In creating artwork what type of tools have you used? In using these tools how did they help your work along? Explain their function and purpose.
How has your knowledge and understanding of tools changed since the beginning of the semester? Talk about your growth of understanding.
Describe a project where the choices you made regarding material, size, technique, etc helped enhance this project. |
I think that my tray set project was one project where my choice of technique really helped it. I used underglaze on both of the pieces, and I used the sgraffito technique on the cup. I think that the plate benefited from the underglaze because I was able to use pure black and orange, glazes we didn’t have. The cup in particular benefitted from the underglaze because I was able to use the sgraffito technique. Since I was trying to do a space scene, the white and black ended up giving it a cool effect. | |
What did you find most difficult about this class? This could be anything from gathering materials, to generating projects ideas, to applying a particular technique. What could be done to resolve this issue in the future?
I think the most difficult thing was trying to apply my ideas. Generating ideas has always been easy for me to do, but when I have to actually make the project, it never comes out as good as what I imagine. I think the best thing for it is more practice with clay, so that I can learn to shape things in the way I want and know what changes have to be made to them. I also sometimes bite off more than I can chew, and I need to realize when some ideas are simply too much to take on, and they’re beyond my skill set. |
Regardless of whether you liked or disliked a project, which one did you learn, grow, or developed the most from? Please explain.
I think the project that I learned the most from was our sgraffito project. I learned that I like using underglazes and I like the contrast between black and white. I think I really grew in this project because I just sculpted the piece without coiling or slabs, and I was able to figure out how to make the otter body through trial and error. I think this project was one where I was able to plan it out and apply my plan into something that most closely resembles what I was envisioning. Overall, I think my clay skills benefited from doing this, and had I never done this project, I wouldn’t have been able to find out my preferences with clay or been able to make other pieces in the same sgraffito style, such as my star wars cup. | |
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