My challenge for this unit
For this unit assignment my challenge and goal was to create 4 out 5 X-Mas ornaments for my family out of clay. The challenge and problem with this was that I must use a certain amount of clay and certain common tools such as just a roller and sculpting blade to add some details and shape the ornaments. In the end I finished this challenge and I know just created 4 X-Mas gifts for my family so this was a Win-Win.
I Developed skills from this assignment
| For this assignment I could only use clay which from this helped me improved my skills with this medium once again. From this I gained better skills with sculpting and designing tools to shape and create the designs for the ornaments. From this i used a couple of tools which was the greatest part about this assignment. From this I can now use precise hand movements when sculpting with a thin blade and also a new techniques when pounding the shape and thickness of it as well. |
Problems i DEALT with this assignment
During this assignment I was with one ornament and it complex design as well. Remember the last ornament I had to create, there was a little problem that occurred when sculpting it. the problem that occurred was that for the original design of it the ornament was it to be shaped into a diamond and in the diamond would be multiple small diamonds holes in it. As I came to create the ornament I realized that this would be to much since when sculpting the holes they would be too big for such a small ornament. So to counter this situation I changed the original design into instead a diamond to a star diamond. |
Exploring this medium a little bit further
Again after working on these ornaments I gained better knowledge and practice with this medium more than ever. Again i gained better knowledge of how to shape clay with water and carving out specific but easy designs. Later on this blog shall be updated with the ornaments fired up and glazed.