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1. Some of the tools I used were a metal scraper, a ribbon tool, and a needle tool. A metal scraper helped me on my slab pieces. When I put them together, sometimes the sides were uneven or not straight so I used the metal scraper to scrape off the excess clay and make each side as even as I could. A ribbon tool helped me on my sgraffito piece. Sgraffitos have designs carved into them and it makes the colors stand out. I used the ribbon tool to carve out my jurrassic design and make all of the different levels of the piece. A needle tool helped me with my figurative piece of a dog. I used it to help create details in my piece. It helped me create the nose, the eyebrows and it helped me define the eye balls. A needle tool is very good for detailing and defining. 2. My knowledge and understanding changed because I had barely ever used any sculpture tools. I took art 1 two years ago and I’m pretty sure I used those tools wrong back then. I remember using the metal scraper to cut clay. Especially tools like the pottery wheel I had never used before. I think the pottery wheel was really cool. Although I didn’t know a lot at the beginning of the semester, I know more now because of the experience I had using them. My favorite material I used this year was clay. I like it so much because you can change it so easily. If you didn’t like something, it’s easy to cut a part out and scrap it or redo it or add to it. Clay is useful in any situation. You could use it for any idea. The project that was the least successful for me was the pit fire piece. I think I didn’t use enough materials to burn onto it because I think the colors aren’t very compatible. The only colors that showed up were orange-brown and black and to me, it doesn’t look as cool as the examples from the internet. My sides aren’t very even and I accidentally sprayed dirt in the inside of the piece and now it’s stuck there. My mom uses it as a flower pot now. If I were to do it again, I would make sure the sides were symmetrical and striaght and I would burn more materials on it to create more colors. My least favorite material to work with was definitely paper mache. The first problem was that I hated the consistency and smell of the flour/water mixture and that’s a big issue because paper mache is very hands on and when you don’t like putting it on your hands, it is very hard to do. It was also hard to get the newspaper to stick to the cardboard. I think the paint didn’t look very good either. Honestly, I was just not happy with that project overall. With the help of my friends, I got over it and was able to finish the project.
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