Tuesday, Andy assigned us a new project, working with clay (FINALLY! MY FAVORITE!) Our first piece is to be hyper-realistic, extremely detailed, based on an object we can hold in our hands. At first I was disappointed, because I for one was not, never, going to settle for a boring plain object. Unfortunately, I don't find many easily obtained, cheap, or household items interesting enough to sculpt. Don't get me wrong, I admire people recreating food, its textures and repetitiveness (like a grapefruit or pomegranate) however, those ideas just don't interest me. We've all seen paintings of landscapes, farms, wax fruit, etc. and honestly, its getting damn old. Not to say my idea hasn't been done, surely it has, and most likely has been OVER done, but come on, how many people have an anatomically correct heart just chilling in their living room? Its something only found around Halloween and in scientific figures used in anatomy class. Two girls I witnessed today were doing animal skulls. Now THAT is awesome. How many people have those lying around, and, how many people could execute their shape and structure as well as my peers are? I mean, they are looking really good. Nearly exceptional, and they've just begun! (not to say everyone else isn't doing fantastic, because where as in my opinion many choices are boring, the twist their styles are putting on the objects are wonderful! I am in a class with talented individuals.) Anyway, here's how I began with my heart, which still isn't done. This is the longest amount of time I have actually sat down and worked on a piece (that I recall, I often lose track of time while sculpting). I am in love with this piece already, and it's no where near finished! I have paint plans, display plans, you name it! I am tempted to make a mold, and add more hearts to my final project later this term! We are supposed to show the inside of our object, and today Andy stated that we can change the inside makings of the object as we please (YES!) I have so many ideas! some mechanical, others organic, and I just cant decide! Hopefully it will come to me in a dream, or epiphany tomorrow during my trek around town to pay bills and such before work (at my crummy job..) Anyway, until next post, here is where I am currently at with my sculpture. I am super proud of this!
Let me know what you think!
Tuesday, Andy assigned us a new project, working with clay (FINALLY! MY FAVORITE!) Our first piece is to be hyper-realistic, extremely detailed, based on an object we can hold in our hands. At first I was disappointed, because I for one was not, never, going to settle for a boring plain object. Unfortunately, I don't find many easily obtained, cheap, or household items interesting enough to sculpt. Don't get me wrong, I admire people recreating food, its textures and repetitiveness (like a grapefruit or pomegranate) however, those ideas just don't interest me. We've all seen paintings of landscapes, farms, wax fruit, etc. and honestly, its getting damn old. Not to say my idea hasn't been done, surely it has, and most likely has been OVER done, but come on, how many people have an anatomically correct heart just chilling in their living room? Its something only found around Halloween and in scientific figures used in anatomy class. Two girls I witnessed today were doing animal skulls. Now THAT is awesome. How many people have those lying around, and, how many people could execute their shape and structure as well as my peers are? I mean, they are looking really good. Nearly exceptional, and they've just begun! (not to say everyone else isn't doing fantastic, because where as in my opinion many choices are boring, the twist their styles are putting on the objects are wonderful! I am in a class with talented individuals.) Anyway, here's how I began with my heart, which still isn't done. This is the longest amount of time I have actually sat down and worked on a piece (that I recall, I often lose track of time while sculpting). I am in love with this piece already, and it's no where near finished! I have paint plans, display plans, you name it! I am tempted to make a mold, and add more hearts to my final project later this term! We are supposed to show the inside of our object, and today Andy stated that we can change the inside makings of the object as we please (YES!) I have so many ideas! some mechanical, others organic, and I just cant decide! Hopefully it will come to me in a dream, or epiphany tomorrow during my trek around town to pay bills and such before work (at my crummy job..) Anyway, until next post, here is where I am currently at with my sculpture. I am super proud of this!
No comments:
Post a Comment