Week 1, Feb 1, 2023. Making an Edublog page  

1. Brief Overview of what you did this week, including photo documentation of process.
   • this week we did a scavenger hunt and worked on our edublogs and learnt how to insert a photo.
   • Thursday and Friday we started working on our sgrafitto tiles. We made our rule out of clay and then the next day we planned our drawing. Mine is a shark that connects to two other tiles in my class.
2. Your biggest struggle of the week.
   • putting together my edublog post
3. Your biggest success of the week.
   • meeting people
4. Goal for next week.
   • meet more people

 

 

 

 

Week 2, Feb 9, 2023. Sgraffito tile and life below water research

1. • This week I worked more on my sgraffito tile. My partners are Caitlyn, and Mason. My tile connects to Masons tile with the boat, and the seaweed coming out the bottom connects to Caitlyn’s tile.
   • I also worked on finding an animal to do my life below water project on and do research for it.
2. Your biggest struggle of the week.
   • My biggest struggle this week was figuring out how to use the scraping tools correctly on my sgraffito tile.
3. Your biggest success of the week.
   • My biggest success was seeing my almost finished product of my sgraffito tile
4. Goal for next week.
   • My goal for next week is to have better thought out my design for the next project

SGRAFFITO TILE:

3 inspiring pictures:

• my inspiration was taken with some of these picture where I like the sea theme but wanted to put in an animal that I like, the hammerhead shark.

 

• We had made our tiles last week so this week we covered our tile in black underglaze
• the next day we transferred our drawing onto the tile by putting chalk on the back of it then tracing over the top. (I had put my piece of paper on my tile the day before we transferred and once I finished transferring I found that some paper was sticking to the tile. my transfer still worked and I was able to easily rub off the paper but if I do this again I will not leave my piece of paper on my tile overnight) Then we started scraping out our design on our tile which I found to be difficult yet fun. Then finally i finished working on the tile by putting a boarder around the edge.

Finished product:

 

My plan:

I made 2 separate designs for my mug, the one on paper was my final design where as the other one was my first design.

 

 

Week 4, Feb 23, 2023. Monster mug and plate

1. • This week I started and finished working on sculpting my monster mug.
   • I also worked on putting underglaze on my plate.
2. Your biggest struggle of the week.
   • My biggest struggle this week was sticking to my monster mug design(which I did not do)
3. Your biggest success of the week.
   • My biggest success was drifting from my plan for my monster mug and ending up with an even cooler design
4. Goal for next week.
   • My goal for next week is to complete more work on my plate and fully finish my mug

Monster mug:

I wanted to have a cauldron shaped mug so I created my own template. I then put in a wide smile and two uneven eyeballs. I then put eyelids on the eyes and made texture with a wooden tool.

Week 5, Mar 2, 2023. Monster mug and inquiry

1. • This week I finished working on my monster mug.
2. Your biggest struggle of the week.
   • My biggest struggle this week was making texture on my monster mug and keeping it.
3. Your biggest success of the week.
   • My biggest success this week was getting a cool paint job
4. Goal for next week.
   • My goal for next week is to stay on top of my projects.

Monster mug:

I found an underglaze that looked like a bloody color once it had glaze on it so I put it all over the inside of my mug. I them mixed up a fleshy color and covered my whole mug in it. I the used a wet paper towel and brush to bring out some of the bloody color underneath. I then filled in the eyes with black and gave the pupil the same blood color.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 6, Mar 9, 2023. Monster mug, and inquiry

1. • This week I glazed and fired my monster mug.
   • I also started on my life below water sculpture
   • I also worked my inquiry project.
2. Your biggest struggle of the week.
   • My biggest struggle this week was learning how to use the news paper in the life below water project
3. Your biggest success of the week.
   • My biggest success this week was learning a new way of sculpting
4. Goal for next week.
   • My goal for next week is to finish my inquiry project

Monster mug:

I glazed my monster mug and put it on the to be glazed fired.

Monster mug

2023-03-08

ceramic

Ciara M

 

We were given an assignment to create a mug that reassembles a monster. I was inspired by brains after my initial design.

Life below water:

I started working on my life below water project near the end of the week. I started by making a newspaper skeleton then making a slab to put on top. I started by shaping the body then adding on a tail then making legs and eye sockets. I then let it get bone dry overnight

Inquiry (mushrooms):

I started making the mushrooms when I had very little time to start a new project. I wanted to make this project because I found it simple and cute. I was also looking for a small decoration. Some challenges I think that I will face while making this project is not being able to make the limbs look like the photos while still being secure. I think i can solve this problem by carving the leg

Inspiration photos:s out a bit when im done sculpting.

