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1. what material did you have to work with?
I got the chance to work with some old piano keys. 2. How did you overcome the obstacle of using this material? The wood was really old so it didn't react too well to cutting with the Dremel, and the ivory started to chip off, the original shape i wanted wouldn't be possible to cut out and keep everything intact so i changed the shape to a circle to keep it simple. 3. What do you feel is most successful about your piece and what would you change for next time? I think the most successful part of the piece is keeping the piano keys the main point of it, next time i work with wood i definitely need to think about the limitations it has shape and form wise. 4. if you could change this project in anyway what would you have done? I would have changed the form i wanted right off the bat so that i wouldn't encounter the same dysfunction and stress about it. My piece originally was going to be drinkable, but as I went through the process of sculpting the piece, I found that having used coils if I were to put any sort of powder in the mug it would result in the powder sticking in the coils. So for now it contains pencils and pens.
I think the successful part of my piece is the way I used coils and laid clay overtop to keep the bumpy surface. The faces and expressions on the mugs are also very successful in giving off their expressions and adding a playful aspect to the mug. If I did it again i would probably have tried to sculpt the faces differently, maybe try to exaggerate the features. When i was first thinking i had in my head the saying 'hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil' so i was thinking along the lines of expressions and how to make that visible, and as i was drawing the expressions turned more into words that apply to expressions, so one turned into a grumpy face, like a person pre-coffee. The other one turned into a sort of shy guy, or bashful expression. As i was looking on pintrest i saw mugs with weird and wacky monster faces on them and i was really drawn towards that aesthetic which follows my like of taking things a little out of proportion, making it cute, playful, and a bit weird. I used slab pieces to make the clay portion and then added some organic material and paper all over, with some salts and fabric to get as varied texture as I could.
This is very different from a traditional firing in that in traditional firing, glazes or paints are put on the piece to get a specific pattern and color that is known when put in the kiln, with pit firing it's throwing materials on the pieces and waiting for the piece to be done, taking it out and seeing what colors got made, which can't be determined before firing. I liked pit firing, it was a different take on firing a piece and had a nice splash or serendipity to it, but i think i prefer traditional firing, knowing what colors will turn out where. I think if next time i do this i'll leave out the terrisig to get more varied colors. Overall however i really liked this piece.
I found that working with needle and thread, even for the first time, was really great and allowed me to achieve the texture and look that I wanted. I think next time i'll be better about managing how big my piece is so that i have more time to pay attention to the little details.
It varied quite a bit, my piece originally was supposed to have flowers around the antlers, but because i had made it too big the hoop wouldn't tighten the fabric quite as well, so i decided to quit while i was ahead because even without the flowers i think it's still a wonderful piece. The mini tile helped me understand how to build up areas and create that almost 3-D affect. The cardboard piece helped me to understand how to manipulate something to form a certain way. I found that i really enjoy embroidery and being for the first time that i've ever tried this style i found it to really help my artistic confidence, i had problems a lot of the time with figuring out how the thread was going to lay and getting it just right. I also had time management problems, it took a lot longer than i had expected to finish what i wanted and so next time i think i'll focus on that a lot more. |
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