Pit firing pt.2

We started using clay, we made the shape and then let it dry out! We used spoons to get the piece as smooth as possible. Then we fired the piece and painted it with red clay. Then we wrapped the piece with different objects that will burn. Put that in a foil saggar and let it burn. 

This process is very unique and no one piece is alike. That's what makes this process special.

I liked the idea of this piece, if I would do it again I would put less stuff in the foil saggar. There fore the piece would hopefully be a little neater and less ugly. 

Pit fire pt. 1

Pit firing is a technique to make unique pieces of art. Artist wrap their pieces with anything that burns and wrapped in foil to create burn marks! Foil saggar is what you wrap the piece in, that holds the combustible items and traps the smoke to the piece. The designs that you create on one piece will be completely different than ones on an other. They will never be exactly the same. That's what makes pit firing so special. I tried to make a triangle pyramid but then found that the sides would look cool pushed out so that's what I did!

Form project

Relief Pt. 2

I think that the detail in the eagle is very successful. The texture really pops and makes it realistic. The goal of this piece was to have your eye drawn to the eye of the eagle and the addition of the glass really does that! I feel like the paint on the piece really ruins the look of it. The piece also broke which makes the piece look incomplete. My piece originally was going to be just the tile, but then it broke. I over came that challenge by adding more tiles to create the rest of the eagle. The mini projects did help with my sculpting abilities and learning what each tool does. 

Artist inspired

The artist that inspired me was Wang Ruilin. He focuses on art based in Beijing China. He mainly uses what looks like a clay! What drew me in as a viewer was his attention to his detail. I personally love his work with animals! He puts the animals in cool positions which really adds a cool atmosphere.

Relief post: part one

I plan on making a eagle out of clay. In the sculpture the beak will be raised up coming out at you. The rest of the bird will be going back into the tile. The eye is the focal point so I plan to melt glass into the eye to really make that pop. This is what inspired me to try this piece http://pin.it/hgattq9

Exam part 3

This project was a bust, if I could do this again, I would! I liked the idea of this project, but things I would do differently would be I would make the letters bigger! I would paint in different colors, maybe blue and green! I would also take my time and blend the colors better! I would use a bigger canvas, because the word is too big for the canvas, and you can't see the fade as much! This project turned out okay, but it could turn out even better!