Artistic Baggage Assignment

The purpose of this assignment was to take average purses and turn them into artwork.
I wanted to give my clutch artistic expression, yet retain chicness. I crimped pieces of gold aluminum, and placed them in an order to form a gold carnation.

A Work in Progress

Mask Assignment

Finished 11/4/09

I inscribed a Gaelic symbol into my mask, meaning "guardian." I wanted to portray a "guardian of the forest," an elf or a faerie. As a finish I used oxides, water colors, and stains.

Box Assignment

Spring 2009
The spiral and Curve design was carved down and then in lade with peacock blue under glaze. I applied the pink, blue, and purple under glazes on the petals with a water color technique and applied clear glaze for the gloss.

Philosophy of Time

Fall 2008
This piece was one my Emerging Artist's entries. I tried to mimic the appearance of old, worn books. I used Red and Blueish under glazes with a clear gloss glaze, and brown slip with clear gloss finish. Most importantly I smudged black under glaze for the worn feel.

Hard Slab Vase

Wacky Vase:

Spring 2008

I wanted this vase to be distorted and have curves and movement. One of the criterias for the assignment was to give the piece a texture, however, I only textured half of the vase and carved down the negative space leaving one side completely smooth. The contrast reminded me of Ying and Yang.

Light Box Assignment

Wind and Water:

Spring 2008

I created this in my sculpture class. This piece has a variation of influences. Most importantly I was trying to emphasize god-like power. The woman blowing the winds and the hands tilting the vase containing the waters of the earth reminded me of the depictions on greek pots. Consequently I was listening to the The Yellow Submarine by The Beatles while I was drawing this scene, and decided to use a hot air ballon to emphasize the wind and a sail boat to emphasize the waves.

Cup and Bowl Assignment

Natural Dinnerware:

Spring 2008

My Inspiration for this assignment was trees. I hand textured the cup and bowl with

a wood grate design. To achieve the leaf patterns I found various leaves and rolled them out on clay to leave an imprint and carved over the veins. I used Bean Pot Brown for the Brown Glaze and a mixture of Yellow, Green Blend, and Old Copper for the leaves.

Fall 2007

Heart Shaped Box:

One of my first clay pieces.I was aiming for a tie dye effect

on the box and achieved a lollypopresemblence. It reminds me of the big lollypops from DisneyWorld.

Trees of Life

Fire and Ice:

I styled this piece from the Trees

of Life Criteria: Coil constructed,

candle holders, with the option of

including religious symbols. The

red represents fire, and the blue

represents ice, coexistising and

fusing in the center.

Ceramic Tea Pot Assignment

Chai:
I was inspired by the shape and
design of Japanese tea pots.
I used a green aligator glaze on
the pot and a camel glaze for the
handle with black glaze to accent.