For this project, I wanted to do something that was familiar, but slightly off. I also wanted to try and sculpt a body, so I figured a mermaid would be a good canvas. I ended up deciding on making the tail an actual fish, and giving her a more realistic look than normal magical mermaids.
I used sculpey for this project, and it was very annoying. At first, it was amazing, since you didn't need to score and slip, but it ended up breaking a lot, especially when I added the hair to the head. It was very hard to get her balanced, which is why she is leaning a bit. Overall, I'd use sculpey for smaller projects, not something so heavy. I feel like I did a pretty good job on the female body, although the hands and breasts are a little off. The breasts broke in half, so I had to repair them and make them look semi-alright. The hands were incredibly difficult. I also feel like I could have painted it a little better, but I wanted the fish to resemble a koi fish. Overall, this was an important project since I discovered a new medium and it was my first practice for sculpting a human body.
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This was originally supposed to be a paper roll project, but when I visited Asheville with my mother, I saw some of these origami flowers. She immediately fell in love with them, and I knew I had to try to replicate them for a Mother’s Day gift.
I was able to get some double-sided paper and started by folding each individual petal. I then found some sticks and hot glued the petals to them. It’s a fairly simple process, but it took lots of tries and tears. Positives: I really liked the colors that I used, I feel like they look really good together. I also think for my first time doing origami this project came out very well. Negatives: The folds on the petals are a little bit rough, since the paper I used was very thick. Next time, I would like to use thinner paper and try to make each flower a little bit neater. This week I heave only been in school for two days, so I didn't get much art done. One of my cups for the pouring vessel has been fired, but I started doing origami flowers for my paper project, which I'm going to give as a mother's day present. It's a pain so far, but I'll make much more progress next week.
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