Dahlia's Sculpture Webfolio
This web page was created to display the various projects I worked on in Sculpture I during the first semester of the 2005-2006 school year. We worked with a variety of different mediums, such as clay, recycled material and plaster.
Enjoy!
Recycled Piece
This is a piece I made using all recycled material. It shows that I was able to use materials that would otherwise be thrown away and turn them into something sculptural. This work tells me that it was difficult to make all the elements of the piece work together to form something that looked real. To create this project I used CD covers, popsicle sticks, wire, and other various materials to make a spaceship. I learned that it is necessary to have everything planned out on paper before starting the piece in order to make it easier to complete the work without getting stuck along the way. If I were to work on something similar in the future, I would use a wider variety of materials, and have a design planned out beforehand in order to eliminate having to stop along the way and think of new ideas.
Sculptural Head Self Portrait
This piece shows that I created a self-portrait of my head using clay. It tells me that it takes a lot of effort to create something that actually resembled my face only using clay. To create this piece, I took a large piece of clay, and wedged it to get rid of air bubbles. Then I formed it into a head shape. After that, I used a mirror to see what I looked like, and recreated my nose, eyes, lips, and ears on my piece. The ears were the hardest because it took a long time to make them the same size and shape. Then I created the illusion of hair with a scoring tool and added a ponytail.
When the details of my head were finished, I used a wire cutter to cut my head in half right behind the ears. I then used a wire loop tool to remove clay from both sides of my head so that it would fire evenly. When I had finished, I scored and slipped the sides of the head and put them back together. I then used a skewer to poke holes all over my head, so that pockets of air would be able to escape when the piece was fired. After the piece was fired in the kiln, I painted it with brown paint and then used a sponge to remove all the paint except for what was in the inner parts of the sculpture. When it was sprayed with **, the result was look that resembled old wood.
I learned that when working with clay, it is important to seal all the cracks carefully, because after my head was fired, it broke apart where I had cut it in half. The ear also fell off. If I were to do this again I would make sure there were very little air bubbles in the clay from the beginning of the process to ensure that the piece does not break apart while in the kiln.
Resources
Self Portraits
Michael Brenner - Objects in Atmosphere
Elizabeth Caddy - Sculpting Heads
Recycled Pieces
Eric Feng - Fevolution
Please feel free to visit the following web sites:
CAC's Homepage: http://www.cacegypt.org
Fevolution - The Art of Eric Feng: http://feric.com
If you have any comments or questions, please email me at: dahlia_farahat@hotmail.com