1. Sitting on a High Horse
Challenges- When I made the legs and inserted in the holes I found the pice was unsteady . I decided to add wooden legs instead and commissioned a wood sculpture artist to make the legs. I find the final outcome interesting because of the exaggerated legs. It is adding a sense of drama to the piece.
2. Dragon copter
Painted using underglaze and it can be unassembled. I am thinking of transporting these works and making my sculptures in parts is handy.
I created 2 slab vases from the mold of a vase I had purchased from a Home store. I had loved the shape of the vase and was thinking of drawing a story but then decided to sgraffito carve geometric patterns on them. The vases are large 18 inches tall.
I have spent the last one month creating some new illustrative ceramic works and completing the previous works.
Still Life
I started an installation of 2 D slab built everyday objects which I found really interesting. It was an experiment and the most important part was deciding which objects I would sculpt. I thought of objects commonly used in Oman -a coffee culture, damask roses used to make perfumes (itar), pomegrantes which are locally grown here and stray cats that wander the streets. I also added playing cards and moths lying on my studio table. I would be very interested to add some surprise elements like say an anatomical human heart, and some contemporary objects like candies, sunglasses and cellphones. I am enjoying the randomness of these things and don't know whether I must tie them up into a meaningful concept and whether that is necessary. At the moment I am just playing and having a great deal of fun!!This piece ties in with my need to tell stories which might be incomplete , letting the audience decide the ending.
Used a filter coffee grinder and a hairbrush to stack into a sculpture. Created the legs with earthenware legs. Drew a face on the brush with pen and ink.
