The idea was to have something to remind me of my grandfather that had passed when I was a little girl. My Grandfather was mostly my inspiration for this piece of work. I have yet to find any other artworks I can think of. All that I did was use a mold and watered-down slip and rubber bands to keep the mold together. There is no meaning to this.  I want them to think of anything they chose to believe. There is no symbolic imagery that I can think of.  The most difficult thing about this was having to redo it 2 times. I had to breathe and think of how I can get it without bubbles or cracks. I had to start over many times before it came out how I wanted it to.  I would have to say that this is a realistic artwork.  The way that I had glazed it I would think.  I love that it looks like a real owl.

10x11, ceramic, 2023 

My idea was to have a half-dead, half-alive being that represents life and death.  My idea came from the walking dead, it really evolved because of my stepdad. The inspiration came from the shows my stepdad watches which are weird shows. The tools I used were clay, my hands, a slip, water, and a pick. The artwork means no matter what happens, or wherever it happens is to push through and keep fighting. I would want my audience to think whatever they please as long as it is positive but it is definitely ok if it is also negative. I would like to think that there is no symbolic imagery in this artwork. What I had found that was difficult for me was the understanding of how to build this head to shoulders.  All I did to overcome what I was struggling with, was breathing and thinking of a new way of doing what I needed to do. If I were to start over I would keep the same design but add more like more detail with the mouth and I would also add a nose and teeth. I would think of this as Non-objective. Everything that I end up making seems to be something that incorporates death or half alive.  What I love about this is that is was able to do whatever I wanted with this. To me it was fun and I would definitely do this again.