Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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.

Monday, March 15, 2010

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!

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

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.