Woohoo!! Spring Break is here!!

Spring break is finally here. This is the first time I have had a breather all semester. Not that I don't like being at school, however, this semester has been rather trying. Between Drawing II and the advanced ceramics seminar, it has been a bit hectic.
The advanced seminar has been extremely fun, though. Here are some of the projects I've been working on! (bonus of finished projects from figure sculpture last semester at the end!)

The first project we did for the seminar was to take a master ceramic artist that was working between the 1950s-1990s and recreate one of their pieces to the best of our ability and then create a response to it. I chose Jun Kaneko as my artist. (He is amazing by the way and if I could meet him one day I would be one of the happiest people alive. you should definitely look him up.) He currently works in Omaha and he has installations all over the U.S. and abroad. I chose one of his small "Dango" forms.

Both of them in progress. 

Working on of the forms before taking it off the table. It was about 2 feet at this point. I had to stand on a stool and having it on the banding wheel was a nightmare.

Front side, the blue and yellow one is my response to the original. 

Back side.

This is the second project. The project's title was Adorn. She is completely constructed out of porcelain with gold leaf.

Compare and Contrast drawing project.

Six skulls drawing project. I'm most happy with the top left skull.

This is Eve. She was sculpted in wax and then cast in bronze. She was the first project from figure sculpture.

Self Portrait Bust

Latest School Projects

This semester seems to have flown by! I can hardly believe there are only five weeks left. It has been extremely busy for me, between project deadlines and the increase in medical things I have had to do recently. All in all it hasn't been terrible. Hope y'all enjoy this semesters projects!

The first project in sculpture was the take an already created sculpture and morph it with and animal or everyday object. The sculpture I chose for this project was Eve or the Apple by Paul Roussel and I chose to morph it with a cobra snake. It was sculpted in wax. It is in the process of being cast in bronze. (Pictures of the finished bronze will be posted later.)

 The second project was a selef portrait bust. It turned out fairly well. It was sculpted in terra cotta.

The frist project in ceramics was the bowl project. I made my bowls for ice cream. I like to put a lot of toppings on my ice cream so I designed these so that the toppings wouldnt spill out onto the side of the bowl. Unfortunately the glazes we have are all on the dark side. 

 The second project inceramics was the cup project. We had to make five mugs and five tumblers. As you can see I went a little overboard. 

These are my favorit tumblers.

 The project we are finishing up at the moment was a lidded vessel project. We had to create a lidded vessel that was meant to contain something specific. Of course I made a collection of poison jars... Because why not! The smallest one is meant to contain hemlock, the medium one is meant for belladonna, and the largest one is for mandrake. I have a forth one for oleander but I forgot to take a picture before I put it on the bisque shelf. (Non of them well actually be holding what they are ment for. I'm jsut fascinated with poisonous plants...)

I hope you enjoyed the pictures! (I will be posting more pictures of the finished jars and final projects later.)

The Past Year

I have been extremely busy over the past year. I had four new nieces and nephews arrive. I have been working on my art. I started college. 

College has been the biggest development for me. The first six weeks of the fall semester were excruciatingly bad. While I still live at home, I don't do well in new environments. I didn't have any friends. The amount of homework was overwhelming. On top of all that I didn't feel well either. I was wearing oxygen all the time. My joints and muscles ached. I would collapse on the sofa as soon as I got home. However I met my very good friend Angelina at the end of the first six weeks. It's amazing what the power of having a friend nearby can do for your presence of mind. I still didn't feel well, and I still collapsed as soon as I got home, but at least I wasn't alone anymore. 

While I hated school the first six weeks, I enjoyed the classes I was taking. US History had an overwhelming amount of homework. Everything we were reading was extremely interesting, however, when told to read three articles that were fifty pages long in two days, its almost impossible to retain anything. So our discussions for that class weren't ever very good. I was also taking Drawing I. That class was extremely enjoyable. He would give us a set of problems that needed to be solved in the drawing and then let us run with it. Somehow I ended up doing a starters theme towards the end. 

(the practice sketch for Yoda. Done in graphite.)

(The finished sketch for Yoda. Done in white Conté Crayon on black toned paper.)

(Favorite Storm trooper. Conté Crayon on grey toned paper.)

(Darth Vader and Storm troopers. Conté Crayon on grey toned paper.)

(Final Project. Jabba The Hutts Palace. Conté Crayon on grey toned paper.) 

Jabba The Hutts Palace was definitely the best of all the drawings other than the still lives we did. My professor didn't think I was going to get it done on time because I spent an entire class period on the outline and I only had one class and a lab before I had to turn it in. I worked twenty solid hours to finish it on time and I had an Infusion at my doctors office the day I had to turn it in, so I was a bit rushed getting to the Critique. It went  well though. 

The spring semester was still difficult but much better than the fall. I took Ceramics: hand building, Abstract Sculpture, and Anatomy. I thought I was failing anatomy the entire semester until I got my grades back, I got an A- though. Here are the art projects from the spring. 

(Personal Narrative greek pot.)

(A few Greek Pots on display)

(Sculptural Food Service.)

 (Jet Turbine. Sheet Metal Sculpture.)

(This will give you a sense of how big it is although I am wearing 5 in heels in this picture.)

(Arbor. Wood Sculpture.)

(Reliquary.)

(Allegory Trophy)

(Sculpture food service. although its not very sculptural.)

I also had two things in the student Art Showcase! 

(Me and My friend Angelina.)

I was also but on the Deans Academic Excellence list for the spring semester. So ended my first year of school. I will try to update more over the next year. Hope y'all enjoyed!

(Bonas- Mind/Brain Project for Anatomy.)