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Exams: 2004 Studio Art 3-D Design: Concentration -- Bennett Pifer
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Kingwood High School
Kingwood, Texas
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Student Commentary
Briefly define the nature of your concentration project.
My concentration shows a progression and exploration in free form, slab ceramic works. The concentration starts off fairly simple, with few folds, less wire, and on a smaller scale. As the series progresses, the pieces become more complex and more abstract.
Briefly describe the development of your concentration project and the sources of your ideas. You may refer to specific slides as examples.
Using a slab roller, I wanted to experiment with ceramic free forms in space. I started out rolling large slabs and then dropped them over crumpled newspaper. I wanted to use nontraditional ceramic techniques, so I used roofing nails, finishing nails, and small bits of wire to attach the slabs until they were ready to fire. After firing, additional wire was added to some pieces, while others were just glazed or painted with acrylics. I was inspired by the free-form sculptures of Isamu Noguchi. His abstract works have always fascinated me.
What medium or media did you use?
I used ceramics throughout the entirety of my concentration. I did, however, experiment with several different kinds of wire, nails, and glazes. Finding wire that wouldn't burn up in the kiln was especially challenging.
* Important Note:
The numbers of the slides run from top left to bottom right.
- 7 x 7 x 6, ceramic, wire
- 12 x 10 x 10, ceramic
- 8 x 8 x 13, glazed ceramic, nails
- 18 x 12 x 8, glazed ceramic
- 12 x 8 x 8, ceramic, wire
- 15 x 11 x 9, ceramic
- 12 x 6 x 10, ceramic, wire
- 13 x 11 x 9, ceramic, wire
- 9 x 9 x 20, ceramic, wire
- 10 x 10 x 9, ceramic, wire
- 13 x 9 x 11, acrylic, ceramic, wire
- 15 x 13 x 7, acrylic, ceramic
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