Porcelain Installations

This week we are going to be making porcelain installations for display cases in our high school hallways. Porcelain is a very smooth soft clay that is great to work with.

Here are a few sculptures I'm using for inspiration...

repetition and rhythm assignment

repetition

The rhythm I used in this picture is with a wavy line. The spaces in-between the lines are not all the same which makes it a bit more interesting.  The lines give me a calm flowing feeling from the wavy lines. Originally, there were fewer lines and  wider spaces in between,.  It wasn't that interesting .  There was too much white and not enough shape.   I added more lines which decreased the amount of space or whiteness in the graphic.

rhythm 

   

In this picture, all of the lines are going into the centre of the page.  This creates the illusion of  lines going into the distance.   I didn't want to add different sized lines to the drawing because I thought it might decrease the symmetry and make it look sloppy.  I like the neatness of the lines.

Miro, "Dutch Interior II,"

Imitationalism

  This drawing is a complete failure when it comes to imitationalism. In the picture there is what seems to be a bunch of crazy looking animals that look nothing like how they should  in real life. There is no shading and everything is flat, warped, and unrealistic. Some of the colors are somewhat normal, but some of them are clearly way off there normal color.

Emotion

  The emotion in this picture is very exciting and energetic.  At the same time it's a bit creepy. because the animal shapes are distorted.  The colours aren't very vibrant but the way they are used makes the painting more exciting.    The tones are rich  and mostly warm.  The way the lines curve and join together and the way the animals are streched and warped gives me the feeling of calm.     At the same time it is stressful  to look at  because the eye can't understand what it is looking at.   

Formalism

   All the lines are crisp.  There are different textures that help create a mood.   The rough texture of some of the painting makes  the painting look unfinished. The picture is totally two dimensional creating the effect of flatness.   There is no shading and  the colours are basically solid. The negative space is around and between all the animals  and the positive space is the animals.  Because there is so little shading there is also very little detail.