My Portfolio. . . .
Talavera Turtle Vase:
5" x 5" x 8"
Medium: Ceramic, Under-glaze, Glaze
Medium: Ceramic, Under-glaze, Glaze
Mexican Talavera Pottery History:
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Mexican Talavera Pottery Characteristics:
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Why I Chose this Culture . . .
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My Stamp and Talavera on My Piece
Stamp:
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Ephemeral Pumpkin Art:
Medium: Clay, Photograph
HERE'S A LITTLE STORY . . .Once upon a time, there was a pumpkin named Purple, even though he was white. He was a small, but chubby and tall pumpkin with a large stem. It took him a whole year to grow, but he was smaller than the typical pumpkin, while being larger than a baby pumpkin. His parent pumpkins were much larger than he, as well as the rest of the family. Purple felt embarrassed. Even though his family loved him, he didn’t feel love or that he fit in. At least he had a nice stem though. He spent a lot of time alone. One day, Purple ran way to find pumpkins that were more like him.
Purple’s family was worried sick, meanwhile he hopped to Stop and Shop. He encountered many different sized pumpkins than he. Some he felt huge around and some he felt tiny around. He couldn’t find pumpkins that he fit in with. Finally, in the produce department, he saw sugar pumpkins, who were the same size as him. Maybe he was adopted? No, he wasn’t. The sugar pumpkins were really mean and Purple didn’t feel at home. When he tried leaving, they even snapped his beloved stem off and he was in pain. These pumpkins were jerks. Purple quickly rushed to the doctor and got his stem sewed back and decided to go back to his real home. He appreciated his family and the love they gave him. He really did fit in his family, especially when it came to being kind and loving to others. Purple felt terrible for not appreciating his family. When he arrived home his family was relieved and he apologized. He promised he would never run away again and accepted who he was, and his size. Purple lived happily ever after! |
Deconstructed Cup: "The Tornado Storm":
Medium: Ceramic, Glaze, Under-glaze
3" x 5" x 8"
3" x 5" x 8"
Functional Cup: "Peppy Cockatiel"
Medium: Ceramic, Glaze
9" x 3" x 6"
9" x 3" x 6"
This piece was actually inspired by my very own bird named Peppy; who is a cockatiel. I actually made this piece for my mom since she loves birds, especially my bird Peppy. In addition, it is big enough to drink water out of.
He sadly passed away 5/5/2019, a year and a half after the creation of this piece. Peppy is pictured here. |
The Mask: "Drowin' in Homework"
Medium: Ceramic, Glaze, Stain
11.5" x 7" x 4"
11.5" x 7" x 4"
In our present society, many of us wear a mask, a mask which hides what is underneath. This mask shows people what we want them to see in us, but doesn’t necessarily reveal how the person actually is, or how they are actually feeling. Sometimes this mask is also not even worn purposely and instead is what people connect to that person. For example, if someone is usually exercising near them, someone can think of them as “exercise person” without thinking of what else that there is. The mask I made in this ceramics class reflects this idea regarding the mask, hiding what’s really there. With my mask, half of my face is drowning in piles homework for many different classes. I wear a mask of schoolwork and the mask that I made was inspired by it, with it covering up some of the other parts of me that can’t shine through. The other aspects of myself are overpowered by the schoolwork, like in real life, where I spent a majority of my spare time doing my large amount of homework. Sometimes people look at you as “school person” or “homework person” because of this. However on the unmasked side of my face of the mask, the side that shows skin and isn’t drowning in schoolwork has a tennis racket on it, one of my other interests that doesn’t always show through, due to me spending so much time doing homework. This is the mask I wear, covering up what is really underneath.
Geometric Sculpture: "Triangle Stacked"
Medium: Ceramic, Glaze
6.5" x 3.5" x 10.5"
6.5" x 3.5" x 10.5"