Moss & Vines

I am trying to broaden

 my skills with clay.

My goal is to take things

up a few notches and explore

different things with clay.

 

 

I have begun sculpting and

carving a very involved piece.

 I want my clay sculptures to be

perceived as a piece of art.

 

 

 

I love woods and forest. 

 It is one of my favorite places to be.

   I feel great peace and tranquility

when I am in the woods.  I want to

express many things I like in

the woods and am planning 

to create a series of pottery art on a

 woodland theme. This bowl

with be first in the

 series and depicts moss and vines

that are often seen in the woods.

I enjoyed working on this
so much that time just
flew by! Here you
can see the bottom of the bowl.

 

 

the moss and

 vines go around the bottom.

 

 

Then as the clay became a bit
 more firm I flipped it over
and began sculpting the inside.

 

 

I chose wild morning glories

as my flower for this piece.

I wanted something wild and viny. 

It's kind of odd that I picked this

flower because they are a 

menace to me in my vegetable garden.

The are impossible to kill and they

 basically will keep

 growing and climbing no matter how

many times you try to pull them up. 

Their roots run deep. If I think of them

in that light you almost have to admire

their tenacity. It is something

I admire. I like the

whole theme of being wild and

 unstoppable and felt this

was a good vision for my piece.

 

 

Here you can see how much time

 and detail went into each flower.

 

 

 

 

see....how moss grows on rocks

 

 

 

I added a dragonfly which is

 also a favorite of mine.

 

 

Once done I could see how you

can't see the bottom detail as it sits on a flat

surface.  So this will be displayed in a stand.

 

This will take me an insane amount of time

to glaze.  I also have future plans

for a sculpted statue

that will go with this piece!