Platters

These are two platters I made. The one with the basket handles was originally going to be a casserole dish, but after i made the hanldes, i realized that i had cut the sides (so the dish is no longer usable for casseroles and such). I made the dish by throwing a bottomlesss cylinder then attaching it to a rolled out slab. The second platter is made out of layered pieces of clay. When i started making it, i wansn't quite sure if i liked it, but the more i work on it, the more i like it. I want to make some more platters and wood fire them (if there is enough room in the kiln). But making these got me thinking about my concentration. I really enjoy the mix of handbuilding and throwing. My ideas for my concentration are: plates, incongruity (the lack of appropriatness. ex. a hammer made out of clay or a umbrella made out of metal), or platters. hmmmm...

Found Object Art

I totally loved have diane come to our class! Her art is so interesting and I love that it takes normall trash and makes it pretty. I really like making this kind of art and I plan on doing some more. I made two projects during the time we had. Both of them turned out great (not to brag). My first one was the one with the numbers. I orinally had it so you could read the numbers. But then I flipped it because i didn't want the focus to be on the number 20. My second one surprised me alot. I did not expect it to turn out so good. I kindof didnt try as much but I ended up liking it more! The balloon thing on the bigger box is actually from a toilet. gross. but i guess thats why its called found art.

Plates

Over the summer i worked at Willowbrook art camp and there i got to teach kids how to throw and make baskets. It was great. But when i started running out of new things to throw, Missy (the ceramics teacher there) challenged me to make a plate. Ever since i made that first one, i was hooked. I LOVE making plates. I could make a hundred, and not get bored. Its kindof is guess, is my thing. These are a set of plates i made for my family. I originally was going to wood fire the, but then our wood firing got cancelled (well, most likely). So i think that i will make the coyote blue glaze or use blue-pink glaze. 

Family Inspired Project

New Mexico gave me alot of ideas for projects, so it was hard for me to decide what to do first. But i have decided to do three wall relects. I have never done wall relects before, so its a good challenge. When were getting our rental car, in new mexico, i saw these ingravings on the ceiling beams. The wall relects arent going to look exaclty like the pictures, i am just using the pictures as a general idea of what to do. I was born in Albuquerque and lived there for a few years. My parents went to collage there, met, and got married there (so thats how it ties to family)

New Mexico

This weekend in New Mexico is balloon fiesta and green chile season. And yes, it's a great reason to miss 3 days of school. I was born in Albuqurque, so it's also great visting my home land. I love how wild it is here; it's like you stepped into a time machine and went back 20 years. I have spent my days watching hot air balloons fill the sky and stuffing myself with green chiles (which are so good. we even brought a extra suitcase for taking home some roasted green chiles. hopefully its legal...). New Mexico is full of galleries. I found so many artists that have inspired me. Many of them dont have websites because they are local. I went to the manitou gallery, chuck jones gallery, the Peterson-Cody gallery, Houshang gallery, Georgia O'Keeffe museum, corrales bosque gallery, and way to many more. Anyways. Our next project is just to do anything you want (quality of course). I really want to do more handbuilding, because i mostly just throw pottery. A local new mexican artist called Elaine Fein does these awesome layered plates. She raku fired them, but since i plan on eating off them, i will do some other firing. I really want to do some cone 10 firing, i dunno if amy will approve. Also Hib Sabin does these cool animal head out off wood. I want to hand build these out of clay and possibly make them into lids for some pots. I also want to work with more organic and free form shapes. The list of ideas goes on... Here's list of the artists (who do have websites, sadly most don't) below.


Hib Sabin- http://manitougalleries.com/artists/Hib_Sabin/1
Kent Kraus- http://www.kentkrausstudio.com/FullsizedSculptures.htm
Casey Hankin- http://www.caseyhankin.com/about.html
Andy Goldschmidt- http://web.mac.com/bdensford/Gallery_website/Andy_Goldschmidt.html