My work:

Week 7, March 30, 2023. life below water and inquiry

1. • This week I started painting my life below water project
   • I also worked my inquiry project.
2. Your biggest struggle of the week.
   • My biggest struggle this week was making texture on my monster mug and keeping it.
3. Your biggest success of the week.
   • My biggest success this week was learning about colour theory
4. Goal for next week.
   • My goal for next week is finish my life below water project

Life below water:

I started working on painting my life below water project near the end of the week. I started by making the base colour then doing the eyes and finishing this week by working on the bloody leg.

Inquiry (mushrooms):

My mushrooms were finished and looked great but then I decided to try a glossy varnish and it made the paint start to crack and spread into the other colours so I had to redo the paint job.

 

Inquiry (capybara):

In class I had a bit of free time so i decided to sculpt a guinea pig. Unfortunately, my sculpture dried up before I could finish it. I gave it to my friend who then painted it and made it look much better.

Week 8, April 6, 2023. life below water and inquiry

1. • This week I worked on shading for my life below water project
   • I also worked my inquiry project.
2. Your biggest struggle of the week.
   • My biggest struggle this week was learning how to shade
3. Your biggest success of the week.
   • My biggest success this week finishing my inquiry project
4. Goal for next week.
   • My goal for next week is finish my life below water project and my second inquiry

Life below water:

I started working on shading my life below water project. I started by working onthe main skin shading and then started working on the spots.

 

Inquiry (mushrooms):

I redid the paint job and did not add any varnish or glaze to them

Final product:

 

Inquiry (gnome man):

My inspiration pictures:

My work:

I had some spare time and i decided to make a gnome. I sculpted the body, put on the nose, put a shaped lump of clay on the head and let it dry.

 

 

 

 

Week 9, April 13, 2023.Life below water, gnome, and face

1. Brief Overview of what you did this week, including photo documentation of process.
   • I worked on painting and shading my salamander spots
   • I worked on making a skin tone for my gnome and putting a plaid pattern on its shirt to imitate a flannel shirt
2. Your biggest struggle of the week.
   • learning how to shade in small spaces on my salamander
3. Your biggest success of the week.
   • my skill improvement on shading
4. Goal for next week.
   • finish my gnome

 

Week 10, April 20, 2023.Life below water, gnome, and face

1. Brief Overview of what you did this week, including photo documentation of process.
   • I worked on finishing my life below water project by using a glaze to give it a shiny finish
   • I worked on painting the hat for my gnome
2. Your biggest struggle of the week.
   • keeping texture while using glaze
3. Your biggest success of the week.
   • getting a shiny coat for the glaze
4. Goal for next week.
   • finish my gnomes hat and beard

 

 

Inquiry (gnome man):

i worked on the hat and finding a paint colour that complements the other colours

Life below water final project:

 

 

 

Paper Mache Purpose (Animal Mask):

I have chose to make a mask of a panther. To me, a panther symbolizes courage and power. I have learnt that panthers are also associated with sun and solar vibrancy in some cultures like south and central America. I want to emphasize their piercing eyes, their snout, and their ears.

Inspo pictures:

My drawing:

 

 

Week 11, April 20, 2023. Gnome and mask

1. Brief Overview of what you did this week, including photo documentation of process.
   • I worked on the base of my mask for the project
2. Your biggest struggle of the week.
   • learning how to bend the cardboard into the shape I wanted and keeping it bent.
3. Your biggest success of the week.
   • turning a mistake into a masterpiece
4. Goal for next week.
   • work on the paper mache

 

 

Animal mask:

I worked on my structure of my mask and ended up with something that looks like a stone man so I decided to keep it and start over. I then ended up with a structure i was happy with and was ready to start paper macheing.

