A maquettes is a little sculpture, the guild lines for this project was it couldn't be bigger than a softball. We experimented with different techniques and basically got used to working with clay again. Out of the seven maquettes that I made this was most interesting because of how simple it was. I didn't use any new texture only normal smoothness created from getting rid of the bumps with my fingers. I took a cookie cutter and pressed out the hexagon shapes, then I slipped and scored them together.
The hexagon one was the best because of how hard it was to make. I had a hard time getting the three in the middle to stay sticking up. I had to put a paper towel in the middle but if the clay was to soft it would crumple and if it was too hard I couldn't stick it to other pieces. I think the next best would have been the flower because I like how it turned out. I didn't the two would stay stuck together because one of the flowers is scored and slipped into the middle of two petals in the other. The hardest one to glaze would be the one that looks like a volcano erupting because of how fragile the pieces were.
I learned about glazing techniques. I hadn't realized that it was texture that would make the glaze change color. If I could do this maquette over and modify anything I would change the texture. The type of glaze if used was one that changes colors when the texture changes. This glaze looks dark on one texture and lighter on the other. Because the maquettes didn't change textures too much the color stayed the same. My maquettes reflect my style because I like to make thin papery like objects. All of them are either thin or they have a thin aspect to them. The hexagon one was made out of thin flat clay. I also used nature as an example; one is a flower, another is a bee hive like thing.
The hexagon one was the best because of how hard it was to make. I had a hard time getting the three in the middle to stay sticking up. I had to put a paper towel in the middle but if the clay was to soft it would crumple and if it was too hard I couldn't stick it to other pieces. I think the next best would have been the flower because I like how it turned out. I didn't the two would stay stuck together because one of the flowers is scored and slipped into the middle of two petals in the other. The hardest one to glaze would be the one that looks like a volcano erupting because of how fragile the pieces were.
I learned about glazing techniques. I hadn't realized that it was texture that would make the glaze change color. If I could do this maquette over and modify anything I would change the texture. The type of glaze if used was one that changes colors when the texture changes. This glaze looks dark on one texture and lighter on the other. Because the maquettes didn't change textures too much the color stayed the same. My maquettes reflect my style because I like to make thin papery like objects. All of them are either thin or they have a thin aspect to them. The hexagon one was made out of thin flat clay. I also used nature as an example; one is a flower, another is a bee hive like thing.