Quarter 3 project

I created a coaster out of clay because that is something I never tried before. I wanted to try something different. When I first started I thought of making a mug but it was a bit more difficult and we didn’t have much clay. So I wanted to go for something that would cause me to use less clay. I made it for someone so I painted it one of their favorite colors but I wanted it to be more shiny to before I painted it purple I painted it with a gel paint which make it shiny. I think my work communicates that it is exactly what I was trying to make. I think they if they look at it they can tell that it is a coaster. In the process of making this I think I achieved a better creative mind. My current work doesn’t relates to my previous work because this is the first time I actually made something like this before. I think my work relates to Sterling Ruby clay work because I feel like the structure of both of our work is the same. The only thing he did differently is the color options which is more dark colors.



To create this first I had to play with the clay to make it a little more soft and wet it a little. After that I flattened I the clay to get the bottom layer of my coaster formed. I had to make sure it wasn’t too thick or too thin. After that I had to think about how I wanted to put the little wall around my bottom surface to keep cups in place when they are on my coaster. I thought about rolling it until it got skinny so that I could just wrap it around the entire bottom layer. That didn’t work so I put flat piece around it and it formed very good. I didn’t really have any inspiration I just built it off of the top of my head. I wanted to create it in my work way. My work reflects the world I live in because it shows how people can do anything a long as they put the work in. My work can make an impact on the world because it can show young artist that they can try anything they never thought that they could do. The technique I used to create my work was to make sure is wasn’t too big or too small of certain containers so I made it a size that will fit almost any jug or cup. This is also the new technique that I learned.
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