Q2 Final Project

In my project I chose to create a clay flower. I decided to make a large flower with a lot of petals and chose to make it purple. I chose this because these are two things that I like. To create this, I used clay, acrylic paint, and clay tools. I took small pieces of clay and used my thumb to shape the petals. Then I placed the petals all on top of each other until I was happy with the flower shape. 

An artist that inspired me was Rachel Kneebone. Her work is nice and you can tell she put a lot of time and effort into creating her pieces. 

The most important technique I think was how I created the petals. I tried to use the same amount of clay and tried my best to make them the same shape and size while creating them. A new technique that I learned was how to shape the clay. I thought this would be an easy project going into it but quickly learned that it takes a lot of time and patience. 

Something this project taught me was to become more comfortable while working with clay and has helped me become a better artist.