For my Fashion Jewelry class's final we had to either make shoulder pieces or head pieces. I decided to make three hats inspired by newspaper hats. I wanted a vintage vibe to these pieces and used copper that I etched with articles about Boy Scouts. I used patina on the copper and gel medium transferred articles on the inside of the Party Hat and Classic Boat Shaped Hat. I used gel medium transfer of Archie comics and frosted vellum and copper for the Dunce Cap.
This here is my Casting final. I made 60 bronze larva and 15 bronze moths. I bought a vintage cranberry shipping crate from Argentina and hung seven mason jars with drops lights in them from the shipping crate. The seven light cords are wired so they become one cord and only one outlet is needed. I am so thrilled with how this turned out, I didn't have to compromise on my idea and love the overall mood of this piece.
This weekend my Ceramics 1 class went to our school's foundry to do a process called Raku. I used specific glazes for this geode that work with Raku and then placed my piece (along with the classes) in an outside propane gassed kiln and let it sit in there for an hour and a half, then pulled it out wear this gorgeous outfit! I also have 30 small crystal forms I made for that go inside of this geode bowl but I will fire those normally using normal glazes.
I love owls. Plain and simple. This piece I made for Sculpture 1. I used Soldate 60 clay to model this owl and the ancient bone it sits on. The piece was fired and then I painted it with acrylic paint doing a dry brush technique.
For my Sculpture 1 class last semester I made a sky pirate ship (inspired from The Edge Chronicles) for my wax to bronze assignment. I hand dyed the sails, put a hot patina of cupric nitrate on the ocean base (then added resin over it so it looks wet), and the main ship body has a liver of sulfur patina.
I am making this piece for my Ceramics 1 class. This is the slab assignment and it works great for building house or room structures. I decided to make a cottage that is the home mice live in before a magician pulls them from his top hat.... kinda out there, but super fun to make ;)
