Poem

She was a lost bird in a deep blue sky

But when she spread her wings, 

she remembered how to fly. 

Atticus

Ceramic Class Updates

A few updates on the sculpture that I am doing in ceramic class. She now has a face... not sure I am happy with it. I'm sure that I will be tweaking and detailing it at some point. 

I don't know if you can tell but I had to give her a new hand. (Look at the one on her abdomen) I got a bit western on her last night and in the process knocked her hand completely off. Ughhh!! I am so not used to this clay or it's properties. 

I have made a few decisions about her. she will keep the hole in her head and I will sculpt a bird coming out of it. Also as you can see her hair comes down to a next on her shoulder. Looking at the picture I think her hairline needs to move down her forehead a bit. I will take a picture of her back side next time ans see how I feel about her hair back there. I will also carve a poem into her back and some trees on her dress. 

Ceramic Class

I fell in love with the work of Cristina Cordova. She works with ceramic type clay and creates amazing figurative sculptures. I looked into classes and so far have not been able to commit to the cost of them.
So I found a ceramics class in Ogden and thought I would try the clay on my own and see how I like it. It is clear to me that this process is something completely out of my comfort zone. I can only hope that it will work into something that I like.

I think this was taken after the second time I worked on it. This process of having to keep the figure hollow and working from the base up has been a challenge for me. I think her torso settled a bit, she is very short waisted. 

Added one hand, and her head. I had to keep the top of her head hollow because the clay was so soft that if I tried to close it up, it would have sagged. I lovingly call her Groot. 

She got another hand, her head is almost closed... I am still thinking about not closing it and doing something. She also got ears. This process is a challenge for me... and I guess that it was I really wanted. The sculpting process is completely different than when I work with wax based clays. I'm not sure I like this, but I will finish her to the best of my abilities before I decide if I will try this clay again. 

Working on More Relief Sculptures

I have started working on another couple of relief sculptures. I don't know if I will do anything with them but it is good practice for me. 

The progression so far is pretty good... I think. But it really is missing something. I like her look, but as a whole it is pretty boring. I will keep tweaking it and see if I can get to a place where I like her. 

Also working on a sleeping baby angel relief. Again, I am at a point that I am not really happy with it. Needs alot of work to get it to a place I will be happy. 

Changed the babies hand position. I think it works better. But needs more work.