Anguished figure

For this piece, I drew on a lot of anger and frustration that I had been feeling a month before. It wasn't fun, but bad emotions fuel great art. (sometimes)

I used this picture of Furiosa from the movie Mad Max: Fury Road for a reference. The scene really stuck out to me when I first saw the movie. In the scene, you hear no scream, but the agony in her posture and face is crushing.
   

Here's a video (the pictures didn't turn out right)

I glazed the figure with two thick layers of Malcolm Shino, as per my instructor's advice. I'm really proud of how it turned out.

Mugs!

I am really proud of how my mugs turned out. They were supposed to be a set, but I am not good at replicating pottery on the wheel yet.
I glazed this one with Malcolm Shino and then put some Penn State on it. The Malcolm Shino is the brown shade, but when the layer gets thick, this bright orange color shows up. Penn State is the light shade. I rubbed some away on the top with a sponge so that the Malcolm Shino could show through. I hadn't used this glaze before, so I was pleased when it turned out like this.





This little guy was glazed with Antique Green, another glaze I had never used. I really like how it settled into the ridges and turned into a dark blue color.

Ugly Selfie Drawing

The uglier the better.  Send me ugly selfies to draw!

Materials:
-camera phone
-ugly face
-vine charcoal
-sharpie
-eraser
-printer
-paper

Drawing the thing:
1) Take the least flattering picture of yourself.



2) Make it black and white and increase the intensity. You can play around with the contrast too.





3) Print.



4) Outline everything with the vine charcoal and fill in the shadows.



5) Flip it over onto the paper you want the image to go on. Keep the paper still and rub the back of it with your thumb.



6) It should leave an imprint like this:



7) Trace the lines with sharpie and erase the vine charcoal.



You can stop here and hand it on the fridge, but I wanted it to look worse. This was too clean.



Much better.

Ceramics

Ceramics class came to a close yesterday, but I forgot to post all the cool stuff we did. Im pretty proud of the projects that came out of my first ceramics class.

Some of my (and my classmate's projects) being glazed.

More posts soon. I need to get good pictures of the finished products.

Oh!

Along with the crepes, I also made a bunch of pancakes for my little brother. I am a strong believer of playing with my food (it makes it more appetizing).
I used plain old pancake mix, so no recipe there.

 

I filled up one of those condiment squeeze container thingies (you can get them at the dollar store) with the pancake mix for more precision. Do the shapes that you want to be darkest first, then wait a little bit and do the rest of the image.

He loved them.

Crepes!

I made these a few weeks ago and they were absolutely delicious. Unfortunately I was so hungry that day that I forgot to take pictures, but they are too good not to share.

Ingredients:
-1 cup all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
-1 tablespoon sugar
-1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
-1 1/2 cups whole milk

-4 large eggs

(you will need a blender, a skillet, and a rubber spatula)

Making the thing:

1) In a blender, combine flour, sugar, salt, milk, eggs, and butter.

2) Puree until mixture is smooth and bubbles form on top (about 30 seconds). Let the batter sit for fifteen minutes.
3) Heat a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium. Lightly coat with butter. 

4) Pour in some of the batter and let it cook until the underside of the crepe is a golden brown.
5) Loosen the edge of the crepe with a rubber spatula, and use your fingertips to flip it (quickly). 

6) Get that side to the golden brown color and slide the crepe out of the skillet.

Repeat with the rest of the batter.

Here are mine!

enjoy!

We interrupt your broadcast...

with a doodle.



Apparently the Mongols ate a lot of sauerkraut, which provided them with a good source of vitamin C, successfully preventing scurvy.

More makeup organization!

I really recommend using pegboard for vertical organization, it really clears up clutter.
After the makeup board, I realized that I didn't have a place to put my brushes, eyeliners, and lip pencils. I had this desk organizer from ross that I didn't really like, so why recycle it?

Materials:
-desk organizer (mine is metal and wire mesh)
-pliers and/or wire cutters
-hot glue
-ribbon

If you are cutting apart a metal or wire thing, you should probably use gloves. My hands hurt.

Making the thing:
1) Cut off the section of the desk organizer that you want to hang on the pegboard. (or put the whole thing on. I'm not the boss of you.) Be careful of all the sharp edges.





2) I had a lot of wires poking around, so to seal them up I used hot glue on the rough edges.





3) Glue the ribbon ends (or whatever you want it to hang from) onto the top two corners of the organizer.



4) Stuff it with all your makeup goodies and hang it up!



I might decorate it or something to look a little nicer, but for now it serves it's function.

My dog likes my glasses

She keeps chewing on them! I don't want to buy new glasses. I wear contacts most of the time anyway, and I would rather spend that money on things I can eat.

Repairing the thing:
These aren't really instructions, but I thought it might be useful for my fellow squint people.



This pair had both of the arms gnawed off. I took a pair of scratched up sunglasses and ripped off those arms, then used my faithful hot glue gun to complete the surgery.



This one only had one arm missing, but somehow it had gotten lost, so I said goodbye to a cheap pair of sunglasses and threaded wire through the holes where the tiny screw would have gone. I like this pair better because I can fold them up and put them in a case, unlike the pair I glued.
Hope this helps someone out there lol.

I have been holding back

I make a lot of things, but most of the time I deem the things I make or fix to not be worthy of a post. 

This blog was an assignment from my psychology class. We were told to pick something we love and go crazy with it, as well as turning our blog into a free service. I will be continuing this blog long after the class. I have found something that sparks light in me when I am bored or doing things that do not really have any significance, and apparently some people like it. 

Perfection was not a part of the assignment. I have to let go of that to make this project grow.

Toothbrush Case

My boyfriend Spencer lives in Carlsbad, so I am constantly traveling. Here's something I didn't have to spend money on that I use for every trip to see my cutie.

Materials:
-ziplock bag
-packing tape
-scissors
-toothbrush



Making the thing:
1) Get a plastic bag the length of the toothbrush.
2) Cut the bag to the width that will fit the toothbrush.





3) Tape the open side together.



 

4) Boom. One less thing you have to buy.

Makeup Board

One of my goals for the month (and for my life to be honest) is to get organized. I am starting with my bathroom. I went through all of my makeup and threw out old eyeshadows and things I didn't use anymore. Pintrest showed me a neat way of organizing makeup, so without further ado...

Materials:
-makeup
-magnets
-hot glue
-rope or ribbon
-baking pan



Making the thing:
1) Plug in the hot glue gun and glue some magnets on the back of your makeup. I put the magnets on the bottom, on the side closest to the hinge. This way it will prop the pallet up at a slight angle when it is placed on a flat surface.



2) Hot glue the rope or ribbon to the back of the top corners of the baking pan. This is what the board will hang from.



3) Once all of the glue has dried, put the magneted makeup on the baking pan and hang it up.



Neato bandito.