My pieces were all based on old sketches and ideas that I didn't complete or choose to do. All of these pieces have a hole or a place for me to insert a wire so that they can function as an ornament. A lot of my pieces if not all feature line work and patterns. My process for making these pieces was first choosing which design I wanted to incorporate then I would flatten at or mold clay to match the design. If I had more time I would have fired them and glazed them in the same color scheme.
My pieces use lines to convey different patterns and designs. I carved certain lines deeper than others to differentiate designs and lines. I used form in my pieces by molding and carving out the clay to different shapes like a manta ray, manatee, dinosaur, or a circular ornament. Like I've already mentioned I carved certain lines deeper than others which also contributed to texture in different pieces. I also used texture in one of pieces that is a mini-pot meant to look like a snake. My plan and end result are extremely varied and my idea definitely changed over time. I wasn't really sure what to do with my choice project except for the fact that I wanted to make ornaments(which is why it took me so long to do this project) but then I was flipping through my sketch book for ideas/inspiration and I got inspired by old designs and decided to give them another chance. Which differs from my original idea of just doing Christmas or holiday ornaments. Yes and no, because in some pieces I was able to perfectly capture the inspiration from the sketch book and in other pieces you couldn't really tell that they were inspired after that sketch/thing in my sketchbook. For example, the jaguar head doesn't look anything like the sketch and the manatee looks exactly like the sketch. I also feel that not being able to glaze them also hurt the success of my pieces which would have looked more cohesive had I had the time to color coordinate them with glaze.
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