k my best friend is geting married this summer and i thought it would be a great idea for a weeding present to make a bust out of thie rheads (him and his fiancee). A head sclupture. It was to be one of my projects for my Advanced Ceramics class. So this thing took me 2 months to do, the neitr 45 minute class period.
Well...my teacher fired it friday over the weekend and I went to pick it up today and... well the 2 head exploded.
I looked at the exploded head and found out why it did. You have to hollow the culpture out. Well I did but I didn't hallow enough in the front of the face. If you have to much thickness in the clay, it will explode while bieng fired so....all that time, sweat, and effort put into it was wasted cause I was in a hurry to finish it cause I have 5 other projects due and it was getting to 2 weeks left of school.
Although before it broke up I took a picture of it for my portfolio (a powerpoint presenation of all my projects I did this year).
Sigh....oh well..I might due it again in my spare time.
my head sculpture broke
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Hitokiri - Posts: 3475
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aww that sucks. i hope you will be able to do another one in time.
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Where I am
Where I'll be - A Thorn For Every Heart
this isn't war, but these are still battles
and battles make it all die out - Dead Poetic
Sometimes I don't know
Where I am
Where I'll be - A Thorn For Every Heart
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Angelchick - Posts: 1585
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Its so frustrating to loose all that hard work!!! I know how you feal. I have never had a peice explode, but I did have a big chunk of a bowl blow off by some one elses explosion.
My Bowl wasnt as an important project as your wedding present, but was still hours of work destroyed....
Can we see the pic you took before hand?
My Bowl wasnt as an important project as your wedding present, but was still hours of work destroyed....
Can we see the pic you took before hand?
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- J. Hudson Taylor
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times." It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach. He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.
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kaji - Posts: 1281
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its in a c.d. and I dont know if I can get it out of it cause its in the powerpoint but I can see what I can do.
To be perfectly honest, it's not even close to my best work. I had to hurry on it cause I was losing time fast as I said before so it doesn't look nearly as good if I had spent alot of time on it and I took bout 3-4 months working on it.
I liked it and disliked it.
To be perfectly honest, it's not even close to my best work. I had to hurry on it cause I was losing time fast as I said before so it doesn't look nearly as good if I had spent alot of time on it and I took bout 3-4 months working on it.
I liked it and disliked it.
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Hitokiri - Posts: 3475
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i've had that happen to me, i was pretty little and was making an animal for my mom and the turtles fin blew off in the kiln. i felt terrible, i kinda know how u feel.
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Mr_Anderson - Posts: 702
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How heartbreaking! That's why I'm afraid of ceramics... I'm stickin' with polymer clay (Sculpey). It never explodes, and you don't need a kiln."All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
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EireWolf - Posts: 2496
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Madeline wrote:It exploded?! *laughs head off, then thinks of how horrible she's being, considering the circumstances*
Wow. That's terrible! I hope that you can make another one in time for the wedding...
::glares at Maeldine with Battousai-esque eyes::
It took me 2 motnhs to make and the wedding is like in a month. Though I could but I need to collect materials and get ample amoutn of clay to make it. Plus all the glazes...
I was kind asurprised it blew up. I've taken sculpte 2 years now and none of my htings ever blew up until now. Strange.
HOWEVER!!! MY Sake set is alright! Very pretty! It has cherry-blossum trees and on the sake jug, it has "sake" in kanji.
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Hitokiri - Posts: 3475
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OOooo, sake set!? Can we see a picture of that?
Sorry I keep asking, I just really like seeing other peoples work.
Umm.... I think Im going to go to the gallery now, bye.
Sorry I keep asking, I just really like seeing other peoples work.
Umm.... I think Im going to go to the gallery now, bye.
Depend on it. God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. He is too wise a God to frustrate His purposes for lack of funds, and He can just as easily supply them ahead of time as afterwards, and He much prefers doing so.
- J. Hudson Taylor
- J. Hudson Taylor
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times." It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach. He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.
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kaji - Posts: 1281
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Sake? can they even get sake where they live, or is it more of a show set.
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Mr_Anderson - Posts: 702
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It exploded, huh?
*sits down, pretending to be meditating* Maybe it's a bad omen...*laughs* Just kidding. ;^^x
Sorry about your sculpture, Hitokiri-dono.
*sits down, pretending to be meditating* Maybe it's a bad omen...*laughs* Just kidding. ;^^x
Sorry about your sculpture, Hitokiri-dono.
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Money, get away
Get a good job with good pay and you're okay
And all and all you're just another brick in the wall
Shoutin’ in the street gonna take on the world some day
But Bismallah will not let me go
Because I'll see you on the dark side of the moon
Tommy used to work on the docks
Union's been on strike
Bright eyes burning like fire
And exposing every weakness
However carefully hidden by the kids
Who will love a little Sparrow
Who's traveled far and cries for rest
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
I've seen a million faces and I've rocked them all
And if the band youre in starts playing different tunes
We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you!
[Pink Floyd fan listening to Queen and hugging trees which is also known as taking care of God's creation with a pair of headphones on listening to Nightwish as loud as possible while writing a novel on a computer in the middle of a field filled with Wolves.]
[Bassist...finally learning Money]
Money, get away
Get a good job with good pay and you're okay
And all and all you're just another brick in the wall
Shoutin’ in the street gonna take on the world some day
But Bismallah will not let me go
Because I'll see you on the dark side of the moon
Tommy used to work on the docks
Union's been on strike
Bright eyes burning like fire
And exposing every weakness
However carefully hidden by the kids
Who will love a little Sparrow
Who's traveled far and cries for rest
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
I've seen a million faces and I've rocked them all
And if the band youre in starts playing different tunes
We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you!
[Pink Floyd fan listening to Queen and hugging trees which is also known as taking care of God's creation with a pair of headphones on listening to Nightwish as loud as possible while writing a novel on a computer in the middle of a field filled with Wolves.]
[Bassist...finally learning Money]
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Heart of Sword - Posts: 2201
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the sake set is mine all mine!! .... I didnt make it for them, I made it for me. For show ....grins....but I will bust it out when im 21!
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Hitokiri - Posts: 3475
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Pretty please?
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