought a giraffe would be to hard so I went with the elephant. I did the coil pot to learn something new, I learned that it is harder to roll a coil than I thought. My main goal was to not let my elephant crumple, which I did after I made the paper towel too wet so when I took it out the next day it was cracked in half. Overall I think I did ok on all three of my pieces.
Jay
I made five pieces this quarter. My favorite pieces are an upside down turtle planter, and a triangle loom with a weaving in the center. They are both light and dark green. All my pieces are made from clay. Three of them are slabs with weavings in the middle. I also glazed all of them, except for the star, which I made, but Ava glazed and did the weaving for in the middle. For some of them, I layered two glazes. The turtle is inspired by an upside down turtle I saw in the road, and flipped over and took to a lake. The clay turtle reminds me of the turtle I helped. My goal was to make smooth pieces that were fully glazed and I was proud of. I do not think I completed my goal. I think my pieces could have been better, but I learned important things about clay and glaze and weaving.
Gillian P.
"The Forlorn Pronghorn"
My artwork is a bright coral pink and light tan pronghorn standing on four legs. A pronghorn is an animal that is kind of like an antelope-deer-wildebeest. Mine has very stubby legs, a giant torso, and kind of falling apart horns. It's got a really forlorn and sad look on his face (elaborated on later). Instead of of having a normal pronghorn back, he has a giant hole that is going to be used for herbs and other plants. I wish my pronghorn was slightly less horridly pink.
I made my pronghorn out of clay and various glaze colors. I layered glaze in pink and tan for most of his body, but in his hole he's tan. I used the layering technique so the tan would show under the top layer. I used various clay tools to smooth out bumps, sculpt body parts, and make facial features.
I was inspired because my friend Ava suggested the name "The Forlorn Pronghorn," for the title of our music group. I had to think of some kind of animal to make a planter of for an assignment, and I thought that making a forlorn pronghorn would be funny. I tried to show the emotions of sadness and resentment in my artwork. The story of why the pronghorn is so very sad is that his wife, (another artwork by Willow H, "The Content Pronghorn,") left him because he was stubby and boring.
My goal was to make a beautiful pronghorn. I think he is truly gorgeous, so I met my goal. My goal as an artist is to be always getting better, and I haven't really done much work with clay, so I think I did pretty great.
I learned lots of things about glazing while working on my pronghorn. I liked learning the techniques of clay and scratching and attaching and smoothing it and things. I'm proud of the pronghorn. He's pretty cute, in my opinion.
My artwork is a bright coral pink and light tan pronghorn standing on four legs. A pronghorn is an animal that is kind of like an antelope-deer-wildebeest. Mine has very stubby legs, a giant torso, and kind of falling apart horns. It's got a really forlorn and sad look on his face (elaborated on later). Instead of of having a normal pronghorn back, he has a giant hole that is going to be used for herbs and other plants. I wish my pronghorn was slightly less horridly pink.
I made my pronghorn out of clay and various glaze colors. I layered glaze in pink and tan for most of his body, but in his hole he's tan. I used the layering technique so the tan would show under the top layer. I used various clay tools to smooth out bumps, sculpt body parts, and make facial features.
I was inspired because my friend Ava suggested the name "The Forlorn Pronghorn," for the title of our music group. I had to think of some kind of animal to make a planter of for an assignment, and I thought that making a forlorn pronghorn would be funny. I tried to show the emotions of sadness and resentment in my artwork. The story of why the pronghorn is so very sad is that his wife, (another artwork by Willow H, "The Content Pronghorn,") left him because he was stubby and boring.
My goal was to make a beautiful pronghorn. I think he is truly gorgeous, so I met my goal. My goal as an artist is to be always getting better, and I haven't really done much work with clay, so I think I did pretty great.
I learned lots of things about glazing while working on my pronghorn. I liked learning the techniques of clay and scratching and attaching and smoothing it and things. I'm proud of the pronghorn. He's pretty cute, in my opinion.