 

 

 

Week 12, may 4, 2023. Mask, gnome man, and gnome lady

1. Brief Overview of what you did this week, including photo documentation of process.
   • I worked on the base of my mask for the project
   • I worked on painting my gnomes beard
2. Your biggest struggle of the week.
   • learning how to bend the cardboard into the shape I wanted and keeping it bent.
3. Your biggest success of the week.
   • turning a mistake into a masterpiece
4. Goal for next week.
   • work on the paper mache

 

 

Animal mask:

I worked on paper macheing both of my masks to give them more sturdy.

inquiry (gnome man):

I worked on painting my gnomes beard with underglaze then waited for it to be bisqued fired to glaze it

 

 

Week 13, may 11, 2023. Mask, gnome man, gnome lady, frog, worm.

1. Brief Overview of what you did this week, including photo documentation of process.
   • I worked on the eyebrow of my man mask to give it more shape and detail
   • I worked on glazing my gnome man
   • I sculpted another gnome (gnome lady)
   • I sculpted a realistic frog and made a worm with some of my remaining clay
2. Your biggest struggle of the week.
   • learning how work with the paper mache
3. Your biggest success of the week.
   • trying and ‘succeeding’ at sculpting a realistic frog
4. Goal for next week.
   • finish gnome lady and a mask

Man mask:

I worked on the eyebrow of my man mask to give it more shape and detail and the mask is now ready to paint

inquiry (gnome man):

I worked on coating my gnome with underglaze then waited for it to be fired and then it was finally finished

inquiry (gnome lady):

my inspo pics:

I worked on sculpting a new gnome to match my other one. while the size is not similar, I am proud of how it turned out.

inquiry (frog):

my inspo:

I worked on sculpting a realistic frog. I found it a bit difficult to see my work as realistic in its early stages but i love how it turned out

inquiry (plant worm):

My inspo:

I worked on sculpting a small worm to put in plant soil with some extra clay left over from a project

 

 

Week 14, may 18, 2023. Mask, gnome lady, frog.

1. Brief Overview of what you did this week, including photo documentation of process.
   • I worked on the eyebrow of my man mask to give it more detail and worked on finishing it up
   • I worked on starting to paint my gnome lady with underglaze
   • I worked on painting my frog
2. Your biggest struggle of the week.
   • learning how to make stone texture on my mask
3. Your biggest success of the week.
   • completing my stone man mask
4. Goal for next week.
   • finish my frog

Man mask:

I worked on painting the base then the texture and the finishing details of my mask and now it is done.

 

inquiry (gnome lady):

I worked on sculpting a new gnome to match my other one. while the size is not similar, I am proud of how it turned out.

inquiry (frog):

I worked on painting my frog. I first made a base layer the colour I wanted and then I covered it in white dots.

 

 

Week 15, may 25, 2023. Mask, gnome lady, frog.

1. Brief Overview of what you did this week, including photo documentation of process.
   • I worked on the final touches of my stone man mask by adding a slight bit of green
   • I worked on painting the base layer on my gnome lady
   • I worked on finishing painting the dots on my frog
   • I worked on a new project for two small plates
   • I revived an old and unfinished piece of work into something new
2. Your biggest struggle of the week.
   • spacing out the dots on my frog so they don’t overlap
3. Your biggest success of the week.
   • starting a new project out of an uncompleted one that would have gone in the trash
4. Goal for next week.
   • finish gnome lady details

paper mache ‘Stone man mask’:

I worked on painting the base then the texture and the finishing details of my mask and now it is done.

Artist statement:

Stone Man Mask

2023-05-24 

paper mache and acrylic

Ciara

Stone man mask is an artwork inspired by the stone men on easter island. My mask was made for the assignment ‘animal mask’ where we learned to paper mache a mask.

inquiry (gnome lady):

I worked on painting the base layer on my gnome lady

long term inquiry (dotted plate):

My inspo:

I worked on painting the dots around the rim (this was a plate I made near the star of the year that I did not know how to design)

inquiry (small plate):

My inspo:

I worked on making two small matching plates.  I wanted to try giving it some texture and then I accentuated it with white underglaze

inquiry (frog):

I worked on finishing up the dot design on my frog and completed it

Artist statement:

Frog

2023-05-26 

ceramic and acrylic

Ciara

Frog is an artwork made not only to view, but to to touch, creating an interactive artwork. The dots created have given the frog an uncommon texture.

 

 

Week 16, June 1, 2023. gnome lady, worm, animal mask, dotted plate.

