Slab Construction

This is my slab construction. My idea was totally  different compared to this . When I was smoothing our the sides  the top part of the mouth fell off and I found it really difficult to attach back together so I decided to just leave it like that and paint  the inside black. Once it’s glazed it should turn out to be blue. 

Jun Kaneko (Ceramics Artist) Research

Jun Kaneko

Biography: 

Jun Kaneko was born in Nagoya, Japan in 1942. During his adolescence he studied painting with Satoshi Ogawa. In 1963, he came to the United States to be able to continue his study in ceramics at Chouinard Institute of Art. Ten years after that he taught at some of the nations leading schools including, Scripps College, Rhode Island School of Design, and Cranbrook Academy of Art. Over the course of his career he has partnered with industrial facilities to create hand-built sculptures. His first project was the Omaha Project at Omaha Brickworks which was completed in 1983. Pittsburg Project was completed in 2004-2007. He was working at the Cuernavaca Raku ceramics studio, in which he experimented with new glazes. His artwork is in more than seventy museum collections. Jun Kaneko has earned doctorates from the University of Nebraska, Royal College of art in London, and the Massachusetts College of Art & Design. He has also designed the sets and costumes for the opera Madame Butterfly, which was recently presented by The Washington National Opera and The San Francisco Opera Winter of 2016 and Spring 2017. In 1998, Kaneko and his wife opened a non-profit cultural organization to serve the community as an open space for creativity, KANEKO.

This is an untitled hand-glazed project by Jun Kaneko. Jun Kaneko created this in 2003. This project is in the shape of a head that has squares randomly spotted on it.

The artist uses the colors black, white, and grey. Jun Kaneko uses the repitition of black. In his project, he uses squares to capture thr viewers attention. He also uses a mixture of dark and light tones.

The artist is trying to express to us that he prefers using patterns. The curved shapes derive from some of his other work such as his "Egyptian Queen," "Egyptian King," and "Haiku." In one of Kaneko's interviews he stated that he is uncertain of what inspired him to create these projects.

I chose this certain project because the design and the shape stood out to me. Especially the shape, because it is very rare to see an artist work with a shape in form of a head. The artist is communicating with us by using patterns, colors, and rhythm. 

Coil Pot

I like the overall design of my coil pot. The only thing I did not like were the colors I chose because when it got glazed the colors changed to another color. I believe that the black on my pot was supposed to be grey.

Emoji Piggy Bank (rattle)

This was my first project in Ceramics. I decided to start with something small and go from there. I really like how it turned out but I wish I would've made it look more like a sphere because it takes me a long time for it to sit in place. 

Mándala

This is my mandala painting. I didn't have an exact design that I wanted so I just started drawing random shapes and ended up with this! In mind I had a different color scheme but once I colored my sketch I didn't like the way it looked so instead I chose these vivid colors!

Paper Mache

For my paper mache project I decided to make a cupcake because I felt as if it would catch attention mostly because its something almost everyone likes and I also because it would be a challenge for me!

Elements of Art

Cardboard Bas-Relief Sculpture

This is what I came up with for my carboard bas-relief sculpture. I didn't want to do something too hard so I just went with a sunset on the beach!

Metal Tooling

This is my metal tooling art project. I really didn't have any inspiration so I just went online and i started searching for flowers with lots of designs and I chose this flower!

Plaster Sculpture

For my Plaster Sculpture my idea was to build a tower.

After realizing how hard it was to get the shape i wanted this is what i ended up with. I decided to make something somewhat abstract!

Art Critique on Starry Night

This painting in named “Starry Night “by Vincent Van Gogh. It is an oil on canvas painting. It was painted in June 1889. At the bottom of the painting there seems to be houses, towards the middle there are some stars, in the top right corner there is a moon, and to left of the painting it looks like a castle or tower.

 The artist does use the colors blue and yellow.

Vincent Van Gogh uses the repetition of blues and yellows. In this painting he uses curved lines as well as straight lines. The color of the background makes the star pop out more. The artist uses a lot of dark tones to capture the viewers’ attention. 

The artist is trying to express to us that he was feeling a lot of depression and fear while he was painting this. This was painted to symbolize his view from the asylum where he was at right before the sunset as well as a little village.

My favorite part of the Starry Night is how he blended the colors blue, white, and yellow giving an attractive look. The artist communicates to us by the colors, rhythm, and the view. I really like this painting. This is something that has always stood out to me.

Dreams

This is my 2017 Dream/Vision board. My major goal for this year is to travel and visit the places Ive always wanted to go to!