NEW MEDIA: Telling Story With Clay
I’ve got this idea that using the same block of clay I can reform and tell a new story each day. I’m practicing now, with my first venture being these leaves. Mainly I’m trying to get the feel of the clay and one was too hard to work with (for me) while this 4.5 lb. block of white clay is really nice to work, but may be too soft to hold up to some of what I have planned for it.
Years ago, in clay class I found that I was not one of those who could manage throwing a pot on a wheel and getting it much higher than five inches, or thinner than a half inch. But I did love working with clay, and made several plaques, including one with my stuffed shrimp recipe in visuals and I molded a seated nude figure (she’d be about 14″ tall if she stood up, but she couldn’t of course, being clay and having only one arm). For some reason I threw her away just a few years ago and regret that now. She was unable to be fired since the instructor was afraid of air bubbles within her and if she blew up in the oven, she’d take all my classmate’s work as well.
So the idea is to mold a piece a day that holds a story, photograph it, and remold the piece into something else the next day. I’m also planning on playing with clay and photos to make stop-motion animation.
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