Push/Pull Sculpture

stoneware clay, 3 inches x 3½ inches

Project Goals:

• Learn about sculptors who work to define space

• Work with clay to create a non-representational sculptural form that utilizes positive and negative space to make it interesting from all sides.

Artists and Art Culture Studied: 

• Barbara Hepworth

• Ruth Asawa

• Henry Moore 

• Jean Arp

• Mark di Suvero

The clay is soft, molded easily, and I can do what I want with it just with my hands. I learned that it changes color in different stages of sculpture, especially in the kiln. The most prominent and intriguing piece of my sculpture is a wave-like protuberance that really makes you want to look closer. The wave really creates a softer look that is pleasing to the eye. It actually reminds me of one of those rock-climbing hand grips! My sculpture most relates to the sculptures of Henry Moore. I have concluded this because of similarities our work shares, primarily the very rounded edges that he includes in his work. His work is very soft and flowy-looking, which looks very similar to mine.