Creative Journey...

Course Reflection

I have had a very exciting and interesting course this semester. I went through artistic challenges when creating my rough draft scetches but the final product always turned out how I had hoped. My favorite project was the mask because I throughouly enjoyed how mine turned out. I feel like I am a lot more confident in my artistic abilities after taking this course because of the praise Mr. Thomas gave me and critic time in class. Hearing praise about the good things I did gave me trust to take risks in my art.

Broiling Fire

Medium(s): straws, tissue paper, hot glue gun, red and orange paint, green foam block, tacky glue

After seeing a lot of examples of very interesting straw sculptures, I found the idea in my head to make a fire. I thought about just using the straws into forming flames of the fire, then thought of other resources I could use aswell. I first thought of using pipe cleaners, then found that tissue paper would most likely work better. After overcoming the challenge of bending all the straws certain ways to make this fire look realistic, I think the end result was positive.

https://sites.google.com/thewalkerschool.org/auroraparlotto-artportfolio/home

Broken Hand

Medium(s): clay, green foam block, carving tools, gesso, acrylic paint

At first I wanted to make a tree for this project and have the branches of the tree reaching out and abstract-like, but then that made me think of a hand, with fingers reaching out. I definitely thought forming the hand on the clay was much easier, than creating it on the foam. For the clay, I was able to form each finger individually and then attach it to the hand, although on the foam I could not. I think this turned out very well at the end because a hand is very hard to make and this hand looks very realistic. I would like to improve on blending different paint colors to make a more blended gradient. I made the mistake of drying one color and then going in again with the dark color, which didn’t blend well. Over all, I like how this turned out and am proud of it.

https://sites.google.com/thewalkerschool.org/auroraparlotto-artportolio/home/biomorphic-broken-hand

Identity Mask

Medium(s): clay, carving tools

My inspirtation for this piece came from Venetian Carnival Masks that were made for centuries in Venice, Italy. These masks would be worn at parties to hide their identities. After looking at a lot of inspiration, I noticed a lot of these cultural masks had carving, like under the eyes. So, I decided to add some of that into my own mask. Making these carving was the hardest part because it was so percicse and making the nose was my favorite part because I love how it turned out. I might add more designs on the forehead because I feel like this is missing something.