Zoya's SAS Blog

Woven Bowl Blog Post Construction Photo 1: Entire piece Photo 2: Rim/finish Photo 3: Detail Reflection:   Describe what you enjoyed about the weaving technique. It was actually really therapeutic to go back and forth constantly and after the first few folds you start to see what you’ve been working on and it becomes really easy to be proud of what youve done. What did you find difficult in the construction process and why? There were two things that I found difficult, one was making sure that the coils didnt break as I weaved them and figuring out what to put on the lip finish. I didn’t want to leave it an empty block but I wasn’t sure about what I wanted it to look like for a while so it was difficult to figure out. Glaze Record Weave: Amaco High Fire - Oil Spot 3 coats Finish: Amaco high fire - Indigo Float 3 coats Detail: Amaco high fire - Oatmeal 3 coats Pre-fire glaze photo Post-fire glaze photo Final Reflection D...

This was the rapidograph! I think that out of this and the Prismacolors this was my favorite. I really like doing line art so being able to do this was really fun. Something that I find really interesting though is that I had a lot of difficulty with the shading. Our class was talking about it after we finished and we came to the conclusion that while stippling is much more difficult, it looks much better than my crosshatching. After doing this once there are already things that I wish I could go back and change like what I mentioned before, the shading as well as the contour for the teeth. Seeing as this was a timed drawing though I think that I did get much more done than I thought that I would.  And of course, this is the pen and Prismacolor piece. I really like how this one turned out. I think that I was able to get some fine details into the coloring and that the proportions weren't off this time like they were when I tried to draw the rubber hand. I know tha...