it has been a long time since i have posted about clay, the journey is over, i am back home and back to work. i am now preparing to teach a workshop at our annual MPCG 08, (morrisburg polymer clay gathering, 2008). my workshop will feature an experimental approach to playing with clay, creating new forms and shapes using wire, metal mesh, fabric, yarns, and whatever will inspire creativity and stretching one's limits with clay...
here are some photos showing how i have used these elements in a sculpture...
here is the parasol for my lady carolyn --a double ended knitting needle provided the main shaft and smaller wires embedded in clay allowed me to gather up the parasol and add a little twirl to the spokes.
and here is annie's rifle, two pieces of stiff wire covered partially with clay which was sculpted to form the barrel and grip of the rifle. a small piece of wire embedded in clay forms the trigger handle... there is no trigger because i am basically against guns, but annie wouldn't be annie without her rifle.....
and here is the fan for the geisha.... again wires embedded in clay shaped and formed into her fan.you can see the whole sculptures to the right at the top of the page, and annie in a post from november 21, 2007.
more ideas for the workshop can be found in a post from january 18, 2008.
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