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In this quarter, I made three pieces, and unglazed coil pot, a rainbow clay loom and a clay planter. The colors on the loom looked a lot different on the samples than how they turned out, and had I known that that would happen I would have picked colors differently. The planter was supposed to be a undersea scene, but I was rushed to finish it and didn’t attach some stuff fully that fell of as it was drying, such as a squid.
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I didn’t really have a big idea behind these pieces, they just sort of popped into my head. My goal for these pieces was to get them finished on time, and I completed that goal. I didn’t really like how any of them these pieces, but I learned what not to do when making clay pieces.
Ian
I created three pieces. My coil pot is small and off center. My planting pot is blobby, and glazed black, and brown. My clay loom is space themed, and painted black and purple, with blue yarn.
. I was having trouble creating the coil for the coil pots, but after trial and error I managed to make a smooth-ish coil. My sheep was a pinch pot that I added legs and a head to, I used a coil for the tufts. My clay loom was created using a rolling pin, and a carving tool.
I was going to create a stegosaurus instead of a sheep, but after failing multiple times, I saw a coil spiral and decided to make a sheep. My coil pot was rushed, I finished it late, and finished before it was complete. I like creating smooth curved lines, I wanted to create a space theme, and incorporated it into my clay loom. |
I didn’t have any forward goals in this class. I just wanted to do the art, and be as creative as possible with it. The only art piece that I was really proud of was the clay loom, it turned out about how I was hoping, although it broke in half. I’m still mad that I erased the sheeps face.
Ava L.
I only had enough time to make three pieces. I made a coil pot, a clay loom and a tiny planter in the shape of a dog. J made the clay base for the loom, and I glazed it and did the weaving. I glazed two of my pieces, but left the dog without glaze. I didn’t really have enough time to make them as good as I wanted them to be. I chose a dog for my planter because dogs are my favorite animals. I like how happy their little faces are. My goals for this quarter were to improve my skills with ceramics. I’m not sure if I exactly completed my goal, because I don’t think I got much better. Ceramics have never been something I’ve been good at. My overall thoughts are that ceramics are still something I really need to work on. I’m not very happy with the way my pieces turned out. I wish I could have had more time to spend on each individual piece.
Elsa |
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This quarter I made three pieces. I made one piece of a kangaroo mouse planter, one weaving slab, and one coil pot. The title of the planter is "It's Blue Now". I made them all from clay, on the slab I used glaze, and on the planter I used acrylic paint. I tried to have no colors touch on the slab, and I think I succeeded! Yay! I had wanted to make a unique animal for the planter and remembered kangaroo mice! I don't actually know what inspired the other two. The planter really helped me learn how to balance weight with my clay pieces. I'm sad I did not get to glaze my coil pot, but making it was really fun and I learned a lot about making coils attaching them to each other. Other than that I'm relatively happy with what I did.
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Karinne |
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This quarter I made four separate pieces of art: a giant snake, a triangular pinch pot, a moderately-large vase and a spiky slab in which I weaved various pieces of string. Throughout all of my pieces I aimed to maintain a consistent texture that was smooth and even, except for my giant snake in which I used a a scale-like texture. All of my creations were made from clay and at least underwent a bisque fire. In the case of my giant snake, I also glazed the clay to give the creation a bit more “life”. My slab and giant snake featured several textures that were imprinted by the usage of a straw, marker cap, needle tool, ribbon tool, among many others. Probably the most obvious technique is my weaving where I utilized light shades of blue string to “spin” a web in which to thread the string in and out of. In the beginning of the quarter I knew I wanted to create a large clay work that would permit me to experiment with a wide array of techniques, textures and materials. On a side note, I am pleased that I managed, despite difficulties, to have my snake encompass a strong sense of power and vibrancy with bold colors and conveyed personality. Even though I began the quarter with ambition and confidence, I was surprised as to the unexpected amount of difficulty in the creation of my giant snake. The engineering of the design and the usage of several free-floating components were definitely the most challenging part of that particular project.