1. Brief Overview of what you did this week, including photo documentation of process.
   • I worked on putting led’s on my black panther mask and painted it black
   • I worked on finishing the paint job for my worm
   • I worked on putting more dots on my dotted plate to finish the rim
   • I worked on painting details on my gnome lady with underglaze
2. Your biggest struggle of the week.
   • learning to do a nice gradient between dots on my dotted plate
3. Your biggest success of the week.
   • finishing the rim on my dotted plate
4. Goal for next week.
   • Glaze my gnome lady

Black panther mask:

I worked on putting led’s on my black panther mask and painted it black

inquiry (gnome lady):

I worked on painting details on my gnome lady with underglaze

 

inquiry (worm):

I worked on finishing the paint job for my worm

Long term inquiry (dotted plate):

I worked on putting more dots on my dotted plate to finish the rim

 

 

 

Week 17, June 8, 2023. gnome lady, worm, Clay face, small plate set.

1. Brief Overview of what you did this week, including photo documentation of process.
   • I worked on glazing many of my projects such as my gnome lady and the small plate set
   • I worked on finishing sculpting my face project
   • i worked on creating many mini sculptures
2. Your biggest struggle of the week.
   • getting the glaze even on the gnome lady
3. Your biggest success of the week.
   • finishing the rim on my dotted plate
4. Goal for next week.
   • finish my clay face

 

inquiry (ghost):

My inspo:

my work:

inquiry (angry face):

My inspo:

My work:

inquiry (weird faces):

I have seen how easily the clay changes on compact (dropping it) so I decided to try and make the same and throw them in different directions to get a set of different faces

inquiry (worm):

Artist statement:

worm

2023-06-05 

ceramic

Ciara

worm is an artwork made not only to view, but to to touch, creating an interactive artwork. The dots created have given the frog an uncommon texture.

inquiry (Clay face):

I worked on making a base for my clay face from newspaper like in the life below water project then made a slab and shaped it the way I wanted and followed by making a nose and eyes and finally the mouth.

 

Week 18, June 15, 2023. gnome lady, Clay face, small plate set, Dotted plate.

1. Brief Overview of what you did this week, including photo documentation of process.
   • I worked on glazing many of my projects such as my gnome lady and the small plate set
   • I worked on finishing sculpting and adding wires to my face project
2. Your biggest struggle of the week.
   • getting the glaze even on my dotted plates over all the dots
3. Your biggest success of the week.
   • finishing my dotted plate
4. Goal for next week.
   • finish all my projects

 

 

inquiry (gnome lady):

Artist statement:

Gnome Lady

2023-06-11 

ceramic

Ciara

Gnome lady is an artwork I made as an inquiry project. I chose to create this art piece to compliment the other gnome I have made.

 

inquiry (small plates):

Artist statement:

Small plate set

2023-06-05 

ceramic

Ciara

The small plate set is an inquiry project I made. I was inspired by rustic style and houses. making these plates have taught me new techniques I can use when having texture on my artwork.

inquiry (Clay face):

I worked on finishing the mouth and putting in heat resistant wire.

 

 

 

Week 18, June 15, 2023. Dotted plate, card deck and maintenance project.

1. Brief Overview of what you did this week, including photo documentation of process.
   • I worked on painting a card deck for a board game project
   • I worked on the class maintenance project
2. Your biggest struggle of the week.
   • Getting the cards to look identical
3. Your biggest success of the week.
   • finishing almost all my project
4. Goal for next week.
   • have a good summer

 

 

Long term inquiry (dotted plate):

Artist statement:

Dotted plate

2023-06-16

ceramic

Ciara

I created the dotted plate for my long term inquiry project. Dotted plate is another artwork I made that has an interesting texture.

 

inquiry (Card deck):

Artist statement:

Card Deck

2023-06-19 

ceramic

Ciara

The inquiry card deck was for a project where I had to make a board game about a book. This project was a partner project and my part was to create the card deck. This process included making an identical piece of artwork each time which became a challenge for me when the designs became harder to replicate exactly or were more detailed.

Maintenance project:

Studio Maintenance Identification-the paint brushes at the paint station are all hardened and are hard to use. all the paint brushes are scattered around the counter near the sink and are not organized in their holders. by the end of the project, we hope that all the paintbrushes are restored and sorted in their proper place.

Division of Tasks and Process– I will you collaboratively maintain this area by splitting the job into parts,  one would have to find all the hard brushes and put them into hot water, and one would wash the brushes. My job was to wash the brushes.

Completion of Maintenance– The maintenance of the paintbrushes contributed to the classroom by having more paintbrushes of various sizes to use for painting