Prototyping

Air Drying Clay sugar bowl – scaled down

For my first prototype I use air drying clay to make a small-scale sugar/jam bowl and lid. I began by creating a pinch pot and then continued to use a coiling technique to build up the sides. Once I got the shape I wanted and smoothed out the sides, I added a base and texture to the bowl, and created a small bird and attached it to the lid to be used as a handle.

My second prototype, was initially designed as a plate but if made large could easily be used as a serving tray. This prototype is made from air-drying clay and has textures drawn from trees. To create this dish I first rolled some clay and cut it into a circle, I then added a wall of clay to the edge of the circle and added the same texture to this plate/serving tray.

My third prototype is of a serving tray shaped as a rabbit with oversized ears. I think this prototype turned out very well as the sculptural aspect fits in very well with my theme and the oversized ears function well to hold small treats such as cupcakes.

My fourth prototype is a serving tray made from cardboard and hot glue. To create this tray i cut out a piece of carboard into a hexagon and used hot glue to add a honeycomb decoration to the surface as well as stands that look like dripping honey.

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February 15 2021

Fine Art – Third Sculpture – Process

For my third sculpture I used a polystyrene ball, cardboard, Polly filler and hot glue to create a head/bust sculpture of my object.

I started by cutting carboard into various shapes and stacking/gluing them together to obtain a 3d form for the various aspects of the object. I then used hot glue to attach the facial components to the polystyrene ball base. Once I had created the base shape for the head I used Polly filler to smooth out the facial shapes and also to add texture details.

I found using Polly filler for this more challenging than I initially expected as because of the amount of moisture in the filler, it made the cardboard soggy and I had to have a lot of patience with waiting for each part to dry before adding more as otherwise the carboard shapes warped and made it very difficult to sculpt the shapes I wanted.

Once the base shape had dried i used more Polly filler to add the details of the fur onto the sculpture and also used hot glue to add the eyes and nose as it would give them a shiny and smooth surface much like the plastic components on the actual object.

I finished this sculpture by sing acrylic paint to add further details and colours.