Family

For those of you who don't know, over the summer my dad and I adopetd two little girls who have been living with us for about a year as foster children. They eventually went up for adoption, AND WE ADOPTED THEM!! Having them as part of my family has COMPLETELY changed my life for the better.

So, when we were assigned to do a clay sculpture centered around an aspect of the family, I naturally thought of my two new sisters. What I decided to do for my project was to sculpt four hollow, basic figures. Two will be small and made out of raku clay and the other two are larger and I'm hoping to have them be a darker matte color. Theres nothing very intricate or special about the actual design of the figures but I hope that what will make this project special is the contrast of metallic raku of the smaller figures to the matte glaze of the larger figures. The smaller raku figures represent my new sisters. The sculpture is meant to symbolize that they are a part of my family now (same figure shape) but are very different and have completely changed the loves of both my dad and I. I'm still in the process of making them, but hopefully they will turn out!

While I was sculpting the smaller figures, Amy noted on how my sculptures looked like the work of Katy McFadden, a local sculptor. Here is one of her works, located by Lake Oswego City Hall: