New Concentration

It's been a long time since I've posted something but in that time I have decided on a new concentration for next year. I want to take the form of a teapot to the extreme. I want all of my teapots to be functional. They will all have some form of spout and handle. I'm hoping to come up with a lot of ideas on my road trip across the country this summer!

The teapot above was created by Ray Bub who throws and then assembles his teapots.

Yay! Barbeque! My goal from now on is to: 1. Finish my octopus. 2. start throwing again. 3. work only with clay...for now anyway. I am done with wire and found objects forever.

I am very glad that all of our portfolio stuff is complete. Over the past weekend, I was googling some artists when I cam across the work of Martin Waugh. He photographs water droplets in motion, allowing nature to depict the form of his piece. He only alters the color of the liquids. There is a precise method to his work. He uses various liquids along with water such as oil and glycerin. This is such an interesting form of art that I would have never thought to pursue. It's baffling.

AP Art Show

The AP Art show was great! Everyone's art looked amazing on display. Great job everyone!

So I'm trying to write my artist statement and I realized that any way that I word my concentration it sounds choppy and incoherent. How the hell do you write down these figments of ideas in your head to create an understandable, well-written artist statement? It sounds like I just cut a passage out of a biology book about DNA and animalistic behavior and am trying to incorporate art into all of it. I'm starting over.

By the way, if you haven't looked at sculptures by Ron Mueck, you should look at them now. They are extremely realistic beyond belief.

I really don't know what to write about because nothing much has changed from last week except for the fact that I am completely fed up with my octopus project, especially the tentacles. I just want to be done with it! Anyway, I'm really excited for the AP show but at the same time, I still have a lot to do. I'm really excited to see everyone's work displayed.

So I need two more concentration pieces. I've been making an octopus teapot in class; however, I am unsure whether I want to include it in this year's portfolio.