Anti-hunting Campaign - Clay Modelling

After research into various existing ceramic artists and style, I felt I was able to start practicing. As Farsya is a Visual Communication student she taught me basic skills about ceramics work. In the ceramics department, we were advised on what would be the best methods of making our sculpture. I began to create a deer's head while Farsya was creating a sculpture of the brain.

The idea was to start modeling a rough shape of the deer's head and then to cut the model in half and scoop out the insides and make a hole in the bottom of the model. When the clay is sent into the kiln room, a model like this should be hollow in order to avoid explosions.

The model needs to be sliced and scooped using the tools provided, and then put back together carefully. This step was quite hard as we had to make sure that the model has an appropriate thickness so it didn't collapse on itself.

When the inside of the deer model was removed and formed back together it was time to ass texture and details such as eyes, nose, head shape, and mouth.

As we wanted to add the model of a brain to the sculpture we had to cut out the whole and get rid of one of the deer's antlers. As the clay was very dray we had to use special tools. Below is a picture of final deer model which will be the proceeded to be put in a kiln to harden. 

Below are the final images of the scupltures after the firing process. Farsya has made 4 different models of the brain so we could chose the most appropriate one. Our next step is to add the colour. We also feel comfortable enough to begin production of the branding section of this brief.