My piece is based on ancient Mesoamerican art and sculpture as well as the NCMA piece titled "Dish with Lid". The feet and the tail are based on the ancient American's interpretation of a jaguar. I also used many shapes and patterns inspired by ancient Americans like lots of rectangles and squares as wells as lot of straight lines. On each side of the tripod mug I put two giant squares made up of these previously mentioned patterns as well as one that goes across the top. In the center of the tripod mug I put a monster/jaguar/dragon(?) made up of these ancient American patterns and lines.
My process for making this piece was first flatting out and manipulating a piece of clay until it was the right size, shape, length, and width. Then it was carving out my design as well as removing the extra clay. Then I shaped it into a tripod mug and added extra clay if needed. Next I did touch ups as well as add the tail and feet. Then after I fired it I glazed it clear in the inside of the mug and glazed it in many colors in the shapes on the outside of the mug, leaving the empty space untouched in order to create an "ancient stone" effect. Finally, I fired it for the last time and it was done. My piece was inspired by the NCMA piece in many ways but in most particular the monster/creature in the middle and the shapes and colors around it. For example, the piece "Dish with Lid" which my piece is inspired from has a creature on the middle as well as two large squares on the sides which are apparent in my piece too. My piece also takes inspiration from shapes in "Dish with Lid" mostly the squares. I feel like my piece was mostly successful because I feel like if you looked at it you could tell that it was inspired by "Dish with Lid". But, I say mostly because as the piece progressed I felt like it got worse especially the design. What I mean by this is that there are many cracks, holes, and unevenness throughout the piece which is due to a lack of foresight. That is why I added extra clay to the piece before molding it into a tripod mug because I was trying to protect the design from being distorted. Like if you look at the second picture in the gallery versus the last ones or even the middle ones you can tell that overtime the design got distorted and lost its cleanness.
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