Usually, After I Take A Few Pictures Of The Sculpture, I Smoosh The Little Guy Back Into The Scrap Pile.

Usually, after I take a few pictures of the sculpture, I smoosh the little guy back into the scrap pile. But I was so enamored with my cute little Hypnotoad that I just couldn't. (I mean, I did, eventually...but I took a lot of pictures with him first. Possibly for my scrapbook. [Don't judge.])

Marblex, ~30 min.

I watched "Brick" today and was feeling a noir-ish sort of mood, so I made this little Cadillac. Not my finest work, I have to admit. But I learned a few things:

1. If you're going to make teeny tiny models and shoot them super close up, you better make sure your lines are straight.

2. If your proportions are off at the start, you're screwed.

3. I was probably a better sculptor when I was eleven:

It's not a very noir scene (driver, escaping a fantastic terror-beast, runs over miniature dinosaur?), but what do you want for Day Two.

Dark green and light green Play-Doh, ~ 60 min.

First, I tried to make Uncle Sam. After 15 minutes, his legs still looked ridiculous, so I decided to make a bust instead. "Like the 'I Want YOU' posters!" I thought. And then I made one attempt at a human face, ordered a figure-sculpting book from the library, and went with his hat.

Hey, I know my limits.

(But look how much smoother it is! +1 for having the right tools.)

Marblex, ~30 min.

I thought about my Grandma a lot today. She's like the geek matriarch in my family, the first of the line of Trekker women. These books were hers, and then my mom's, and now mine. I love her lots and even though I was very sleepy by the time I remembered to make a sculpture today, I tried to make this a good one for her.

Marblex, ~30 min.

So, I accidentally let my teacher take away my awesome in-progress vase before I could snap a picture, but here's a quick shot of the planning sketches and the pattern for the final design. I also made a pretty terrible pinch pot (newsflash: I'm impatient), which I might just turn into a jellyfish.

Next week, assuming I'm not at Comic Con, I'll get to finish the vase and maybe even glaze those three weird vessels I made last week. And we might start using the potter's wheel. I expect to suck at that pretty tremendously.

Laguna, 2 hour class

When I helped her move, Dayna let me borrow her whole collection of Astonishing X-Men comics (thank you!), and now I'm kind of obsessed. I just finished #11, which has a pretty freaky reveal at the end involving a Sentinel. So here you go! His shoulders are too narrow (I carved off too much), but other than that I think it's a definite improvement over Zombie Scott Pilgrim.

Marblex, ~45 min.