Ceramic Hand

I fashioned my hand to look as realistic as I possibly could. The hardest part was getting the hand, palm and thumb to look convincing. That took a long time. After creating the hand and thumb I attached the fingers, bracelet and ring. I wanted to incorporate into the piece a personal meaning. So, to do that I engraved a cross into the bracelet to represent my faith. Also, I added the ring to symbolize my marriage commitment.

Rockin' Robin Animation

This is my first attempt at animation! This project was a very detailed process. First I drew the bird in many different positions which made the bird move. For instance, just to get the bird to kick his leg behind him and put it back down again that took eight different drawings. After I finished all the drawings, I then placed the drawings into a program where I could add the music "Rockin' Robin".  I enjoyed working on this project.

Functional Ceramic Pieces

Here are my first ceramic pieces! In the design of my pieces I used three different techniques. I used the pinch technique in the scalloped oval dish. The snowman box is made using the slab technique, where I rolled out the clay then I cut out a top, bottom and four side to create the shape. In the pie shaped dish I used the coil technique. I found the coil technique to be the most difficult simply because I wanted the sides to be smooth and to get that look I had to work hard to work out the round coil shapes. Overall this was a very fun project and rewarding.