I have never worked with clay before but this was my favorite project that I have ever done in both art classes. I learned the different processes for using clay and how to make sure the clay pieces survive in the kiln. Also, I figured out how to use different clay tools to convey different textures and form different shapes. I also learned that I could paint the clay with acrylic paint or glaze it and put it in a glaze fire. For the icing and sprinkles I used glaze and for the dough I used acrylic. All together I learned a lot about the techniques for working with clay. Also, this project helped me gain skills with painting because I wanted to make sure the painting was smooth and the colors were shown through on the sprinkles. I was not sure about a lot of things during this project. For starters, I was not positive about the size of my donuts. I wanted them to all be the same size and thickness but I realized that not all donuts in a dozen look the exact same. Also, I was really unsure about the colors I was using in the icing and dough. I wanted the donuts too look as lifelike as possible so I really wanted to use colors that would portray that. Even though my donuts look a little to bright, I liked how they turned out. The thing that challenged me the most was the icing on the donuts. What I decided to do was cut the icing out separately cut the icing out and place it on top of the clay dough. I was getting really frustrated with the size of the clay icing. When it was too big, I tried to cut it down and then it was too small. Other times the icing was not round enough, and when I tried to make it rounded it would not work. Getting the icing took a lot of patience but I eventually got it to look how I wanted it too. Comments are closed.
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January 2016
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