Unified Slab Tile Series: Under the Knife
This project was where each of us got to choose either a social issue of an architectural theme to make a slab tile representation. I quite liked this project as there was a level of freedom unlike projects that I were used to in Ceramics I (and I think a lot of the Ceramics II project that I’ve seen so far are like this, even with the next project that we are doing) and I felt less limited to what I could to. If I remembered correctly, I think I spent the most time and space on my artist statements during Ceramics I on how I tried to make my pot unique, or different from everybody else’s.
My project is probably the most mixed media a ceramics project can get, as I used clay, paint, collage with printed advertisements, metal sheets, pencil, and glass pieces for mosaic on the face. The face is made up of 1 big tile, 3 medium sized tiles and 27 ( yes, I know, it’s a lot .. I have 8 smaller tiles just on the nose) smaller tiles, and while they are all on the main tile, which is a cheat way to do three tiles. My piece deals with the problem of plastic surgery in Korea, and while the topic is terribly overdone, the reason I chose it was because I thought I could represent it really well. The plaster fingers worked really well, an awesome solution to awfully time consuming clay fingers, and the white flakey cloth like texture of the fingers worked well with the “surgery hands” look that I wanted to portray.
Another special technique that I used in the piece was the glass mosaic. I wanted to use it all over the face but only got to doing it partially because I didn’t have time, but I think it worked out that way. I was inspired by the Alexander the Great floor mosaic to do the mosaic, which I like to think is a good thing, as I was inspired by past artworks to apply to my art. I like the fact that AP art history not only helps me learn about the different art in the centuries, but apply those to my own artworks as well.
My project is probably the most mixed media a ceramics project can get, as I used clay, paint, collage with printed advertisements, metal sheets, pencil, and glass pieces for mosaic on the face. The face is made up of 1 big tile, 3 medium sized tiles and 27 ( yes, I know, it’s a lot .. I have 8 smaller tiles just on the nose) smaller tiles, and while they are all on the main tile, which is a cheat way to do three tiles. My piece deals with the problem of plastic surgery in Korea, and while the topic is terribly overdone, the reason I chose it was because I thought I could represent it really well. The plaster fingers worked really well, an awesome solution to awfully time consuming clay fingers, and the white flakey cloth like texture of the fingers worked well with the “surgery hands” look that I wanted to portray.
Another special technique that I used in the piece was the glass mosaic. I wanted to use it all over the face but only got to doing it partially because I didn’t have time, but I think it worked out that way. I was inspired by the Alexander the Great floor mosaic to do the mosaic, which I like to think is a good thing, as I was inspired by past artworks to apply to my art. I like the fact that AP art history not only helps me learn about the different art in the centuries, but apply those to my own artworks as well.