Kelly Diehl

By last week's class, I had become comfortable working with clay. It took me a while to figure out the forms for which it was useful or useless. Starting out with a ball of it and seeing where it took me was the best method I think. To find the form of the sculpture, I always started with the lion's backbone curving diagonally to the right. The rest of the form seemed to naturally work its way out. I initially thought that I would pair each totem thingy with a drawing on nice paper, but I've decided against that. Drawing what I've made doesn't help me figure anything out. I don't think it will yield any discovery. I'm just going to keep making with clay. I've made four forms thusfar, which differ from each other, of course. They show some sort of progression. They're getting more minimal. I'm going to continue to make them until I reach the ultimate. However, the ultimate is an ideal and probably something I can never achieve, but that's getting too philosophical. I'll know when to stop making them, though I'm not sure what the next step will be. I apologize for my rambling, tedious blog.