Progress on the wheel

I feel much more comfortable when throwing on the wheel now. Although I have two problems...

1. It is hard for me to throw larger pieces. I know that this will change over more time I spend throwing on the wheel so it's not too concerning.

2. When raising, my shape remains fairly steady, but I have a hard time at the bottom of the pot. The dish of the base is very thick and by the time I have completed the pot it is too late for me to make the bottom form thin and it's too thick to simple trim off.

I really like the wheel thrown forms above so will work on creating interesting textures and straigh bottoms with curved tops.

What to do...

I would really like to focus throwing on the wheel now that our portfolios are complete. While I was working on my wheel thrown horse I felt a significant improvement in my throwing skills. Although I do not like clay and do not like the mess, I will most likely be throwin' some dank pots!

Amazing

Mommy like

Youthful

Beautiful

Unique

Ridiculous (in the good sense)

Nice

Happy

Awesome

Magnificent

AP Showcase

Overall the AP Showcase was a success. It's very cool that we get to show off all of our hard work we have done for the whole year. The art work also looks different from sitting in our cabinets. Haha

CRUNCH TIME!!

The AP Showcase is on April 29th! Aaaaah I have to get that date covered for work and make sure all my pieces are fixed for the big day. I WILL have everything done in time. For my table, I will most likely try to create a garden-like display as if I planted very funky plants.

New Plant Sculpture

Many of my sculptures have been the same idea of plants with straight stems and a flower at the top. I need to try something new while having the similar aspects of my previous concentration pieces. Here is an image that has very interesting, sharp textures.

Stiiiiiilll working on the wheel thrown horse. I need to figure out what my last few concentration pieces are going to be. There's a possibility I'll throw in some new materials like sticks or moss. What do you think?

Ivy

I am currently working on another concentration piece that is an ivy like plant that has purple flowers on it. It's been a struggle for me to preserve the color in the plants with the adhesive seel, so it's a possibility that I will be using fake flowers. I really don't like the idea of this because I enjoy working with an element like wire that is someone easy to form into it's own shape and the contrast of organic materials inwhich you can only do so much. So my problem is either using fake flowers and giving up the feeling of working with nature, or continuing to work with live flowers and leaves. If I do live plants then the piece will only last in time for the picture.

Horse continued...

I am continuing to work on my wheel thrown horse. It's really difficult to create a form that is fairly advanced with non-advanced throwing skills. If you have any suggestions, please let me know!

Any Ideas?

I have completed several concentration pieces, but need to focus on getting some breadth works in. At the Local 14 show there was a woman named Anthony who threw wheel thrown animal forms. The shapes were very abstract and eye catching. I have never been very experienced on the wheel but this work should be fun because I will be throwing different shapes, to widen my throwing skills.

New Breadth Piece

So I really like Deborah Butterfield's art work. My original concentration was to do animal forms out of different materials, but for some reason it never happened. Because Deborah focuses on horse forms I thought I would give it a try. So far it is an abstract form of a horse skeleton. Hope y'all like it!

Balloon Flower

This is a cool image of a flower made out of balloons... I think. The sculpture's shape is interesting and appealing to the eye. It is interesting how the stem separates and then comes back to a singular one. This method may allow me to make my sculptures stand while keeping the shape twisted

New Idea

This plant is really cool if you are to look at it upside down. The curved stem and leaves that come out are very pleasing to the eye. The rich red color and yellow pods are very interesting and pretty. I hope to make something similar to this plant. Also, the red bouquet like flower in the back is beautiful as well.

AP Art Poster

Here is a portion of the Ransom family. Unfortunately it is not shown in this photo, but my father is EXTREMELY handsome. I hope all of you who view this photograph appreciate Dilly Pickles and her greatness....

Next Plant

For my next concentration project I was thinking about making an abstract/ unique flower that is covered in moss. I really like the contrast of silver wire and the rich green color of the moss. Here is a picture that shows the potential project.

Andy Goldsworthy Video

Here is a really cool video of Andy Goldsworthy's pieces in the fall. He uses leaves, rocks, sticks, and the earth to create amazing pieces of art work. My favorite of his autumn collections is the one with the red, orange and yellow leaves. If you look closely at the last scene, there is a rock with the same sized hole as the circular leave collage. It's as if they are leading to one another. The music is kind of annoying so I suggest to turn it down or off.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-288023216970768712&ei=aBNZS-SiKaTwqAOq5dHIAQ&q=andy+goldsworthy&hl=en&client=safari#

Projects

AAAAH I hope I can get my projects done in time!!! Any ideas what I can do for the second one?

Throw-A-Thon

The Throw-A-Thon was such a success! There were so many people, pots and pizzas. I actually made 4 pots which is a huge breakthrough with my throwing skills. I can not wait for the empty bowls which is coming up very soon!

A little sneak peek...

I was in my backyard over winter break, pondering of what I should to for my project. On the ground I found a stick that was was partly covered in leaves. It very much reminded me of an Andy Goldsworthy piece, so I thought... why not? I found a twig that was compositionally interesting and began glueing on individual fern leaves. The project was interesting but not as green as I hoped. A few of my classmates gave me suggestions on how to enhance the piece. Luckily it was what I had in mind originally, so I took it home and worked for a little longer. Here is a little sneak peek image of the accessories I added to the fern coverd twig.