Project with Christy Keeney

We were given one day to make our our interpretation of someones portrait, weather it was of our selfs or someone we know. I bagan researching family photos and came across some cheeky smiles from my younger siblings. I couldn't decide between my Sister or Brother!

My sister Leia is sneaky but has an innocent pose within her photos. Its true when they say boys will be boys, Niall my brother has a sneaky, cheeky  face  in this particular photo and it had caught my eye. So I started to work from this photograph:

Clay work:


Slab Roller

Slabs of Clay

Scoring and joining of Slabs

Shaping Slabs

Coiling and extending

Facial Features, attaching, engraving and texture

I enjoyed making these as it was a new challenge for me to take on and it was a fun, quick and its interesting to learn new techniques!

 These have just finished their biscuit firing and I will be glazing this over the next few days/weeks.