Utah Dreaming
Ben D.
Ceramic
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For this piece, I chose to make the work a letter B to represent my name, Ben. I constructed this letter in a western font style because I wanted to have the piece reflect my love for the western style and scenery. I constructed a cowboy hat that I put on top of my letter, three western style buildings, bullet impacts on the back, a desert mountain, river and cactus on the interior of the letter, and I covered the entire piece with large and small scratch and wear marks. While constructing this piece I wanted to give it a worn and dirty look which I used the large and small scratches to achieve. The cowboy hat I also used a darker black glaze for the first layer removing parts and then three layers of a lighter black to give it a worn and used look. For the western town I included a mix of bright, dull, and varying colors to create a lot of variation and life while sticking to the western theme. The bullet impacts I glazed with a metallic bronze and the mountains with multiple colors including a black, brown, and tan that I removed and layered to bring more dimension. The river and cactus I used a green and light blue for to help bring focus to the interior parts of the letter.
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Creativity to me means to have an idea or concept that you want to create and then to brainstorm and try on ways in which you can show that idea. I think its important to try a ton of ideas and concepts when being creative and doing art.
