Art Reflection - Ceramics and Sculpture

                In Ceramics and Sculpture we've have made name tiles, coil pots, plates, and currently pinch pot creatures. I have been really enjoying my time in this class because I have surprised myself with how good my projects have been turning out, because their not sloppy like I thought they would turn out and I've been careful not to leave any air holes open since known of my projects have blown up yet. I've learned how to use the clay utensils and slip, which have been a huge help. What's harder is trying to make the image you depict come out that way when working with clay, like my owl isn't really looking like one, it more or less looks like a penguin.

Art Reflection - 3-D Design

                 In 3-D Design we have made collages, shrinky dink jewelry, and metal jewelry using the design principles. I am enjoying my time in 3-D Design, I've been wanting to take an art class since I found out that I can learn to make jewelry. What I've learned is how to work with metal, like cutting it out, shaping it, sawing, and polishing it. I've also learned how to put jump ring holes in my jewelry projects to make them into necklaces. I am a little familiar working with clay because I'm also in Cermaics and Sculpture. I have pushed myself more and have expanded my knowledge in this class because I have the opportunity to make some really creatives jewelry since I don't have all the supplies I would need at my house. I've learned that I'm better at drawing than cutting out that design in metal, but I am surprising myself with how well I've been with sawing. I've been pleased with the way my jewelry has turned out for a beginner, like my shrinky dink jewelry I was pleased with because I added beads to my necklace, which worked out better than I expected and I got to learn how to make earrings that made me satisfied that they turned out cute.

Symmetrical pendant

For the pendant we had to come up with a 3-dimensional design and cut it out of the metal, then we had to smooth and polish it.