january projects

I'm going to miss the deadline. I'm almost done with my second project for january, but I don't even have any kind of idea for what to do with the third one!! If anybody has any ideas or something idk haha help me out please :)))))
Anyway, this is the only project I have completed for the month of january! I made used that half circle blue plastic mold thing to make two almost semi circles. I made them out of coils and I smooshed them together to make that scale pattern thing. Then I beat those with a paddle and attached them together and I made a spout type thing for the neck and cut a hole in it! BAM!! successful udu drum that I'm not too embarrassed to say was constructed by myself.

So, I have been thinking a lot lately that my projects have been lacking a little in the quality department... But now that I have got the first three out of the way, I feel like I now have a pretty good grasp on what it is I will be doing to make my projects wayyyyyy higher quality. I'm going to start working more in parts, and doing things in a less basic way-- adding designs and textures and new parts onto the basic forms. Such as making two drums in one or more complex versions of the original drums.

Empty Bowls Flyer

I did it! It's in the window of the Tangles salon!

mini udu

so my bong.. i mean second udu drum is done. And I used the piece of palm tree bark that kenzi gave me to paint it with. I think it's pretty cool, and much of an improvement from the last one!

first udu drum

In a great rush, I completed the first udu drum. It's not very good. It ended up being waaayyy too big, and it's off-center. Also, the holes at the top and in the middle of the pot are supposed to be small enought that they can be easily covered by a hand... Maybe the holes on this pot are small enough for a giant to cover them easily. This was really the trial pot, and for a first attempt, I guess I'm happy with it. I probably will not include it in my portfolio but that depends on how all the rest of them turn out.

It's Official.

After doing further research of coiling methods, I have OFFICIALLY decided to completely change my concentration. Instead of doing coiled planters with different textures (which was a totally lame idea), my concentration will be the udu drum. It's a type of drum that is made originally in Nigeria by women who use the pinch coil method. There are many different ways that these drums can be made, and I think it's a perfect idea for my concentration. I'm really excited to start working on it.... and I'm going to have to work fast since 2 projects are due in like a week -__-

After seeing photos of the amazing artwork by Wendy Hoare, it's making me analyze my work even more than usual. In class, Amy showed me a magazine that fearured some of Wendy's work, and as I was working on my piece and looking back and forth between the photos and my piece, I started to not like what I was working on. I feel that I am doubting myself as an artist, and I need to realize that Wendy has probably been developing her idea for many years, whereas I have only been working on it for a little while. Maybe in a few years, I can develop my ideas to the point that they are as perfected and as awesome as hers :)