In general, I learned a great deal from this class through my independent work and your group instruction. I am surely more experienced in the world of clay and ceramics work by strengthening my understanding of the fundamentals, including hydrating clay, eliminating air bubbles, using numerous tools and refreshing past techniques. Overall I strongly believe that all four of my pieces helped reach my quarter goal of creating clay works that featured several different aspects of what ceramics is about and how each and every piece of art you create has different directions in which they can lead to and it may in fact be better than your original idea. In the future, I intend to continue to keep an open mind when pursuing new fields and to strive to always perfect my artwork even when I already believe I am finished. In that respect it is clear to me that the most important part of this class to remember is that anything can be art and beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder.
Margaret W.
I worked on three finished ceramics pieces this quarter. The first was a simple, small coil pot (not in pictures). To make it unique I used small clay balls and a coil to make a wavy top edge. It's not terribly useful (or original) but I like how it turned out. The second was a clay slab loom, which I cut out in the shape of a heart. I underestimated how hard it would be to punch an odd number of holes, but I managed to squeeze one more in. I used some old plastic bubble wands to give it a texture of overlapping circles, and I really like how it turned out. I glazed it red and picked white-and-silver yarn to weave in the center. While I haven't completely finished weaving it, it's a lot of fun and I like how the clay slab looms combine ceramics with fiber arts.
My third and final ceramics piece was a small planter which I made in the shape of an owl. I have made clay owls before, but this one turned out the best so far. I used slab building, which is my favorite ceramics technique, to build the owl. I used a more cutesy, cartoony style, rather than sticking to realistic anatomy. After it was bisque fired, I couldn't find natural colored glazes that I liked, so I again opted for a much less realistic approach and glazed my owl green and blue. I was worried it would look strange but I really like the pale green and dark blue colors that I chose. (I can't wait to plant a little succulent inside!)
Deron |
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I made three pieces this quarter. The very first one I made, which was a coil pot, turned out pretty good considering that I hadn’t used clay for about six years. One, the clay bunny planter pot was quite ugly and lumpy. I liked the loom because of the colors, but I didn’t put any designs on it. All of my pieces are made of clay. I learned a lot this quarter about how to use clay, the right consistency, how much water you need to add, and many other things. Plus, just working with clay was fun and helped me get better at using it. I also enjoyed using the tools and learning how. For example, the ribbon tool to smooth out the top of a pot so it is all the same height and other things. I didn’t have any big ideas, I just followed directions. I suppose that with the bunny I have an ambitious idea and tried to pursue it. My goals for my artwork was to work hard on it, learn about using clay, and make it pretty. Some overall thoughts are that I was ambitious and tried hard on my bunny even though it didn’t turn out very good. Also, even though I didn’t get any art classes (sadly) I didn’t get 3D art this quarter, I will propbably have ceramics in high school and I will use all that I learned then, so thank you for teaching and helping me this quarter.
Fiona
In 3-D art this quarter, I made one main piece, but over the course I experimented with several different ways to work with clay. My main piece was a planter shaped like two koi fish. Technically two planters, but the idea was they go together and are placed together. One is glazed pale orange, and one is yellow with red patches. I also made a coil pot, a miniature loom, and two animals I just put together in my free time. My first piece was the coil pot, which I made using the traditional coiling method. The loom I made from cutting a slab into a star shape, but I kind of forgot it existed and never finished it. I made my koi fish by getting the basic structure with three balls of clay in different sizes, then using extra clay to flesh it out and do the fins and tails, then carving out the back. I put only one layer of glaze on the orange one because I wanted it to be more thin and not as bright. The spotted one I did a yellow base and red spots over it. My idea was for the fish to be a graceful, elegant piece that reflected my love of koi fish. I'm not sure I achieved that, but I like them nevertheless. Overall, I'm pretty happy with what I accomplished this quarter. I did learn a lot about structuring figures from clay and I'm a lot more interested in clay than before.
