Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Ceramic, Semi Porcelain Tinky Winky

 Semi Porcelain Tinky Winky. (not fired) Museum of Colour.


I made this model from semi porcelain clay for my colour museum project. I chose to do Tinky Winky because it was a challenge with the curves and definition. Semi porcelain dries quite quickly so I had to be gentle when it came to carving and shaping the piece. I had to spray the clay lightly with a water bottle to keep it hydrated and prevent cracks appearing.
            Firstly I worked out the proportions to ensure that the head, body and feet were the correct size. I then moved on to adding more clay to where I had placed the arms so that they would come out from the body, as they should. I added the ears and antennae separately at the end and made sure everything was in line before I smoothed the item over with a soft brush in water.
            This was my fist semi porcelain model, I think it came out well because there were no cracks and I had the proportions correct.  It has a good resemblance to the Tinky Winky object I had based it on.

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