This was a sculpture I made at an art class I take outside of school. The purpose of it was to learn about the anatomy of the head and how to convey light and shadows. The process included several steps, but wasn't very complicated. First, I made a cylinder out of clay and used a pencil to mark some of the basic proportions of the head. I then started to work on the basic features of the eyes, nose, and mouth. I form two small pits where I wanted the eyes to go and then pushed out a little to make the eyes convex. I pushed the clay around the mouth area out to create a base for where the lips were going to go and then added more details. I kept pushing the clay in and out of the cylinder to create the shape of a head. I then added and subtracted clay to make smaller details, like ears and eyebrows. After it was fired, I used yellow and purple glazes to paint it. This piece was really fun to make. My biggest struggle was making the lips. It took me a while to figure out how to make the right shape.

I made this in the same art class as the head above. This project was more focused on creativity and using the imagination to make a bug. My bug has buttons for eyes and the wings resemble a quilt. The bug is also licking its eye. The process for making the bug was somewhat difficult. I made a central body and then attached wings to it. I then made the head. Making the legs was difficult because I was worried that they were going to break either while I was sculpting it or in the kiln. My teacher came up with a solution to take a chunk of clay wrapped in newspaper and lay the body on it. With a base, it was much easier to attach legs to it. I really liked painting the bug because even though I don't usually use a variety of colors, especially bright ones, I love vibrant colors.