For my project I chose to sculpt a dog inside of a canoe with paddling. Specifically, I needed to create something using at least five pinch pots. So, I began brain storming what object or thing I wanted to create, and then with that idea, figure out a way to incorporate multiple pinch pots. I used my sketch that I drew out, to make sure I was aware of which pot was supposed to be a pinch pot, so I stayed organized. The canoe was straight forward–I created one big and slim pinch pot, using my fingers to create the shape. The body included more pinch pots. I began with the head, creating two small pinch pots, then molding them together to make a hollow round ball for the head. I then created two square pinch pots and put those together to make a round-square body form.

Then, once I had the body, I began adding details to the body to make it look like a dog. I began to add a snout, which was a pinch pot in itself, and I added ears, two feet, and a tail. I molded the torso in ways to make it dog-like, trying to create arm and hip forms, and a visible chest. I added eyes my pressing the end of a small-tipped pen into the head, and it created a small dot in the middle too which made it look more like eyes. I then created the paddle by rolling out a long piece of clay, flattening it to make it look like wood, then added the paddle ends. I then added the one wood plank support at the front, and added little knobs on the front and back of the canoe for detail. I smoothes everything out using my hands, and a bit of water, and continued to detail the sculpture.

My project evolved over time, as I kept working on detailing the sculpture and adding aspects to it that makes it more evident as to what it's supposed to be. For example, the paddle made the canoe more evident as to what it is, this way, it isn't just a dog in a random bowl or boat figure. My sculpture followed mostly everything that was on my sketch, but as I went along I changed little practical things here and there. The sketch definitely helped me stay on track and have a clear idea as to what was to be a pinch pot, so I met the criteria, and also was creative with it as well. As I brang it to school, one of the paddles broke off because it tipped, and so I had to just attatch that again. I am proud of how the dog's figure came out because i think the body form looks realistic. One of the main things I had trouble with was making the paddles, because paddles are relatively thin in real life, but with clay, it is difficult to make a stable and thin structure–especially when I added water to it because it was cracking, as it began to get more flimsy. So, I waited for the clay piece to dry out a little, and then constructed the paddle. I then glazed all of my parts, even after the dog broke from the boat. I then glazed it separately and attached it later. Overall, I am very happy with how my pinch pot sculpture came out.

Pink Pinch Pot