Clay project

The three projects assigned by the clay group where an animal, texture, and whatever you wanted. I made a cat face, a triangle with different textures by using all the clay tools in the class, and I also made dice. I really liked working with clay because it was  cool just to play around with it and to make different shapes and see what comes up of it. A lot of the time I wouldn't know what to make so I just tried making different shapes with the clay and it turned out great. My favorite object I made was the dice because it looked real and it was fun to make. I liked making the cube and then the wholes on each side. The cat was fun to make because it came out really cute and I liked playing around with it, by making it's ears and eyes and nose. One mistake I made was not going on the pottery wheel. I would of liked to go on it and make a bowl if I had more time. I think it would of been really fun and I would have been interested to see how it turned out. I really liked working with clay, I thought it was a fun experiment.

Brainstorming on plaster project

I really like the idea with the paper mache balloons. I think it would be cool if we made masks or a mold of our hands. It would be really cool to paint them afterwards when they dry and make cool designs on them. Also we could maybe plaster animals and make their full bodies not just the face.

Making Paper

Making paper has been really fun so far. I made it by choosing the colors I wanted, then ripping them up and putting them in a blender. After I blended it I I put it in a tub of water and then put a square screen under it so the paper would go on top and shape it. After I took it out and took all the water out with a sponge. Then I put it on a piece of cloth and let it dry. I made one piece with dark and light pink with also some blue. The color was really pretty but it came out a little thin. I also put some flower pedals in it. I think this project is really cool and I liked it because I have never done anything like this before and it was a great experience. The second piece I made was with Julia. It was with light and dark green and some yellow. We made it big and thick and it came out really nice. We put orange specks in it after we finished and then let it dry. Both of my papers came out really nice.