Portfolio Creation: Brainstorming

    In our most recent discussions and post-it note planning we were asked to choose random and virtually unrelated word and categories and think of ways that we could find mutual ground the two, and to think of ways that these two could correlate into a cohesive and unique idea for future works within any media. The two terms that struck me as the most interesting were 'food' and 'textures'.  A recurring idea that has come back to me through these terms would be the ways on how I could express specific emotions through foods. This could be done either through the textures that are within certain foods or possibly the way our brains connect certain foods to emotions. Such as when you're sick or cold, you typically like to eat a steaming bowl of chicken noodle soup.
  Something else of interest that was also discussed was how differently we interpret food devoid of color, rotting foods, and unripe foods. Another part of this that I believe would be interesting would be to mix unflattering smells, such as rotten bananas, with pictures of ripe bananas and analyze how differently we view the food. This could also be done in reverse, such as if the glorious smell of a grilling hamburger was inhaled while someone viewed a photo of an old, rotten, half eaten hamburger.

Recent works: Presenting Artworks

Below are several works that I made over the late summer weeks at Phoenix Fired Arts in Joplin Missouri. For the first time in my Ceramic career I feel like I have begun to make work that I am actually beginning to feel proud of! I'm progressing in many ways and my works are becoming increasingly technically sound. I've recently been on a binge of making bottles, and have been working on achieving larger and more complex forms. I'll upload some of my more recent unfired works soon.

 Below is a work in progress at Pheonix Fired Arts in Joplin Missouri. It is a closed sphere with dimensions approximately 6x6.