I am very pleased with where I left off at the end of class today. I finally was able to assemble the two separate parts of my sculpture, which I did using slip and smaller bits of clay. The bottom part was larger in circumference than the upper part, but i just used some moistened clay to combine the halves. I spent a lot of time with one hand on the outside of the apple - for stability - while I firmly pressed outward with a hand on the inside of the apple. This helped me to deepen the curve around the middle of the sculpture, as I have previously mentioned I wanted to focus on. I also created an indentation in the top for where the stem will go. After discussing it with Mrs. Mosley, I have decided that I will actually shape the stem and leaf out of wire, which I will paint to be the same color as the apple itself (gold) so that it doesn’t detract from the focal point as being the hole. I wasn’t sure if I was going to make the hole jagged or smooth, but once I began to cut I liked the aesthetic of the smooth line much better. I was worried about the top half collapsing inwards little bit just from being moist and a lack of support, so I fashioned some newspaper to both ends of a wooden dowel and wedged it snugly across the diameter of the apple. I placed another dowel perpendicular to the horizontal one. My hope is that it will dry out a bit more by Friday so that I can smooth out the rough patches and fine - tune the overall appley shape (Wednesday, April 17th): I was able to get just over half - way through with the full form of the apple today. I have been purposely making the coils thick so that I won’t have to worry about it becoming too thin and collapsing once I start to smooth out the rough patches. In addition to this part of the sculpture, I used an appendage made from two bowls taped together to make the shape of the upper half. I rolled out a slab of clay about half an inch thick and laid it on top. I wasn’t able to take a picture of this step because I ran out of time, but I am hopeful to be able to assemble my apple in full during the next class period. The biggest challenge that I currently face is figuring out how I can manipulate the clay to maintain a prominent curve around the middle of the sculpture indicative of an apple.
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