For my sgraffito project I choose to do a design of an axolotl. To start off the piece I flattened a piece of clay and put it on a plate to get the shape I wanted for the plate. Then I carved out the design I wanted and then I will fire it.
I designed my piece to sit exactly in the center of the plate to form a sort of circle. I used line by edging out details like the hands and the feet to look more realistic. I used space by having the axolotl cover the center of the plate and letting the rest of the plate be blank to highlight the axolotl. For contrast I fully carved out the eye making it all white to contrast with the grey head and body. Interpret: How did you balance the black and white sections of the piece? Why did you pick the imagery you did? I balanced out the black and white sections of the piece by adding white to things I wanted to highlight and black to things I wanted to say in the background. I chose this imagery because I thought that it would look nice with the flow of the plate in the middle. Judge: Is your pieces successful? Why or why not? What are you thoughts on the project and your piece in particular? Personally I don't think that this piece was successful, because I feel like I should have made it a lot more simplistic so it was easier to carve out and I could fully carve out stuff like the arms or legs without losing detail. But overall I really like this project and I think that it is so cool to make your own plates and other dinnerware yourself. I don't really like my piece at the moment so I was considering starting over or maybe adding to the piece as is.
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My piece is based on a sci-fi space helmet and is made out of cardboard and plastic. It contains a plastic screen as the visor and I have taped on extra pieces of cardboard to add depth and make it look more like a helmet you could wear. Analyze: I would say that the piece is pretty cohesive with the exception of the top bit which maybe should be cut evenly but other than that the piece is pretty cohesive and goes together. Interpret: The overall mood of my piece would probably be adventurous or imaginative just because of the overall sci-fi theme of the helmet. Judge: I do not feel that my piece was successful, because I had an idea of how I wanted it to look but I could never get it to look as 3D and more like an actual space helmet. The cardboard just wasn't as bendable as I thought it would be and making complex shapes with carboard is also very difficult. For my animal head piece I chose to make the head of an orca. To make this piece I first started with two pinch pots and flipped one over and put it on top of the other to form a hollowed out shape for the head. I then smoothed and shaped the piece and started drawing lines to where I wanted the mouth and eyes. Next I cut out the mouth and added a tongue and teeth. Finally, I added the eyes and the blowhole on the back of the head. I used texture in my piece by adding lines and scratches on the tongue, mouth, and eyes of the whale to make it look more realistic. Since orcas usually have glossy and wet skin I also decided to use glaze on the outside of the whale and paint on the inside so that it will contrast and the outside will look more glossy and wet like it has just been in water. I picked an orca because I wanted to get out of my comfort zone and try something new. I also really like orcas they are definitely in my top 10 favorite animals. In my opinion, I think that my piece was partially successful in a sense that it looks like an orca but personally I think I could have done better. I really liked this project because I liked learning how to do animal heads and sculptures which will definitely help me in the future if I decide to do another animal piece. Like I already stated I felt like I could have pushed this piece more by possibly making the head smaller and longer so that I could add more parts like the fin or it's flippers. My piece looks like a cross between a rabbit and a bat and it looks like it is always screaming. The creature has 3 sharp bottom teeth and two dull fang-like top teeth. (I forgot to take an in-progress picture but the ones on the top is the sculpture right after I finished it)
I made this piece by first by making a pinch pot by pinching around the outside of a ball of clay and pushing in with my thumb. I angled my thumb so that the pinch pot would open straight forward not at the top. Then I carved out the insides and used that leftover clay to add the nose, eyes, teeth, hands, and ears to the creature. Interpret: How did you show your theme of line, texture, pattern, or shape/form? I showed my theme of texture by adding texture like the nose and the eyes which stick out from the rest of piece because they are attached on and pop out. My pinch pot also sorta shows the theme of shape/form because of the overall from of creature and the things like the ears and nose that stick out and create a 3D effect. I feel like my piece was kina successful, it definitely could have used more texture or lines like maybe fur or scales to make it have more of a consistent theme. I am also planning on using it as an pencil holder or supplies holder and it is pretty successful in holding my supplies. |
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