Well, this is 2 projects squeezed into one because my vessel project hogged a nice 6 weeks of my time, cutting into this project. So I asked my teacher, and with some effort, constructed a dwelling piece that is also made of "free" object (or below $5).
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Well after a couple days of thinking, I finally realized that my clay piece had to be as simple as possible. I was also on a close time constraint so that was good I guess. I don't like making simple things because I am very technical and get too intricate with my work.
I ended up designing and crafting a small dish to hold knick-knacks and other things. The way we fired it was we used certain chemicals and natural items like: Dried leaves, shrubs, branches, etc. All that, wrapped in foil around the piece gave it a nice burnished style look. I used too much foliage, so my piece got smoked, and now it's mostly gray. :( 1. Pit firing is an old method of making pottery, it is when a clay piece is essentially "cooked" in a brick oven-type of outdoor kiln using hot flames. (picture below) 2. A foil saggar is a piece of covered aluminum foil used to protect clay pieces during firing and/or add unique patterns after firing. It is a clay bow that prevents any damage or burns to a clay piece. (picture below) 3. A paper saggar is a paper bag/structure that is put around a clay piece, but the paper is covered with strips of clay-soaked (slip) paper, in several layers. (picture below) These techniques are special because the saggars add unique flows of movement to the clay that closely resembles marble. This is a smart way of making a clay piece look fancy, rather than painting it different colors.
I took a very extensive approach on this project. I chose to take the term "Vessel" and make a boat (Battleship) instead of a containment unit. I made even more difficult when I decided to make it out of Popsicle sticks and toothpicks as well. This project is STILL IN PROGRESS, even after 4 weeks of long work. I'm falling behind on other projects because of this, but I am determined to make this turn out like one bad-ass battleship. I figured once I was done I would paint this along with my animal head (previous project) to save time. I plan on making this boat have a very detailed deck, like this thing came in a model kit to put on a shelf.
Okay, after a heaping 6 weeks of work or so this thing is finally finished, at least in building stage. I still have to think of a painting job to put on top of this gray base coat. Although the work put into this was excruciating, I still had a bunch of fun, and judging by the feedback from my peers, I should do this more often. The "Animal Head" project was a fun activity for me to practice the figurature of animal feature that I may not have known about. I chose to make a wolf's head, but I made a misshapen skull with the clay, and it looked like more of a dog. So from there I decided to make a dog's head instead. I was told that the heads were supposed to be expressive, and with the wolf, the head would have had a growling tone to it. Now with the dog, I have a more positive approach, with even more movement in his expression. The expression for the dog is him sticking his head out of a car window. The viewer can see this in the movement of the ears and gums. After I captured the shape the next challenge was to create realistic fur on the dog. All I used was a thin, needle-type of tool the creative indentations on the clay, that of striking resemblance to fur. Now the piece is fired and awaiting a nice paint job... After painting my dog pet head I felt pretty satisfied with my work. The paint only took me a day, which I knew was going to be the easiest. All I had to do was math the color of my dog's fur to the coordinating spots, then dry brush the darks of the fur with a lighter color to give the fur affect. Not only did the paint make this head look realistic, but the way I textured the fur, and how I moved the direction of the fur to fit the contour, make this eve better.
Mr. Yellin is a figurative glass artist. He make "Glass sandwiches" by painting on multiple sheets of glass and puts them together to form human-like figure inside a giant 3,000 lb prism. New York commissioned him to make all of these statues. He explains how his sculptures represent the memories and emotions trapped in the body, and that everyone should be able to see them. Yellin does a fantastic job making these wonderful pieces, and they inspire me to be more open minded about what I create. I feel the need to represent more feelings into my art to present to others what I feel, and how they should feel. He has an interesting attitude towards ballerinas and how they spend most of their lives on their toes. This emphasizes his mood towards creating more of these magnificent works of art. His piece literally look like you could shatter the glass and grab the piece out.
This is the final piece of my relief project. I know I don't have any progressive pictures, but I never got the chance to take any photos. This piece was carved with an X-acto knife and a big piece of pink foam. Being that this was a relief I chose to add a texture based background along with some of the shaded areas. The whole theme for this project was humans & nature, and I had a very tough time determining what I could do. In the end I decided to make a mage (magic wielder) who could bend the will of water and ice. Not very original, but I was pressed for time and I had to think of something fast. If I had to redo this project I would have chosen a different topic. I like the ways the texture worked, along with how smooth the acrylic finish is, but the concept behind this piece wasn't as overwhelming as some of my classmates.
This week's topic is "Sleep" and I chose to draw a mysterious figure, holding a swinging pocket watch. I found this to be an interesting subject because I remember as a kid seeing TV shows where people hypnotized people to sleep with a watch. I knew no one else would think of this, but also the idea behind it gave me more purpose than drawing someone sleeping on a bed.
This week's illustration Friday was noise, and I chose to draw a rattlesnake. Rattlesnakes are well known for the sound they make when threatened so I thought this would be a unique opportunity to see what others drew as well.
test I decided to draw a muscle car with jagged fenders and edges for my illustration. I thought it was pretty unique because everyone else drew mountains. This was my first illustration Friday so I was concerned about my idea, but I can assure that they will become more in-depth as time passes.
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