Date: Dec 2, 2024

Medium: Clay and Ceramics tool kit

Statement:

This project aimed to make a self-portrait sculpture using proper techniques, such as slick and score or smoothing. I started my project by creating the shape of myself out of clay. I didn’t use any tissue or aluminum foil to make the shape of me. I created my shape by rolling the clay like dough and forming it into a base for my neck and a ball of my head. Later, I added more clay to make my neck longer since it looked smaller. I used the slick and score technique to add specific parts like my ears or nose whenever I needed more clay. Then, I would smooth parts of the sculptor with water that had cracks in them so it wouldn’t hurt my design too much.

I also added more clay to make my head’s size thicker than usual; in this project, I even had to use another method called patience. Finding the patience was difficult because I had to redo the nose and ears again whenever it would mess up when I got home. Learning this technique helped me because it improved my project in some messy regions.