Stacy+K.

This alter ego pinch pot bottle, my first assignment in this class, represents my stresses and anger that I had to suppress through my whole life. I never really yell at someone or try to tell someone what he or she did wrong because it can infuriate him or her and make me get into a fight. Whenever I get into a fight, I feel depressed for that day, which I think is not an exception for anyone, and I hate it when my depression affects the people around me. This sculpture that I created contains all the angers and sorrows that I have never showed to other people. The tears on the sculpture’s cheek represents the sadness and the anger is represented by the paws and angry eyebrows.

Honestly, I was not so successful in the modeling stage. My carelessness in keeping the vinyl bag closed caused the sculpture to dry and I had a hard time trying to “nurse” the sculpture. I had an extra duty--constantly adding water to the sculpture using a water sponge. I was worried if my sculpture would have many cracks but since I tried really hard to keep my sculpture dry, it turned out to be better than what I thought.

I would say I was pretty successful in using the slip and score method. Every time I added more clay to my sculpture, I used the slip and score method and I think that is why none of the parts in my sculpture fell apart. THE SLIP AND SCORE METHOD WAS ALSO QUITE FUN TO ME!!

At this stage, I am pretty pleased with my sculpture because the things that I worried, such as parts falling apart or cracking, never really happened. The only thing I was a little unsatisfied with was that the size of the feet in my sculpture was different and my sculpture turned out to be a little unbalanced. However, since nothing huge has happened, I would say that I am satisfied with my sculpture.

If I could change my sculpture, I would first make my feet sized the same so that it is balanced. If I could start the whole project again, I would definitely make sure if my bag is not open. I will make sure my sculpture is not dry the next assignment!!