Having learnt the simple but essential basics of crafting a bust and making our own, we were tasked with planning to cut and thoughtfully reassemble our head, attached to objects that we identify with.

I decided on cutting into a spiral with a thin supporting clay ribbon for support.

It fired well, i had thought of using old nails from my fathers tool kit or embedding barbed wire, but then felt that they were depressing tropes. Closer to my current identity I decided was a head full of paint and drawing and painting tools

poking out. I used yellow spray paint (very pungent odour)

And the used colored hot glue to represent oozing paints from the cuts in my head. Initially I tried long strips of colour but settled on a spectrum of colour as messy as an artists palate

I had a collection of broken pencils and useless brushes and glued them into the pre fired holes

I consider it a success, the bust did meet the plan, if in an eccentric way . The class produced a group of very different successful pieces.

The two most interesting busts: