Here is my newest project, drying and then ready to be bisque-fired. I'm actually QUITE pleased with the way it turned out. i am a huge fan of very organic figures such as this one, and i guess you could say my style is a little organic and feminine, almost scrap-booky, for lack of a better word. and thanks to sarah, our guest artist, i was inspired to complete that look with the rounded feet at the bottom. she also gave me the idea for the lid, which i made by attaching a slab to the top of the conjoined thrown tubes, and then cut off with toggle cutters. then i attached a coil to the inside and kind of pulled and pushed it to make a seat for the lid. and i added a little of my own style to it with the handle, which i tried to also keep very organic and feminine. And to tie it all together, and also add an element of 3D design....I carved in the stripes with a ruler and a trimming tool. Im super excited for this one.
As for the "shocking art" project, i decided to go with the theme that kids are growing up too fast these days, mostly girls. I bought a doll from value village today and am planning to make a little slutty outfit for it. im gonna have some toilet paper sticking out to show that she stuffed her bra, then maybe some high heels and makeup. the doll has a complete baby face, so the young age is still apparent. im gonna somehow mount it onto a board of somekind. and behind the doll, i will mount some action-figure guys of various sizes kind of checking her out.....(the action figure guys, although smaller in actual size, are obviously older.) i think this is gonna be kind of a challenging project for me for a few different reasons. i have to make the clothes, find some way to mount the dolls. and adjust their positions to show some emotion/attitude, and then try to keep their pose that way. However, I'm excited to go start it, which is what im gonna do after im done writing my blog. :)
this turned out pretty cool, it reminds me of something kind of DR. Suess-ish
ReplyDeletethnx. haha totally. omg that would be an awesome concentration or like style in general to follow.
ReplyDeletethis is pretty cool! the shape works really well together and i like the handle alot, did you consider putting lines on the lid as well? right now it kind of reminds me of a cupcake and i'm not sure what you were going for but it would be interesting if you made a few of these! keep it up
ReplyDeleteyeah i agree, it reminded me of a cupcake when i made it too. I was going for a really organic shape and then trying to add an element of design with the lines. I actually didn't really consider putting them on the lid because, first of all, it would be very hard to keep them straight and clean, but also i wanted the lines all in one direction, which would also be tough. I ended up creating a look i really like. it has a lot of personality to it i think. but after i look at it more and more, im wishing that it didn't look so much like a cupcake. i think if i woodfire it, that would take care of that though.
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