November - January
Final Piece:
The Cliff Walk at Pourville 1882
By: Claude Monet
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Claude Monet was a French painter and founder of Impressionism. Lived from 1840 to 1926, painting was not accepted in his household growing up. ​
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He attended Le Havre secondary school of the arts.
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After moving out, he became inspired by his garden and pond with water lilies and created many pieces representing his garden.​
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This piece is currently held in the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Monet was inspired to make this piece after visiting Pourville in 1882.
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Oil on canvas
Planning: A wall-hanging piece that looks similar to the painting in a relief style.
Progress: I have slab rolled a piece of clay about 5/8 of an inch thick for the base of my wall hanging. I then carved out a rugged shape for my piece and began smoothing the outside edge. I rolled some clay into a coil to add dimension to the cliff. I added more clay to the land and began smoothing it out. Once I was satisfied with my cliff, I began adding small coils to the ocean so that the waves would have dimension. I also added some grass and flowers to the land to bring them out of the painting. I waited for my piece to be bone dry so it would get fired, but even though I started a month prior, I was running out of time, so I had to underglaze in a rush.
Monster Project
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Planning: This painting was made by a third grader, Jayson. I want to hollow out a ball of clay and attach legs, horns, and a tail. To me, this painting looks kind of like a dinosaur, so I'm going off of that.
Progress: I slab rolled a piece of thick clay and shaped it into a ball around a few bags, so that it would keep its shape. I added clay for the mouth and nose next and refined the details before adding eyes and triangles for scaly horns, and then longer ones in front. Once the piece was leather-hard, I removed the bag and added cute, stubby legs with toes. I smoothed the whole piece, and it is now being fired.
Clash Royale Chest
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Planning: I want to create a chest by slab-rolling clay, using something to create a curved top for the chest, and adding straight rectangles to add dimension to the chest.
Progress: I slab rolled a piece of clay and created a rectangular box with the pieces. I measured the length and width to make the top of the chest and used a bottle to curve the clay. Once both pieces were leather-hard, I added slim rectangles to the top to create the dimension I hoped for, same with the bottom. I spent a class period smoothing the chest and making sure it fit over the bottom correctly. I also added the triangle, spiky shape on the front.
Octopus Alebrije
+ Sea Urchin
Planning: I want to use the terracotta clay on my octopus and sea urchin to give an earthy color. Once it's fired, I will use acrylic paint to bring life to the creatures. After the sea urchin is fired, I want to paper matchey the spines and paint them purple.
Progress: I have wrapped a slab-rolled piece of clay around paper bags to give the bulbous head shape of an octopus and attached rolled-out tentacles. I hollowed out a ball of clay and texturized the ball with a scoring tool and attached spines.
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Spoon Rest
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Planning: I want to slab roll a thick piece of terracotta clay and add clay to create raised edges, but leave a lip for the handle of the spoon. I want to glaze a sea theme for my mom because she loves the ocean (this will be her Mother's Day gift).
Progress: I slab-rolled a thick piece of venus white clay, and I built up the edges and left out the bottom for the spoon. I let it fully dry out once I smoothed it, which was a mistake because it warped since I let it dry too quickly. After it came out of the kiln, I underglazed it to have a starfish.
Phone holder
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Planning: I am going to slab roll a thickish piece of clay and cut a circle for the bottom and score and slip a rounded wall and lips for the phone holder. I will make it slightly hollow so the sound from the phone will be louder.
Progress: I slab rolled a thick piece of clay for the base. I wanted it to look like a conch shell, so I added clay in sections to make it bubble out. I used my phone to make sure it would hold it up while standing and lieing horizontal.