multiple pinch pots project
Sketch
The main body
Part of the body
Full body
The completed lobster
Front view
Side view
Aerial view
Black for the eyes
Light blue for the main part of the body.
Dark blue for the legs/antennas.
Artist statement:
Title: Lance the lobster.
For this project we were assigned to make one form of a project that included at least 5 pinch pots - we had to make sure that what we were creating was realistic and unique in its own way.
I first had no idea what I wanted to make for a project and for a while, I was stuck brainstorming ideas of what I wanted to create. I thought a lobster would work nicely with this type of project with the way it looked in detail from the head down. Once I had my project idea I started out with a sketch of what I would do first, next I started out by rolling a bunch of clay together, and then I started by pinching each pinch pot the way I wanted it to look. Then I slipped and scored each pinch pot together to make sure that it would not break, then I added interesting details to the lobster to make it look more realistic. Then I added three coats of glaze onto my lobster and put it into the kiln.
Overall I am very pleased with how it turned out and what I would do differently is take my time with glazing so I would not get it in any places that I didn't want the glaze to be. If I could do this project again I would also some more to be more independent with creating the lobster because most of the time, I got a lot of help and it is summative so it requires more of my work than my teacher's help.