So I still can't upload images but right now I am making a series of log mugs. Two of them are birch trees. I want to be able to glaze them with a pasty white matte. I'll have to research a possible glaze. On the other hand, I migh just use some stain. So far, I have three done and am working on my fourth.

New concentration piece

So my body sculpture broke and I really have no desire right now to start over so I am going to start on a new concentration project. I want to use the idea of the "black sheep" -- every family has a black sheep. I wanted to create a series of white sheep that were encircling a black sheep in the same manner as wolves hunt their prey. I would put a picture up but blogger is not letting me right now.

Concentration

I have finally narrowed down my concentration. My concentration will be an exploration of familial relationships and their attendant tensions and emotions. I want to use animals to portray the human emotions ( such as Beth Cavener Stichter does). I was mainly inspired by Stichter's portfolio of ceramic pieces. I want all of my pieces to be fired and glazed in the same method. Sticther use of a matte house paint to coat all of her pieces makes for a really nice finished look without the imperfections of a glaze.

Concentration ideas

List of possible concentrations:

What I know for a fact: I want to work with clay and I want to make bigger sculptures.

1. Human Form
2. Distorted teapots
3. Human emotions expressed through form
4. Family
5. Disease/illness
6. masks
7. metamorphosis
8. apendages
9. futuristic forms/figures
10. found object sculptures
11. crazy mugs
12. animals
13. altered wheel thrown
14. Teeth
15. architecture
16. agony/pain
17. jewerly
18. outrageous clothing
19. paper sculptures
20. birth
21. isolation
22. the home
23. extinction
24. containers
25. inside out
26. extrememly magnified obje