AP ART.

(on the left is a couple things i made in ceramics in 7th grade. a pinch pot jack-o-lantern and a rattle. on the right is my latest project, finished to the greenware stage.)
so i would just like to take this time to reflect on my year so far. (since my project updates are getting a little repetitive.) When the year began I was a little skeptical about this class. I thought it would be super tough and stressful and I thought that I would possibly start seeing Amy in a different light, judging from our very first critique and how harsh she was. (hahah.)I was afraid that I might get kicked out or fail because the deadlines were so strict and short! However, none of this is true. I have seen an improvement in myself, artistically, just in the first 2 months! It's forcing me to come in nearly everyday- sometimes more than once-but I love it! I love how my sketches are literally coming to life and I love the sense of teamwork and community that we are building in the class. And I love the challenge! Not to mention, I am in fact seeing Amy in a different light but thats because I realize more and more how lucky I am to have her as a teacher, and to be in this class. I know it will get more stressful, but...... bring it on baby.

Family of Boxes, halfway done!

This is just an update on my Family of Boxes project. Can anyone guess who these boxes are representing? Answer- My mom, and my brother. 2 more are coming: one for me and one for my dad. and if i can, im gonna try to do some more. but they might not be before the 29th. ANYWAYS.... The bow on my mom's pot is bugging me a little bit because it is not perfect and it is supposed to be representing her desire to be/look perfect (going with her personality)... so im not sure what to do. I am gonna clean it up a little bt once its a little bit drier, but if for some reason it doesnt look like i want it to, does anyone have any suggestions for alternatives to the bow? (I've never done anything like that before so i wasnt really sure how to go about it, but i just used a coil.) and in case someone was wondering whats up with the lid of my mom's pot, i actually messed it up. I attached a slab to a thrown pot and then i started to cut off the top with a cheese slicer but didnt realize how wet the clay was in the inside still and i ended up doing it way too fast and messed up. but then i realized... my mom is NOT perfect. in fact she's a little nuts. she just likes to pretend shes perfect. so i went ahead and worked with my mistake to show that. and then tied it together with a little bow. well anyways, here are my first 2 boxes, basically done. and ps- the whole sarah davis bottom thing has officially stuck with me. i hate trimming and i think this looks better anyways.

A Family of Boxes (in Progress....)

i started my family project last week. and so far its coming along great. my only concern is that i wont be able to finish these in time for the deadline. but i will try my best. This box here is almost finished. it represents my brother. my brother is kinda a jagged-edge guy. He loves metal music, which i don't understand. and he loves video games and tv shows with crude humor and he teaches himself the guitar. I decided to portray him through the shape of the box, kind of a crooked organic, yet geometrical shape. I'm gonna glaze it black and white and for the decoration, im carving tiger striped-looking triangles into the main form. I like how its turning out, and the other ones are coming along nicely as well...

a family of boxes

This week I have started my "family" project. it is going to be a family of boxes! My last project made me really fascinated with boxes and left my mind tingling with all sorts of ideas and sketches of different kinds of boxes i could make. This picture is of two boxes i found on the internet that i really liked because of the creative lids, handles, and textures. this is what i want to achieve. not this exactly, but the same sort of elements.
each box in my family of boxes is going to represent one of my family members. however, since i have like ten family members due to a stupid divorce, im gonna make my mom, dad, and first brother essential, and then as i move into the half siblings and step parents, i will try my best to finish them on time, but not hurt myself doing it. I'm really excited to start this project, and i have lots of sketches!

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sorry my blogs are so long!

PSS-- this is not my weekly blog post amy, its the one below.

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Project Update!

I have almost finished my projects. My Sarah-inspired pieces are bisque fired and i think I'm gonna wait until november to wood-fire it. I decided this not only because i love the wood-fired look, but also because, the more and more i look at it, the more i think it looks like a cupcake. and this is sort of bothering me for some reason. I like the feminine look of my pieces but i think this one is almost TOO feminine. it just screams "A GIRL MADE THIS" everytime you look at it. The wood fired look might make people think otherwise when they look at it. i dont know, maybe im just being too critical of it. but i don't want to make pieces that look like they should go in a little girls room, so im gonna go with a rustic look for the glaze instead of a colorful look like someone might expect me to.
As for the shocking art piece, I am done with it, i just need to find a way to mount it onto its base. I made a baby doll look really slutty and kinda r-rated. She has skanky clothes, a stuffed bra, which i intentionally made obvious, and sloppy makeup. Im gonna put a cigarette in her mouth if i can find access to one, and i am setting up a little group of action figures/ken doll wanna-bes that are gonna be kinda checking her out in the background. one of them is gonna be holding a condom behind his back. I like the fact that it's making a statement on kids growing up too fast and it's made out of toys. i think it will make people really look at it and make their own assumption on what that means for them. I'm pretty happy about how my projects turned out. I will post pictures when they're done.

Making Progress....

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. :)