Ceramic Sculpture.
Below is a drawing taken from the environment classes on AD009 where I was able to sketch from within the studios. I felt it would work best to translate into a ceramic piece.
I have decided to use the bottom right hand corner as my sculpture reference.
Clay.
I started by drawing out a simple shape taken from my drawing.
This is what my drawing looked like before I started sculpting. I wanted to keep it simple to ensure I could complete it. Within the sculpture I plan to make the base of squares larger so that the bottom is bigger ad there is a gap between the top pieces of clay where they should connect.
Final Outcome.
The DAS air dry clay I used was quite hard to work with as it seemed to dry much faster than normal clay. However, I still attempted to create a structure from it. I used techniques such as cross hatching, rolling out the clay and making clay slip to assemble my sculpture.
Sculpture Images.
As you can see some cracks have formed in the clay as I left it to dry for too long before assembling. If i were to work with air dry clay again I feel like i could do a much better job. I really enjoyed working with this new type of clay and I have definitely learnt a lot from doing so. In future I would ensure my clay stayed wet and would have bent it around a tin to prevent the cracks shown above.