After 14 years of "independent study, I am watching and learning as a student! I have enrolled in
Brian R Jones 7th Session Class at
Penland. The experience so far has been really expansive!
Watching another artist work is always enlightening and can be great sport. Although physically it's passive, watching stimulates change in my way of thinking and is quite the springboard. After Brian's shadow drawing exercise/demo Monday morning we all sprang into action grabbing bisque pots from the upper shelves of the "boneyard" in the Penland upper clay studio.
I chose this Jan McKeachie vase grouping after trying a couple of other pots that didn't quite have the right shadow that appealed to my sensibilities. The next part of the exercise was to look at the shadows that the piece cast. I went outside with black tar paper or sheathing and a piece of chalk.
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| observing the shadows |
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| drawing shadows and cutting them out |
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| rearranging repeated shapes to come up with other shapes |
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| transferring these forms to blue insulating board |
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| cutting out shapes to use as molds for dishes |
As I write this I realize I am late for class! SO I will try to resume this blog later today with more pictures and thoughts. Sorry to cut this post short.
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Later
