Artist Statement:
The three animals actually turned out how I imagined them in my head... for the most part anyway. I do refer to the weird looking goat in the title, however. I believe the reason for this is because I didn't really find any good front and side views for the goat. With the other animals, I found reference material I could... well... refer to. I'll be honest, I think I did pretty well for this being the first time I've worked in the physical 3D space sense elementary school. Heck, some of the principles I've learned in other classes (mostly the SGD classes here at Vernon Malone) have helped give the models their form. Symmetry was a big principle I tried to achieve in this piece. All of the animals were planned to be symmetrical horizontally. In the end I didn't really achieve this perfectly but that's okay as without it the piece looks a lot more natural. Clay was used to make the shapes of the models. Acrylic paint is used (or will be used, rather) to give the models further detail and vibrance. As this was the first time I've worked with clay in awhile, there were some tips and tricks that I needed to learn in order to actually make the models. The biggest technique I used is the one where you "scratch" parts of the clay you want to stick together with a fork of something sharp. Then put some water on where you scratched, put the pieces together and now they're "glued" together. I can't remember exactly what this is called (scratch-putting? scratch-gluing? Something like that). Water was used quite heavily. At first, the clay I was using was very dry. Because of this, I kept putting water on it to soften it up. Eventually I learned that there are loads of places to get fresh clay and no longer needed to keep putting water on my clay. Animals are a large part of the "Bigger Picture" of my piece. When designing this work I most took inspiration from gift shops. For some reason, whenever I think of gift shops I think of the little trinkets you can buy (overpriced, of course) of animals or coffee mugs or whatever. I also have a collection of clay works from when I was younger that I thought I mights as well add to too. Like most of my pieces, this piece doesn't really have a message. I guess I just enjoy created for the fun of it. Or maybe subconsciously I made the animals as a representation of society. Or maybe a parody of gift shops.... Pick your poison, I don't mind. My biggest goal for this piece was to accurately portray animals in 3D. I thought this would be harder than it actually was. Though I may not of made the animals 100% accurate (I don't think a sheep should be the same size as an elephant) I still think I achieved me goal pretty well. Overall, I like this piece probably the most out any of the art projects I've done in the past. Sure I may not actually have the pieces painted yet (which could ruin everything, knowing me and color) I still think I'll like this piece the most when it's finished. I don't know how many projects we have left in the semester but I would like to try doing something in clay again. I'm serious this time. Sure it was messy but it was probably the most fun I've had in this class. Working in the third dimension is just so fascinating to me. Maybe that's why I achieved my goal easily? Hmm...
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