In this unit, we are supposed to make a clay. The shape of the clay must be in either organic shape or geometric shape. I choose to make it to a circle shape which is also an geometric shape. First, after we get the clay from the teacher. I use the wire cutter to cut the clay into two pieces and take the piece that the size is similar to my design. Later, I wedged the clay to make sure that the air will not going inside of the clay. I do my wedding on the canvas to make sure that the table will be clean and not be dirty after.Then I used the needle tool to make the clay into a more accurate circle and put the extra clay away. My original design is to make the clay into a baseball, so later on I used the coils on the circle to make the two lines of the baseball and I used the needle tool and the pointing tool on drawing lines on my circle to make it more like a baseball. I also draw the 4 bases on the circle so it can represent baseball even more. I used the needle tool later use on the outside part of the home base. I use the needle tool to make the base outside more deeper so it seems more similar to the real life one. After that, I used the needle tool again at the side of the circle. I draw the sentence “Baseball Never Stop” to represent baseball even more and I wrote it 2 times so it can be seen at the right and also the left side of the circle. Last, I used the scratching tool at the bottom part of the circle. I use it to make the groove under the circle to make sure that it won’t break or separate after we put it into the kiln.
I think balance was showed by my design, because the two lines are equal length and it’s at the opposite side. Also the bases were located equally in my circle. I think my design has harmony too because my design was balanced very well and my drawing was simple and easy to understand. I think there was an emphasis on my project is that everything I draw on the circle was all related to baseball, for example bases, baseball, bat…etc. It makes the audience knowing and understanding my project more easier.
I think I didn’t use Pattern and Rhythm very well in this project, because it can not really tell there are any pattern or rhythm in my project so I think these two are the improvement that need to improve next time. Also I think there is no obvious contrast in my project, because mostly the drawing on my project were all balance or equally separated. I think my project is not unity too, because there’s too much different drawing on my project so it makes the not unity, but I think my project is still organized well and looking good.