Alice
I made 3 pieces over this quarter. A coil pot, a weaving and a dragon plant holder. My art mostly has a blue green color scheme.
My dragon was my favorite piece. It is water colored with blue and green while the shell is left white. It is meant to hold a (tiny) plant. For the dragon I made a coil and gave it a face. For the shell I made random cuts and smoothed it out. The big idea is that I just like dragons and think they are cool. I had a goal to make an actually good dragon from clay because I can only make then from polymer clay. I liked this piece and think it turned out quite well and it was fun to make.
My dragon was my favorite piece. It is water colored with blue and green while the shell is left white. It is meant to hold a (tiny) plant. For the dragon I made a coil and gave it a face. For the shell I made random cuts and smoothed it out. The big idea is that I just like dragons and think they are cool. I had a goal to make an actually good dragon from clay because I can only make then from polymer clay. I liked this piece and think it turned out quite well and it was fun to make.
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In 3D Art Class this quarter, I made two pieces. The first is a light red planter designed to look like a "unicorn dog" with perky light brown ears and a short and curved brown tail. Above the face of it is a white cone with a spiral texture going around it, resembling a unicorn horn. Its face consists of dark brown lines acting as eyes, and a brown sphere nose protruding from the face. The dark brown paint used for the eyes dribbled down a little bit, so now the dog gives off the illusion that its eyes are crying and the eyes are cold and soulless, which my peers have either found disturbing, relatable, or both of the previously mentioned reactions.
The second is a coil pot painted dark blue with a lighter shade of blue mixed in. Inside is three spheres piled on top of each other, similar to the shape of a snowman. The snowman inside is painted deep blue with a unique texture. I claim that it's a metaphor for our government, but I really have no idea what the heck is going on with this piece.
My artwork was created using clay and colored glaze.
The second is a coil pot painted dark blue with a lighter shade of blue mixed in. Inside is three spheres piled on top of each other, similar to the shape of a snowman. The snowman inside is painted deep blue with a unique texture. I claim that it's a metaphor for our government, but I really have no idea what the heck is going on with this piece.
My artwork was created using clay and colored glaze.
Kyan
I made a bunny, a coil pot, and an unfinished slab loom. The bunny is white, the coil pot is orange, and the loom is purple. All of my pieces were made with clay and glaze.
For my bunny I started with a pinch pot and started to make it longer. The main part of the bunny got too long and I eventually had to make it smaller twice. I made the head and the tail separately then attached it later. My coil pot started out small but then I eventually decided to make it tall. It is a simple coil pot. My unfinished piece is the slab loom which was glazed but I didn't have time to weave it.
My artwork wasn't inspired by anything and didn't show any of my emotions. I just tried to make it look the best as I could. I focused more on trying to make my artwork look nice than the amount of pieces I had.
My overall goals in this art class was trying to use the clay in different ways. I learned a lot more about different styles and ways to make clay pieces. I did try as much as I could to make them look good even though it might not look that way.
My pieces turned out pretty good. I wish that I could have made my bunny a bit more straight and same with my coil pot. The glaze didn't turn out the best because while making my pieces I accidently put more glaze on some spots which made it look messy. I think my pieces turned out okay.
For my bunny I started with a pinch pot and started to make it longer. The main part of the bunny got too long and I eventually had to make it smaller twice. I made the head and the tail separately then attached it later. My coil pot started out small but then I eventually decided to make it tall. It is a simple coil pot. My unfinished piece is the slab loom which was glazed but I didn't have time to weave it.
My artwork wasn't inspired by anything and didn't show any of my emotions. I just tried to make it look the best as I could. I focused more on trying to make my artwork look nice than the amount of pieces I had.
My overall goals in this art class was trying to use the clay in different ways. I learned a lot more about different styles and ways to make clay pieces. I did try as much as I could to make them look good even though it might not look that way.
