This was the fist thing that I created in ceramics and sculpture, and it was meant to just be a simple vessel. It is full of cracks and is not smooth in the slightest. It also has a large hole in its wall.
This piece was not really organized in any way, as I kind of just tried to build up some walls on top of a base, which basically resulted in a mess of cracked clay. For this reason, you could say that texture is represented in this piece. This is because it has a lot of different feels and textures to it. As I was making this vessel, my goal was to just make some kind of vessel. I was mainly just focusing on getting it all to stay together with no holes, as I had a lot of difficulty doing that. It was very frustrating and difficult to do that because I was not using tools or methods like slipping and scoring, because I was not familiar with them. In the end, the purpose for it was supposed to be a usable vessel that you could put something in, but that didn't work out. I don't like this piece of work, to be completely honest. I feel like this is by far the worst piece I have made, as it is just kind of ugly with a huge hole in the wall. I guess it was useful for telling me what not to do, but I really don't like what I created. |