Last week we had the Urban /Street/ Hip-Hop show in the SpaceLab, and I have to say that it turned out really really good. There was a good variety and amount of work and everyone was pretty excited about putting their work into the show. I was extremely happy with the way that the show turned out. This is the first show that I have ever put together and I was a bit nervous about how it would turn out and wether I would have enough stuff to fill the space and if people were going to back out at the last second. It was a really good experience for me and it was a really fun show to put together. There were no limitations or high expectations, just a bunch of kids getting together making work that is fun and creative.
I would love to put together a few more shows like this one before I graduate in 2012. There is something about having work in a themed show that is exciting, especially if it is with your peers. It gives you a chance to show your stuff and make a work that is specific to the show, which is a good change of pace from just making things that you normally would make.
As you can see from the photos the lemon project that I had been working on got finished for the show. I was pretty pleased with the overall appearance of the piece, but the jeweled lemon did not come out exactly the way that I had wanted. It was much harder to get the jewels to line up on the rounded surface of the lemon than it was on the gun that I previously did. This was a bit frustrating to me. I know know that it would have been a bit easier if I had bought smaller sized jewels and I think that would have looked a bit better as well. But overall I am fairly pleased. I would like to see what this piece would look like with the lemon that I glazed with mason stain, I may do this for the Open House.
For the Open House I would also like to put in my 2-liter bottles and the to-go boxes that I have been working on. They will probably be located in the Space Lab for the Earth Day Show. For the 2-liter bottles I plan to leave them as the raw bisque fired porcelain. I feel that this piece looks best this way because you can see all of the detail of the bottle and the label. For the to-go boxes though I am thinking that I will underglaze them so that they are a brighter white, and depending on how that turns out I may or may not add a clear glaze to them.
I think that I have everything fairly well done for the final critique. Although I do feel that my lidded form project could have been better, at least it is complete. As far as all of the other projects go I am happy with the way that they have come out. I feel that the work that I have done this semester has been much more productive than some of the semesters in the past. Although with the negativity that has been going on around the studio I do feel that this semester could have been a lot better.
I am looking forward to the Raku class in the summer, and I am especially looking forward to the break that I will have between the end of this semester and the beginning of the 2nd summer session. This break is exactly what I need to regroup and continue to make awesome Art for all of the world (IUS) to see!