My pieces turned out pretty good. I wish that I could have made my bunny a bit more straight and same with my coil pot. The glaze didn't turn out the best because while making my pieces I accidently put more glaze on some spots which made it look messy. I think my pieces turned out okay.
Cody
I made three pieces this quarter, a small coil pot, slab loom, and a shark planter. The shark is blue and white with seven teeth. I rolled out a piece of clay and then rolled it up into a cylinder to create the shark. For the slab loom I used three different colored glazes. I did not really have an inspiration for my coil pot or my loom. The only piece I had an inspiration for was the shark and that was sharks. My goals for my work was to have them look decent and learn a thing or two in the process. I think I did a decent job with it all but my favorite piece was the shark. The shark did turn out a little plain. I learned techniques for rolling out coils(stand up) and glazing (three coats).
Billie
In ceramics class this quarter I made an elephant planter. It has a wide, rounded body held up by four short legs. There are big ears on either side of the body. In between the small, black eyes protrudes a trunk. The elephant is glazed a patchy, light mauve.
I started by forming a pinch pot to use as the body. I then added each of the four legs, struggling to keep them the same size and shape. Later I added the trunk and spent lots of time adjusting it to be just right. Lastly I attached both ears and carved out the circular eyes. While the elephant was drying one ear fell off, but I got glued it back on after the final glazed pot was fired. This was a great project that I feel turned out mostly successful. I do not have a lot of experience with clay or animal shapes, so this was a tremendous area of improvement for me. I wish I had painted more even layers of purple glaze, so that the final product would be less splotchy.
For my second of three pieces I created a coil pot. I began with rolling thin coils, which proved to be difficult because of how easily the clay would dry out. I twisted one long coil into a spiral to use as the bottom. I started with a wide base, then slowly drew the coils in as they got closer to the top. I ended up with a mostly symmetrical beehive-shaped pot. For the glazing I knew that I wanted it to be yellow, but the shade we had in class was too bright, so I used one layer of orange glaze under two of the yellow. It turned out to be a rich yellow-orange color, very similar to what I had been imagining. Again, I have not worked with clay a lot and do not think of myself as someone who is good at ceramics, so it was exciting when this turned out how I had planned. If I were to do this project again I would probably glaze the inside of the pot and possibly paint bees on it to complete the beehive effect.
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Wade
I only did three big pieces this quarter, a prone, blank human with a hollow torso, a weird fungus-like four-holed coilpot and a nightvalian eye. I also (along with Duncan and Alice) made many prosthetic legs for Pritchard the plastic horse. All my objects were mad out of clay, with the exception of the eye which also used yarn. The legs and human were unglazed, the misshapen coilpot was glazed in a strange experimental blotchy dark purple color which I was going to use for the eye but I ended up painting it with watercolors instead (in similar colors) The eye is a symbol from my favorite podcast: Welcome to Nightvale. Every thing turned out pretty much how I wanted it, and I think that this was my most successful quarter this year.
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Suri
My artwork for this 3D art class is a clay pot that is strange mix of human and frog, that looks a bit like a human in a frog suit hunching on the floor. It started as a medium sized pinch pot that I pulled a head shaped appendage out of, I then scratch and attached two legs and two arms. At first it was only going to have human appendages for arms but being the inexperienced sculptor I am, the legs ended up looking vaguely humanoid as well, though they still have frog-like feet. Then, using thin sheets of rolled out clay, I created the effect of the legs and arms growing out from in the frog. The arms and legs are folded over themselves to show that the frog is crouching down, maybe he’s hunting a fly, maybe he is dead. He shows how we’re all putting on a mask to please society but he gave up and now lives in the forest eating bugs and thinks you should too. He is a sad man. My goal was to create a slightly surreal frog planter (did I mention it’s a planter) and I probably succeeded. It has been said that it is realistic so I guess I did learn quite a bit as an artist for before I made this man my biggest clay accomplishment was a slightly deformed clay tray with lopsided eyes. I love my frog-man and he loves his tiny tree friend.