Artist Inspired Project/ Tea Set Combined

For this project we had to combine two artists, of our choice, artwork. I decided to combine Adrienne Eliades and Justin Donofrio. Adrienne's work was more simple and dainty with white colors and a touch of pastel colors. Justin's work was more blues and environmental colors where he stacked his cups to represent rock climbing. I decided to do a mixture of the simple white look with a touch of nature in order for both artists style work to be incorporated. My creation is a tea pot, which I'm going to use for gardening, that is white like Adrienne's artwork and has green vines and purples flowers to represent the nature vibe from Justin's artwork. I used clay to create my artwork. I first made the tea pots small and dainty. I used a slab and made it the shape of a cup and then I added a handle. I did this twice in order to make two tea cups. For the tea pot is used a slab and many, many, many coils. I used the coiling technique and eventually I got the shape I desired. I think made a small lip at the top opening of the tea pot and added the lid based on the shape. Then for the handle I twisted it to make it have the texture of a vine and then I made the spout.

My artwork wasn't arranged in any particular way. I used made it the way my ideas just flowed out. At the end I decided that it would be best to make the spout more opened that way I could use it for my garden and it would be more efficient rather then a tiny spout. I placed small flowers on the inside of the tea cups so when you're done drinking you'll see a cute flower that matches the flowers on the tea pot. My project evolved because at first I was going to make the tea pot a simple shape, similar to Adrienne's work, but an advanced design, similar to the nature vibe from Justin's work. But I changed my mind and I turned it into an advanced shape with a lot of nature details but with a more simple white base and small green vines with purple flowers. I ended up loving how my artwork came out even more that my original design. The original design is listed above.

The meaning of my artwork really is to portray the beauty and nature but also the simplicity. The simplicity part was achieved by having a simple white background that way the nature features could stand out more. This artwork relates to my life because I love the simple things and I absolutely love the environment. So being able to make an art piece that I can use daily that involves these things is special to me. I'm proudest of how hard I worked on this set because I got so much work done in class. It was a struggle at first to get the shape I wanted but eventually it worked out and I'm happy with the results.