Small Animal Sculpture
Unit Two projects
Planning
I really just molded this by starting out with a box, and using my fingers to manipulate it into the shape I wanted. I scored and slipped the legs on, while everything else was just me shaping. This took me a whole class and I definitely wish I had thought it out more before jumping into it.
Process
I knew right away I wanted to do a dinosaur, and I used these to as reference photos because I felt the legs were thick enough, and I liked the artists choices.
This was my dinosaur in the bone dry phase and as you can see I had chosen to do an underglaze of dots, and green on the underbelly of my dinosaur. I did underglaze because I didn't want the colors to blend, and wanted my Dino to remain mostly white.
This is my firing ticket. It tells you I used crystal clear as my overglaze, and I chose this glaze because I wanted the design I had made with my underglaze to stay exactly as it was.
Finished Product and Reflections
Pinch Pot cut in half
I am pretty happy with my dinosaur, because personally I like the way it came out but I also recognize that I should have painted more coats of underglaze and over glaze. On the underbelly of my Dino the green is very patchy, and for the overglaze I had put fewer layers because I figured it was clear and didn't matter, but I found that some spots were almost rough, and not well coated. Going forward I will be more militant about my coats of glaze.
At the time, I had thought this was very even and good, but now? I see a lot of room for improvement. First off the whole thing is pretty thick, and the bottom is way thicker than my thumb. It probably also weighed way too much for such a small piece.
Pinch Pot Turned into something useful Project
Process
Planning
Looking through photos these ones called to me the most, and I had decided I was going to shoot for more of a shallow bowl.
I molded this by using the pinch pot method. I noticed over time It got very dry, due to my hands working with it so much.
This was in the bone dry phase, and since I wanted a solid color I had left it blank for over glaze. While I was overgalzing it I started to notice it had many ridges and uneven places.
In my firing ticket you see I chose to use the color Blue Yonder, and coated it whole.
Finished Product and Reflections
This was my final product, and I reached the conclusion that while yes, I would totally use the pinch pot method again, I definitely needed to work on it. It had many uneven and thin places, where other places were thick. I think I can improve this just by trying it more.
Two pinch pots put together and made into something useful
I started out by making two pinch pots. I knew I was going to make a vase, so I made them in a way that went out and then in, so when I put them together it was not smooth. Once I cut the top closing off I went from the inside and smoothed it out. My bottom is still uneven