Not quite as easy as I thought....

I used to think I could make clay do whatever I wanted it to as long as I worked hard enough and payed attention to detail; this clay piece made it its mission in life to prove me wrong, very very wrong...
The plate it self went very well. The coils I used worked well to make it appear as if there was a piece of rope sewn through the sides of the plate, but coils did not stay my friend for long.

I made a small piece to attach the two point of the plate by winding together two coils. I slipped and scored it on and all appeared well, until I had to move the plate and it decided it no longer wanted to be apart of the piece. I reattached it at least three times and assumed it was attached on well enough to let it dry. I learned I was wrong when I went to check on it later that day. It seemed the coils dried faster than the rest of the plate and broke off. The best part? I'm planning on making a bowl to match my plate completely out of coils... whoopee.

Precious Metals

This is the simplest metal piece I have ever done, and that is why it is one of favorites. I used to try to cram as much as could into the past metal pieces I have done mainly because it was fun to use all the different tools. But from the slides shown to us in class I realized some of the most beautiful pieces were the most simplistic, and that's what I chose to focus on. It was also a simple change which I thought gave this piece much more depth. originally I wanted the center piece to lay under the bronze frame, but that wasn't just simple; it was simply boring. So I started trying to move this around a bit and ended up putting part of the center piece over the frame. Not only did this make it seem more interesting but it also seemed to make the center appear as if floating which made me smile :)