Orange Clay Pod (Sally Kent)

Inspired by this blog post on Sally Kent by Colossal, I attempted to make something similar to her work but with my lack of skills and patience it doesn't look the best. Looking at Kent's work she mainly focuses on fruits and seeds, and so I decided I wanted to make something that resembled a orange (or at least that's what my inspiration was from). At the beginning I took some photos of an orange, and sketched out what I could make?






There were some things that were significantly different to my availability compared to Kents', for example she was using porcelain to make her sculptures whilst I was using air-dry clay. Mine were also smaller in size and had barely any planning, only driven by the want to use clay.

When starting to make, I realised I wasn't even able to make the shape of the pods, let alone any intricate details. But I tried my best and this is what I ended up making:

Only one of them is based of of the orange, and by the time I got to trying to make another, I had given up. I attempted the shape again and this time was more successful, however didn't add anything else (also it's not meant to look like an avocado).





There are many things wrong with both of them, but that's okay!

I had decided to use a tool to make these grooves, which I later on find out is used to help attach pieces of clay together, but I thought the texture was cool. So I overused it, everywhere. 

That wasn't the best, but it looks kinda cool. :D


 
Originally I painted it a light pink and cream, but this was not intentional. This happened as I started painting before my base coat of white wasn't dry. Also the image on the left kind of looks like cheese which makes me uncomfortable.




The final outcome isn't too similar to my source material, as the outer pod isn't white and there is a lot of colour, but this makes it fresh and vibrant. The shape isn't similar either, but like I said previously, it was difficult. Overall, it makes for a nice trinket, which doesn't sit flat, for jewelry, coins and whatever else. 



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