Sçapŭla+Clāvïcŀe= bro, let us chill

My third project that is due tomorrow is the righ and left collar bones and shoulder blades. I think they turned out pretty well so far (they are still greenware). Luckily though neither of these both play a role in the alteration of other bones inspired by birth defects. Which brings me to my next point: I think I only want to focus on bone birth defects in my skeleton rather than also including just breaks and prosthetics. I think this will be more impactful and more interesting than a skeleton just with like a broken arm and screws in its head.

Sapula+Clavicle= yes

So far, I have sculpted my fingers hands, forearms and upper arms. This all will complete two of my three required works of art to be turned in on DEC> 17th. My third project will be a pair of collar bones and shoulder blades (right and left scapluli and clavici). In order to join ALL of my bones together, I will be poking sets of holes into every bone will the clay is still tangible. I will then join them all with black wire once it is completely done. Tomorrow in class I have to finish poking these holes and i think I am going to intentionallly break one arm (the arm that does not show signs of arthritis in its hand). Overall i am very excited about my work even though some of my next few projects (rib cage, skull, vertebrea..) will be an enormous challenge

arms?

I have finished the hands! now to finish the actual arm bones. last class I finished the LEft and Right Radii and ulnas (The two bones that make up the forearm). Tomoorrow My goal is to make both right and left humerus bones (the upper arm bones). This may take a good amount of clay so I do have to keep that in mind for the future. For my third project due before the break I am going to make both left and right shoulder blades (scapula) and collar bones (clavicle).

<----- So together it will all look like this!

yeeeeeeees

So in order to not just have a boring old skeleton as my final finissssshed portfolio, I going to make each peace unique by either disfiguring it with inspirations from a disease like rhuematoid arthritis or by incorporating injuries such as breaks or by incorporating bone transplants. My first project is on the hands and arms. i want to have at least one broken arm, arthritis in one have and the other hand either have six fingers or broken bones, or like two webbed fingers.

DuDe

Yo so my two projects that I hope to finish by the end of his month arm simply two skeletal human arms. This is definately something to shoot for and, quite possibly, not do-able but Damnit I'm going to try to finish them both in time. Both are made out of ceramic and will be proportional to life size human arms. To make my concentration and pieces more interesting, I will be ' breaking', harming, decaying, etc.. different parts of my limbs to add personality.

cOnCeNtRatIoN

This year I want a concentraion that deals with the human body. whether I am using metal or ceramic or whatever I want to highlight the beauty of the shapes and forms and lines of our own bodies. More specifically, I am interested in the human skeleton. In regards to this, I had an idea: every concentration piece of mine would be a portion of a skeleton. Hopefully i the end I would have and entire human skeleton.

AsSeMbLaGe

So my family piece broke.. although its still usable and i can glue it together after it is all fully fired, I still want to scream my face off for it breaking. I did, however, finish my assemblage project tonight! THIS PICTURE IS NOT MINE but my piece is meant to hang like this one. I think it turned out pretty well actually. I used a combination of dominoes, tea bags, feathers, and a barbie.

MoNsTeR

I just attached the arms to my monster father. they are long, come to a point and drag behind the figure. Once fired, i want to try to give it a shadowy, ghostly look so I will have to think through some ideas with stains. I'm really excited about this piece. I hope this will be my first success in class

fAmILy

This week in class we began working on a ceramic piece based around the theme of family. Some of my class mates are throwing different sized pots to represent a family while others are making slabs. I decided to hand build with my fresh bag of Pendleton Red.. nice. So I'm not sure if this is allowed or even part of the assignment but I am focussing in on a darker side of family: physical abuse. My hope is to capture the essence of an abusive father through the child's eyes. I am making two sculptures. One, a small smooth figure: the innocent child. And the other, a huge, petrifying monster: the unjust parent. I hope to remind people about the dark sides of some families

Diane LoU

Well in class we are privledged to have ANOTHER guest artist!! Her name is Daine Lou and she makes incredible work from gathering old toys, bones, and just "junk". she uses different techniques to manipulate the mind of the viewer. making some parts seem very familiar and others unfamiliar. All in all i am really excited to see what she has to say about her stuff

Due to some technical difficulties of air expansion, I need to start my sara davis tube project again. my last one was a pitcher like these but very different. No handle with a shape that fit to your hand. I havn't decided how it will be glazed yet but my focus now is just on getting it done with and into the bisque stage

COntraversiaL

Hey so this next project we are working on a piece of contraversial art. I hope to base mine around abortion or police brutality. Most likely i will use a mixed media and avoid using clay but as I make more sketches the ideas evolve!

Retreat reflection?

