LAST CRITIQUE!! (for the Semester)
In all honesty I don't necessarily have any pressing new work. What I will be showing is finished glazed works and works that I brought last time that did not get to talk about. The work that I was able to create while we still had time to work with wet clay, reflects more of the ideals that Jamie suggested. He suggested that instead of thinking of works singularly I should begin thinking of them as consecutive works and how in turn they can work together, such as he negative spaces they can create and dynamic and unique ways of arranging them. As most of the works i create are simple in form, I attempted with the glazes to give them a personality of their own, letting instead the colors and textures that emerged allow the work to flourish and become something beautiful. The glazing, stoneware firing, or finishing process of ceramic works speaks to me.In a way it's almost like observing a life process. The clay is formed, simple to begin with, yet with gentle or stern guidance it become something ornate and special, perfectly unique. The ceramic works can be compared to people in themselves, some introverted and sublime, yet with further observation we can find special quirks and subtle beauties, while some are extroverts, overpowering and extravagant but even these posses intimate delicacies.