Final Exam

Final Exam!!!

During my time in sculpture I used many different tools the two that I enjoyed the most were the wheel and I liked using all of the clay tools to make sculptures. The wheel was fun to learn and is a fast way to make bowls and vases once you learn how too. That was my favorite tool to use. Since the beginning of the semester I have learned all the different tools and how they can help an artist to finish their work. Tools help to mold and make things easier and quicker to accomplish.

What was your favorite material that you used this year? Why do you like working with it?

My favorite material this semester was clay it is easy to mold and fun to play with. I made many things out of clay.

Which project was your least successful? Explain why you consider this work of art unsuccessful? If you were to create this project over, what changes would you make?

The project I consider least successful was my unconventional material piece. I think that it turned out poorly because it wasn't Incorporated into the piece very well. If I could have changed anything I would have took my time and created something better. I would not have procrastinated and I would have brainstormed longer and came up with a cool idea and I would have figured out how to accomplish it.

What is your least favorite material to work with and why? How did you deal with it, what didn’t you like about it.  Please explain.

My least favorite material was cardboard it is hard to cute and shape making it very hard to making something cool out of it. It is also very time consuming. We did this in a group and we split up the working making it easier to manage. My favorite material is clay because it is easy to mold and that is the reason why cardboard is my least favorite. I don't enjoy building sculptures out of it that require it to be cut all the way through but I did like cutting layers of it. Even though I did enjoy some aspects of it, it is my least favorite material.

Scraffito Tray

Scraffito Tray

a form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color, typically done in plaster or stucco on walls, or in slip on ceramics before firing.

I think the plate turned out very well the eye in the middle is my favorite part of the plate I think the lines around it could have been better. I learned that you'll need to plan things out.

3 Bowls for EMPTY BOWL PROJECT

3 Bowls for EMPTY BOWL

I think the 3 bowls turned out nicely the one I made on the wheel took awhile, but I finally got it and it looks nice. I made one on the wheel one out of tissues paper and one pinch pot but I lost that one.

 For the tissue paper one I glued tissue paper down onto the bowl and left for awhile to dry.

The wheel was a lot harder and I tried many times. I finished it after many tries and think it turned out very well. I loved using the wheel and would love to use it again.

The pinch pot was easy I just took a ball of clay and pulled/pinched it into a pot, but I lost this one after it was fired.

Unconventional Material Challenge

Unconventional Material Challenge/Wire Tree

The material I worked with was old train track stakes.

While using this material I had to overcome how to use it.  It was a hard material to use. I think merging to things together worked well. Next time I think I will use more time and try and come up with better ideas.

I started by rapping the wire around the stake and then twisting it together to make the trunk. After that I twisted green wire around the limbs so it looked like there were leaves. Then I put little balled up pieces of white wire on the tree to make it look as if it has flowers. Next time I make a tree I think I will make the roots like I was supposed to and add more limbs and flowers.