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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