This is my culture piece. I used a mold in the form of a face to create the initial shape of this piece. After I got to pop the clay out of the mold, I went back and touched up parts of the piece that weren't looking too hot. For glazing I decided to keep it pretty simple and just do a nice line pattern in different simple colors.
Balance is a principle because I made the design on the face even on each sides with the yellow stripes on either side of the red stripe. Also proportion because the human face is generally mostly proportionate and I made sure that this mask was. There is unity in this piece because of the glazing, all the colors flow nicely together.
This piece was inspired by African masks. I wanted to try and depict the culture in a more simplified way. I used referenced of masks to create the design of the glazing. They generally used stripes, dots, and swirls on their masks and I really liked the stripes.
I am ok with this piece. I like how the glazing turned out and parts of the clay chipped off but I think it just makes the piece look antique. I would work on my construction for this piece, I think it could be a lot more nicer and sturdier.
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