I have been working on my surrealism project this week. It has been irritating because I thought it was fun to use sculpey at first, but as the week has progressed my piece has cracked down the middle twice. I am trying to restore it to its former glory, but it is very difficult and irritating. I'd like to try and finish sculpting it next week and possibly get onto baking and painting it.This week I have been trying to work on the pouring vessel project, but the wheel has been difficult. I have made one successful piece, but it's lopsided and I kind of want to start over. Next week I want to work on a new project so that I can make progress and not be stuck in unproductive anger.Thomas is my lovely model. The first thing I did was smash the teacup. After lots of consideration and hatred, smashing the teacup was the right thing to do. I went to a good will and found a teacup set with holes in the plates. I got the idea to make a mixture of a bird feeder and a wind chime. After trying a lot of different ways, I realized that I couldn't drill a hole through the pieces like I had hoped. This led me to using wire and hot glue to hang the pieces. The end result isn't the best, but considering I had less than a week, it came out okay.
Positives: I like how the pieces hang in a swirl pattern, and I'm glad that I was able to have pieces of different sizes. I also liked the different colors of wires, I thought they added necessary color to it. I also like how the teacup looks on the top. Negatives: Whoooo boy. I hate how the wires are not straight, I tried my best, but they ended up bent. The whole thing leans due to the weight of the pieces, which is something I didn't account for. This makes the bird feeder part of the idea impossible. Overall, I made this project to fit a deadline, and I think that shows. I learned a lot from this project, ranging from using the hot glue gun more efficiently to how to work under heavy pressure to get it done. While I'm not happy with how it came out, it exists on time, and that's what matters. Process:
My process was to make the bottom first. My first bottom broke because the clay was too dry, so I made a new tray with leaves to add security to the butter dish. While I was making the second bottom, I was working on the top of the dish. I made a piece identical to the bottom and added strips along the sides to make it taller. I then added the handle, made the sunflowers, and attached them to the bottoms of the handles. After I fired them together, I glazed them with under glaze, and then I did a coat of clear. Positives: I love the handle on the top piece of the butter dish. The handle and the sunflowers are probably my favorite part. I was struggling with what to do with the top, as I was originally going to make a basket pattern, but I do like how the clouds came out. I also like how I was able to glaze the middle of the flowers. Overall, I like the cohesiveness of the piece, and that under glaze can go on the bottom of a piece. Negatives: I don't like how the bottom piece came out. While I like the leaves, the bottom never fit the mold quite right, and is kind of flat because of it. I’m not the best at glazing, and there are parts that needed more. I also wish that I would have added more texture with the clay when I was making the dish, rather than it being so flat. The sides are very uneven, I tried to sand it but it was kind of a lost cause. Next time, I would try to make and smooth the clay before it gets too dry to work with. Also under glaze smells like formaldehyde so that wasn't fun. This week I was able to glaze my butter dish, as well as complete the teacup project. Next week, I want to start the next project and be as efficient as possible.
I was able to fully sculpt a new bottom for the butter dish, as well as start working on the teacup project. The butter dish is going to fire in the kiln over the weekend, and next week I’m planning on glazing it and finishing it. I also need to finish the tea cup project, but I got most of the experimenting done this week so it shouldn’t be too hard. Hopefully.
I've been working on my butter dish top for the under glaze project. I've added a lot more detail, including the flowers and the handle. On Friday, I was able to not only come up with an idea for, but also start to break pottery pieces for my teacup project. Next week, I want to fire and glaze the butter dish, and get my teacup project done before the end of the quarter.
Explain your process from start to finish. (at least 4 sentences)
I started by trying to make the nest, which took many weeks of trial and error. I tried to make a nest out of coiling, but coiling is awful and I hate it. I then moved onto real sticks and twigs, but that didn't work either. During this experimentation, I sculpted the birds and the eggs. I had to learn how to use the wheel in order to make a nest, and by time the nest was sculpted, I had already glazed the birds. Eventually, I was able to sand down the birds and paint the nest with watercolor. It was finally done. Why did you pick the object you did and why did you convert it the way you did? What inspired you? I picked the lantern as my object because when I was walking through Pier One Imports, I saw that they had created a little winter scene inside of a lantern. I wanted to do something similar, but with birds. The lantern containing the nest makes the nest seem more like a house, and the bird on the top of the lantern is kind of symbolic of leaving the nest. Since I'm a junior, college is coming up fast, and facing the realization that I have to leave my home is scary. This week I was able to finish the object to art project, with the exceptions of a couple touch ups that I'll have to do next week when the materials come in. This week, I was also able to make the bottom of my butter dish for the under glaze project, and I've been struggling a bit on the cover. Next week, I want to be able to at least have all of the components of the under glaze project done and maybe try to work on the teacup project. I have to pick up the pace since I have two more projects due before the end of the quarter.
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