Blog 2: Artwork I've Created.

My favorite fruit are pomegranates and I had to create a ceramic piece that was representational while I was attending College of Southern Maryland. I wanted to keep it simple so fruit was the answer, however, it sort of kicked my in the butt later. To make the pomegranates I had to make 4 balls of clay, cut them in half, then hollow them out, and then slip and score the halves back to together. Firing an entire ball of clay would probably cause an explosion while it is in the kiln and so hollowing it was what had to be done as well as providing an air hole at the top. Yet, having to hollow them out actually created a more natural fruit shape so I'm grateful but it was timing consuming when I was smoothing out seams lines. After it was fired I put on a red glaze that actually looks more like it belongs to an apple rather than pomegranate but I still think the color turned out well enough even though I would've liked more variation. The bowl they sit in is also made my me. I used an plastic bowl as a guide and used a piecing method that I smoothed on the inside. After it was fired I dipped it in a mystery glaze so the color could've came out as anything which I thought was cool. 

So my second piece was also done when i was at community college in the same class ceramic scuplture class as my pomegranates. For this assignment I got to create a piece that was non-representational. The piece is made up of three pieces: small, medium and large. It sculpted them from a large solid piece of clay and then hollowed them and poke tiny holes inside to prevent exploding the kiln while firing. I glazed only parts on each piece and left the rest unglazed. I like the smooth texture of the glazed portions and the rough sandy texture of the clay.  I also like how them seem to become a coiled tighter. I called them my Swirlies because I really don't know what to call them. Now they sit behind my couch infront of my apartment patio door. They are pretty heavy so I wanted to put them somewhere more permanent.

Yes that happens to my troublemaker dog in the picture.

My last piece(for now) is from the printmaking class I took over summer that I fell in love with. So this piece is a made by creating a callograph or a sort of template/stamp. After i made the template I would put ink mixed with a product called easy wipe on it. After applying the ink I used a technique called wiping where I would wipe away the ink till I felt enough would be gone. Run it through the press after many other steps in the process and TADA!! I made a print of my callograph. Printmaking has many process but in the end it so worth it.

This piece in particular is actually made of 2 callographs that i specially made to be printed together and to be printed separately. So i technically get 3 different prints from the 2 callographs. After printing all of them in black and white and I went along and experimented in using color with the smaller callograph.   so here they are in blue, purple, and red.

My entire theme for the series I needed to make was outer space. The theme just came to be. I don't know why, but it is what it is. So their are actually 4 or 5 other pieces that go with this one (that will probably end up here soon.)

(sorry for the quality of my photos. I dont own an expensive camera so I have to make my phone work.)

any question feel free to ask:)