Concentration Piece 2
I tried making a smaller version of the piece I was going to make in order to have a general idea of how it's going to look and how to make the body look natural. This helped me a lot when I didn't have a good reference photo to work with because smaller pieces are easier to control and change shape. After making this, I used this piece to make a bigger piece, which became my final product.
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I used acrylic for this piece, but focused more on the shadows because the color of the clay before painting (the left side of the body in this photo) was already beige. I also added some blue and red to make the shadows more realistic.
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Concentration Piece 1
I used painted my artwork with acrylic instead of glazing to make the legs look more realistic. Instead of using only using beige as the skin color, mixing blue and red made this piece more realistic because I was able to portray the light shadows and curves of the body more effectively.
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I made a hollow cylinder with clay, just like the leg on the left. Then, I started molding the big general shape as well as the details, like the leg on the right. I tried to reference my own legs and other photos from the internet for details.
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Neighborhood Project
I used the slab roller to make the basic foundational flat surface of the art piece. You first wedged the clay and adjusted the level of the roller (like it's seen in the photo above). Both levels should be equal if you want a flat surface. Also, start by making the roller higher then your goal thickness and then lower it down every trial-until you reach your goal thickness. If you roller height is set, push the clay below the roller and turn the big wheel to support your push.
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I handcrafted the face of the moon and carved out the footsteps on the surface of the railroad. The biggest challenge I encountered while doing this project was carving out the footsteps with consistent shape and clean details. I overcame this struggle by using a brush to brush off the small clay parts that made the design look unclear.
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Trompe L'oiel Sculpture
The biggest challenge I faced while making my object was coloring the sculptures. The mermaid is not intended to be realistic so it didn't matter how I painted it, but the styrofoam box was plain white. Simply painting it white didn't make the object look like styrofoam, so after examining the details, I used some gray paints to highlight shadows and details of styrofoam. I used acrylic to paint both the box and the mermaid because slight changes in color of the object (styrofoam) will be more effectively portrayed through acrylic than glazes.
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Because I thought craving out circles for the surface will be unrealistic and time-consuming, I used this golf ball to create ball-like surfaces. However, I did notice that the actual patterns in the styrofoam was more deep and compact, so I used a needle like material to carve out some details. While carving out the details I made sure it wasn't overwhelming- which would also make the object look less realistic.
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Contrast with Environment_Progress
This tube was made with a special device, where you put a clay into a tube with a chosen shape on the other edge. Then we push the clay, so that the clay comes out in the chosen shape from the other side. then I twisted the tube to make it a circle, like a donut. I used this device instead of the wheel because I wanted a bigger sculpture. Although the form was weird at first, I was later able to change it with a few touches.
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The biggest struggle I had in making this project was that the wires didn't stick together. I tried hot glue and instant adhesive glue, but both of them didn't work. As I was looking at other student's projects I've realized the hot glue does work, if only I use it the right way. Instead of adding glue to one side and sticking it on the other wire, I put the wire together and covered hot glue around it, which is made the glue dry and stick two wires together.
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Hanging Sculpture_Progress
The objective/goal of this project was to express myself through a hanging sculpture. My initial thoughts on making this sculpture was an umbrella hanging in a tree branch with an octopus on top. The octopus with many legs was intended to express the part of me that loves to meet different and many people. (In Korea, there is a term called "octopus legs" that is indicated towards a person with many friends.) Moreover, the umbrella symbolizes my willingness to help and support people, who are important to me, when they are struggling.
I used the 'hollow form' technique when making the head of the octopus to not only prevent the clay from popping in the kiln, but also to reduce the weight of the octopus that will be going on top of the umbrella. For the hollow form, the thickness of the clay was about the thickness of my thumb.
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Although it is not clearly shown in this photo, I used various materials to create texture on the octopus legs. I worked several times with clay before, but because I've always used clean and smooth textures, this technique was a challenge for me. There was three different textures I experimented: one made by rolling a golfball onto the leg's surface; one made by simply adding small flat pieces of clay on the leg's surface; and one made by an special texture-making block made by Mr.Selbo.
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