Sculpture Project 3: Multiples 2014

I've noticed a use of multiples in much of my work while taking on this project. My rose pot had multiple roses, set of cups- holes, caterpillar- seeds, urchin- spikes. The process is familiar to me and noticeably time & labor intensive, so for this project I chose a simpler direction that still incorporated my style.
I threw a sphere on the wheel, perforated it, then filled it with colored and pinched the porcelain discs. The 'multiple' aspect of my sphere is the red discs within, but the perforations are a multiple in themselves as well.
Overall, the creation process is really simple to me. Not much sculpting was involved, yet I'm very much drawn in by its visual and tactile qualities. It has a reference to containment through the discs and the contrasting of red interior with white exterior. Viewers are prompted to hold the sphere and touch the shifting discs.
It sounds like pennies, which is pretty cool too owo.

Sculpture Project 2: Replication and scale

Project 2 involves replicating an object at a different scale. I chose to make a sea Urchin.
I threw a thick bowl and perforated it with three different sized holes. I then rolled out coils of three different lengths for each hole size. At the tip of each spike is point of porcelain with cobalt pigment. I left the piece unglazed because I like bare porcelain, but also because I wouldn't be able to tough or move it after completion...
The spikes rest inside the perforated dome and it takes about an hour to assemble.

Caterpillar Finished!

I finally finished my first sculpture project, which I call Caterpillar. Even though it's not a caterpillar, the shape just kinda fit the name.
During the bisque, one of the seed pods cracked off and fell into a burner. It broke into a few pieces and the part that was in the burner shrunk more. After, much debate and receiving suggestions from my peers and professors, I decided to reassemble the pod even though the pieces didn't fit right and much of the interior was missing.
Thank you Matias for lending me epoxy and apoxie to fix it. I was able to attach all the pieces and sculpt in the missing parts.
After patching it up, I painted it with acrylic paint and finished it with a matte clear coat.