Throughout working on my vase, I believe that I used ever singe studio habits of mind. My first thoughts and ideas were to make something small for mothers day. I knew I wanted to make my project big at the bottom and smaller at the top, giving it dimension. I got sent home to quarantine for 14 days and on my last night of quarantine I took out my ball of clay and started working on this art piece that I was not even sure what I was making. I was having fun, genuinely enjoying my time thinking of ideas in a stress free environment. After I got the basic shape I had wanted an idea sparked in my head that it should be a vase for flowers. I started to make little details like carving away and adding clay to my vase. I wanted to portray something flowy and fun, just like the experience I had while making this art piece. When you are looking at the vase some things that are noticeable to the viewer's eye are the earthy colors, precise details, shape and dimension. I wanted to stick with neutral tones for the glazes so the flowers that go in the vase stand out and be the center of attention. I intentionally added lots of details to all parts of the vase including the bottom I carved away and added on to add extra texture. I attempted to make the top look effortless, smooth, and flowy, because that is what I think of when I envision a perfect flower vase. While creating this piece I learned more about myself, and had many discoveries. I noticed that putting additional pressure on myself to make something great doesn't always help out the situation. When I just had fun with it, that's when my vase really started coming together. Another thing that i realized was that bigger is not always better and sometimes more really is less. Before I started making the vase I wanted it to be big, and lots of details. After some trial and error I decided having a huge vase with many details would almost take away from the flowers which in my mind should be the center of attention. I think the biggest takeaway I achieved from making this art piece was by having fun, eventually it will show in your work. I do not have my phone in ISS so I cannot use my progress pictures as of now.
While making the slab box I used many of the studio habits but I feel as tho I focused on engage and persist, and observe the most. When I first started to create my slab box, I had planned on making a big and tall slab box, so it wouldn't look the exact same as everyone else's box's. I soon found out it was difficult to make a tall slab box and be sturdy at the same time. If you can see in the pictures you can probably tell that some of my walls are bowed and flimsy looking. During the process of putting up my walls I forgot to insert coils along the creases of the walls where they came together, so this made them a lot weaker than they should have been. At first when I was making my texture roller I was so excited to finally be able to see my print on my slab box. After trying to fix all of my mistakes in the walls almost all of my pattern was none existent. I ended up carving out almost all of my pattern, which I actually like it better than my original plan. One thing that I wish I would have changed or did better would be my lack of time I put into glazing my box. This resulted in uneven, and a patchy glaze job. Overall I think that my slab box didn't turn out how I wanted it to but I still like it. You live and you learn!
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May 2021
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