Over three weeks we have learnt about the properties of clay

The lesson is thinking and planning in three dimensions. During the last weeks we have produced work on paper, drawing , painting , printing,….now we entered the third and most difficult dimension. From tone and line we have to consider bulk, weight, texture shadow.

Starting with a set of head shots and a large lump of red clay we learnt to look at our heads, the enormous bulk behind our ears, the spacing of our features

It was deeply satisfying to learn to gouge out eye sockets, make eyeballs, eye lids, lips … three muscles in the top, two in the bottom. As usual in all self portraits I produced a portrait of my father, more spitting image than joseph epstein.

It has been a deeply satisfying experience, opening a whole exciting dimension. The possibilities in the sculpture studios are very exciting .