Blog on Clay

I made a butterfly out of clay and each wing had a different texture and was shaped a little differently to give it extra style. This one combined both the texture and the animal projects assigned in one. I then made a pot that started out on the poetry wheel and ended with me shaping it because the I couldn't get the right shape on the wheel. I then added texture and design to that pot as well. This piece combined texture and texture and what ever you want. The last piece I made was just something that I just shaped and put together. It was the one piece that I did what ever I wanted on so I did all the assigned projects and more.

My process during the whole time was just make what ever comes to mind and go with it. That is how I made the butterfly and then the jar type thing at the end. My experiment went well also except for on the pottery wheel. I had a lot of trouble on the wheel because I couldnt get the shape right or it kept breaking. I tried it a few more times and then got the bottom shape on the wheel then took it off and shaped the sides of it myself.

Brainstorm on Plaster Project

• Make a cube and then chip away at it to make a sculpture
• Make a mask and then decorate it
• Make the balloon plaster machete thing and then make it in to a animal

Is it Sculpture or Paper?

This is a sculpture. My main idea was to make a boat and then float it in the big tubs of water people were using to make their paper and to see if the small pieces of the paper left behind would have any effect on my boat. I first made a paper boat which was like doing origami, and then put it in the water and let it do its thing. It floated fine and didnt sink at all. I then took the Starbucks Label off my drink, I was having that morning, and decided to make a flag for my boat and see if that would make any difference. It did. The flag was too heavy and off balance so the whole boat just fell over. After that I decided to make my boat pretty and added remains of other peoples paper scraps and stuck them on to the side of my boat.

This is a piece of paper that I found and thought was really cool. It is very thick and has a lot of extra pieces of random things in it. I really like how it is different colors and has such distinct other pieces in it.