Our class's art retreat to Menucha was really great. This year, in particular, I feel that we all became closer as a class and more comfortable with each other. I thought that this year's guest artist was awesome! My clay projects went very well and I can't wait to bisque them. My natural (Andy Goldsworthy) piece went very well and felt like it was just right. I covered the top of a tree stump with small green leaves. and created a linear form of bright red berries spanning across its face. This year i managed my time alot better when working with the clay and the leaves.

This year I hope to have more direction in my work. Especially in my concentration, last year i would run into dead ends and be stuck! But this year, with a more specific and practical concentration, I will hope to always know my next step.

sweet

So since we turned in our portfolio's Amy is giving us sort of a choice project for the rest of the year. first off, I'm going to finish my skyzophrenia piece that is taking forever, due to various complications, then I want to do some handbuilding to finish off the year with a final qualtiy piece. Tomorrow we are having a barbeque in class and i am bringing the cheese for the burgers

Showcase

our art showcase was today. It was a fun time showing my work to other people. I liked the art of my fellow classmates, the art of the 2-D class, and the desserts. Although I would've like to make some money, I priced most of my work too high on purpose because I like it all and do not want to have to say good bye

Now that my metal pieces are complete, I've decided to create a wall piece out of them. I'm not sure how to do it yet but I still have an unused piece of sheet metal. Since I do not have a welder to weld the metal together I will have to think of a different method. Because the metal fish shapes are burnt up I was thinking of maybe mounting the pieces on a burnt piece of wood

Finally I am having the opportunity to make a piece about mental illness. I feel like this is a very powerful concept so i obviously need a strong way to portray it. I have made a couple of walls mounted on a floor made out of clay. inside the model I sculpted small creature-monsters that symbolize thoughts. By placing the monsters in a way that makes they look like they are trying to break out and push down the walls, they will be symbolizing mental instability.

Genocide?

recently I have experimented with sodium silicate. After wedging some TFJ, I throw out a slab about 1/2 in. thick. brush on a layer of sodium silicate and blow-dry, dry. Once the surface has dehydrated and dried enoungh, I threw out the slab a little bit larger and the crackle effect begins to appear. I layed this slab over my hand and carefullly made a cut out of my right hand. I have done two of these: palm up and palm down. I want this to represent Genocide but it may be too vague of a relation

Pollution

Using sheet metal I hav ecut two basic fish shapes out. After severely burnign them with a torch i hope they will look very decreped and lifeless. Water Pollution is a huge problem in the world and it destroys many ecosystems and organisms that live there.

hmm..

I just finished two more projects, both from the same materials: an inner skeleton made from chicken wire covered with shreds of tissue paper with the help of my favorite things water and glue. my first piece is a series of three human shaped forms. I feel like this can fit in my concentration but I'm not quite sure how yet. The other one i finished today looks kind of like a snake or something but I like it. For future concentrational pieces I am thinking of theme related to recycling, abandoned children, and skitzophrenia.

PS. I broke another one of my old pieces again today. Luckily, it had already been

photographed but seriously.. i break everything I make.

I am now in the process of creating three human forms. they are made out of wire. I chose only to have the head and torso of the three people because, in this instance, the arms and legs may take away from what i am trying to get across. The three chicken wire men are being covered in tissue paper by the means of watered down elmers glue. I am really excited abouthow they will turn out. I just hop they dont break omg!omg!lol!tmi!pvgga!lol!ttly!ttyl!np!btw!

I am interested in recycling as a theme for my next concentration theme. Essentially I want to sculpt a person out of wiring then cover it with alluminum soda cans. ill cut the cans so then can lay flat and probably use multiple brands of soda cans so as to have a variety of colors. I think teh man will be about a foot tall.
Kinda like this picture but with cans...

A few months ago, a pair of shingles flew off my house during a storm. I thought to myself, "Carl this is convenient and I could really use this." It is a pair of shingles still stuck together in a very cool way, aged and everything. With this I want to make a piece representing Hurricanes and refugees during natural disaster. I wish to capture the emotion behind the destruction of civilization because of nature.

Mental

For my next concentration piece relating to world problems, I am interested in showing mental disorders like schizophrenia through either some kind of symbloism or maybe somehting very straigh-forwward. either way I think i want to sculpt this piece using clay; preferably using TFJ. In order to capture the feelings and emotions of these disorders I will have to do a bit of research.

Smoke Fire

This afternoon, i participated for the first time in a smoke firing. Essentially, you layer newspaper, saw dust, and paper over and over (with your pieces in side of course) in a large metal trash. From there you let it burn down ward toward your buried project. my latest piece was a skeleton hand and i really like how smoke firing turns out and i didn't have much time until i had to turn in my piece. Unfrotunalty though i have a lot of small pieces in the firing like the tips of fingers that i need to find.

concetnrtion

For my next concentration piece, I want to illustrate something using a hand holding a cigarette. I want the hand to be 'dead' like a skeleton. this will hopefully show like the delicatenes of the humna body and how some people take it for granted or somehting