Artist Statement
This first project was an assignment assigned to us as a sort of pre-test. Coming into this ceramics class I was relaxed about how I would do in this class with a new medium. Unfortunately I am not as great with this clay medium as I may be with other mediums. Previously taking an art class in seventh grade where we briefly touched upon the topic of ceramics. Being that I am in 10th grade now it has been 3 years since I have ever created a clay structure. Using what I vaugly remembered I ended up with some sort of vessel. My original idea for this project definitely did not turn out that way when I was done. Building a vessel that was round and sturdy enough to stay up was extremely difficult for me. I would go home at the end of class and stress about how I was ever going to finish this project. Starting over and over again was what ended up happening to me throughout this process. Whenever I thought, " that could work" my project would some how end up falling apart. My final vessel did not turn out how I wanted, but it is the best I could do with my skills at the time.