ARTIST STATMENT "KARLIE'S WINTER ART SHOW" KARLIE HUFFMAN '24 ELEMENTS OF CERAMICS 2
FOR MY FIRST EVER ART SHOW I DECIDED TO MAKE A MINIMILISTIC AND SIMPLE BUT ALSO CREATIVE AND DIFFERENT THEME. I HAD 3 VERY DIFFERENT IDEAS AND I LOVE MY FINAL CHOICE. THIS YEAR IS MY FIRST TIME USING CLAY TO MAKE ANYTHING SO IT FOR SURE HAS BEEN A TASK AND STRUGGLE TO LEARN EVERYTHING SO FAST AND TRY TO MAKE EVERYTHING PERFECT. I FOR SURE MADE MANY MISTAKES IN MAKING THESE ITEMS FOR THE SHOW BUT I FEEL CONFIDENT IN THE FINAL LOOK. I MADE THIS SET OF THREE FOR MY MOM. SHE LOVES THE COLORS PURPLE AND PINK AND LOVE GETTING MY ARTWORK FOR CHRISTMAS. THE PROCESS WAS ROUGH BUT WORTH IT. THE FIRST THING I MADE WAS BOWLS. IT TOOK ME 3 DAYS TO MAKE A BOWL WITHOUT IT FLOPPING OR DESTROYING IT. I STARTED TO GIVE UP AND THOUGHT OF MAKING SOMETHING ELSE BUT THEN I MADE A REALLY NOT PERFECT BUT DECENTLY NICE LOOKING BOWL. I THEN MADE A FEW MORE BUT I LOVE MY FIRST ONE SO I SWATCHED MY COLORS ON THE OTHER TWO BOWLS TO SAMPLE MY LOOKS AND FOUND WHAT MY THEME WOULD BE WITH THOSE TWO OPTIONS. I THEN TRIED TO MAKE PLATES. IT FAILED A LOT AND I STARTED TO ONCE AGAIN GIVE UP BUT I TRIED THREE MORE TIMES AND I CAME OUT WITH TWO THAT I FELT CONFIDENT ABOUT. ONE CRACKED SO I MADE ANOTHER ONE AND I REALLY LIKED HOW IT TURNED OUT. I THEN MADE MY PINCH POT DISH AND I SHAPED IT INTO A FLOWER. I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT MAKING IT BECAUSE I HAVE LOTS OF RINGS AND I LOSE THEM BECAUSE I HAVE NO WHERE TO STORE THEN SO IM REALLY HAPPY THAT NO I WILL WITH THIS PEICE OF ART. MY GLAZE IDEA WAS A SUPER SIMPLE AND PRETTY WHITE OUTSIDE WITH A PURPLE AND PINK ALMOST WATERCOLOR LOOKING DESIGN IN THE MIDDLE WITH A GOLD RIM LIKE A GEO. IM REALLY EXCITED OF HOW MY ART SHOW IS GOING TO TURN OUT.
FOR MY FIRST EVER ART SHOW I DECIDED TO MAKE A MINIMILISTIC AND SIMPLE BUT ALSO CREATIVE AND DIFFERENT THEME. I HAD 3 VERY DIFFERENT IDEAS AND I LOVE MY FINAL CHOICE. THIS YEAR IS MY FIRST TIME USING CLAY TO MAKE ANYTHING SO IT FOR SURE HAS BEEN A TASK AND STRUGGLE TO LEARN EVERYTHING SO FAST AND TRY TO MAKE EVERYTHING PERFECT. I FOR SURE MADE MANY MISTAKES IN MAKING THESE ITEMS FOR THE SHOW BUT I FEEL CONFIDENT IN THE FINAL LOOK. I MADE THIS SET OF THREE FOR MY MOM. SHE LOVES THE COLORS PURPLE AND PINK AND LOVE GETTING MY ARTWORK FOR CHRISTMAS. THE PROCESS WAS ROUGH BUT WORTH IT. THE FIRST THING I MADE WAS BOWLS. IT TOOK ME 3 DAYS TO MAKE A BOWL WITHOUT IT FLOPPING OR DESTROYING IT. I STARTED TO GIVE UP AND THOUGHT OF MAKING SOMETHING ELSE BUT THEN I MADE A REALLY NOT PERFECT BUT DECENTLY NICE LOOKING BOWL. I THEN MADE A FEW MORE BUT I LOVE MY FIRST ONE SO I SWATCHED MY COLORS ON THE OTHER TWO BOWLS TO SAMPLE MY LOOKS AND FOUND WHAT MY THEME WOULD BE WITH THOSE TWO OPTIONS. I THEN TRIED TO MAKE PLATES. IT FAILED A LOT AND I STARTED TO ONCE AGAIN GIVE UP BUT I TRIED THREE MORE TIMES AND I CAME OUT WITH TWO THAT I FELT CONFIDENT ABOUT. ONE CRACKED SO I MADE ANOTHER ONE AND I REALLY LIKED HOW IT TURNED OUT. I THEN MADE MY PINCH POT DISH AND I SHAPED IT INTO A FLOWER. I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT MAKING IT BECAUSE I HAVE LOTS OF RINGS AND I LOSE THEM BECAUSE I HAVE NO WHERE TO STORE THEN SO IM REALLY HAPPY THAT NO I WILL WITH THIS PEICE OF ART. MY GLAZE IDEA WAS A SUPER SIMPLE AND PRETTY WHITE OUTSIDE WITH A PURPLE AND PINK ALMOST WATERCOLOR LOOKING DESIGN IN THE MIDDLE WITH A GOLD RIM LIKE A GEO. IM REALLY EXCITED OF HOW MY ART SHOW IS GOING TO TURN OUT.