Art Share: Daisy

When I first found out that we would be sculpting, I wasn't thrilled about it. The last thing I made with clay was when I was nine, so when I got my hands on that magic whatever, I made the same exact figure because it was easy and it was the only thing I thought I could make. When it came time to play with my two friends, fish and an elephant that i apologetically can't remember the name of, it felt strange to join fish in the water, since ironically the clay figure was a replica of my one and only clay figure, my dog Daisy who had drowned. I didn't really give it that much thought though. I really enjoyed mixing the blues and greens, it was my favorite part of the whole process. I made an open body of water as the scene, since Daisy loved to swim. I wanted to make it without any boundaries so she could swim as much as she wanted. Someone pointed out that I positioned her close to the shore, so she could get out of the water if she needed to. It was interesting that's what I came back to out of making something familiar.