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Ethenae — Seeds of Gaia II

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Description First project of 3 for this semester for the Studio Art General class with emphasis on ceramics

Seeds of Gaia II is the 3D version of my original etching print [link]

The hands are done with low-temperature white clay and painted with underglazes and clear glaze. The flower is made of clay (for the eye structure), beads (petal-shaped acrylic beads for the petals and a wooden bead for the seed) and beading wire (for the stalk). The stalk is done in a 90% of it out of a single line of wire, the other 10% pertains to the wiring done for the "nest" where the flower would be glued to (can't be seen here).

The flower and the hands aren't glued together for packing easily they are arranged only by accomodating it between the fingers.

The hands were entirely handbuilt, and the reference for them were my hands
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Comments: 29

madeline02 [2011-05-25 02:03:12 +0000 UTC]

I love this!!!!

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moonwolf17 [2011-04-04 19:36:54 +0000 UTC]

that's really good, and so interesting =] nice work!

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Orangeyyy [2010-09-12 03:42:06 +0000 UTC]

WOOOOOOW!!!

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Ethenae In reply to Orangeyyy [2010-09-13 01:23:33 +0000 UTC]

LOL thanks!

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GreenLadyMonster [2010-05-12 00:35:40 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, mixed medial sculptures; one of my all-time favorite things. XD

First off, I'm in awe of how well you did the hands. By far one of the most difficult things to render (be it painting, pencil, sculpture, or whatever). 9 out of 10 artists that I've talked to over the years, including me, agree. I don't know if its the same for you, but either way, you did an amazing job on them. I also love the warm color scheme; it makes it all the more "earthy." Overall, I'd say its all very lovely.

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Ethenae In reply to GreenLadyMonster [2010-05-12 04:31:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! It was really fun working with mixed media since I had never done a mixed media sculpture. For me hands are of a decent difficulty level. I have more trouble with body proportions and feet lol. I have to be very careful not to make the head too small or the arms too wide and short for example lol. Feet have kind of a more complex perspective than hands, and that's why I sometimes feel weird when drawing them in a more difficult perspective (like my drawing piece, for example lol). Thank you for your comment !

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GreenLadyMonster In reply to Ethenae [2010-05-14 17:17:03 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, feet are probably the only thing for me that's even worse than hands; at least with hands you can use your own as models. With feet, it's harder to use yourself because of the limited angles you can use, lol.

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EirewolfCreations [2010-03-11 00:11:50 +0000 UTC]

Congratulations on your win! This is a cool piece.

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Ethenae In reply to EirewolfCreations [2010-03-11 01:28:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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i-live-a-lie [2010-03-09 04:26:03 +0000 UTC]

i love when multi-media comes together so amazing, like this.

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Ethenae In reply to i-live-a-lie [2010-03-09 05:00:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot

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toniawezerijn [2010-03-08 18:22:59 +0000 UTC]

Really beautiful ... The performance as well as the colours.

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Ethenae In reply to toniawezerijn [2010-03-09 05:01:35 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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bear48 [2010-03-08 05:58:07 +0000 UTC]

Sweet job

Send my mind spinning with all the many possibilities.

Truly the things dreams are made of


Sweet dreams

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Ethenae In reply to bear48 [2010-03-08 06:02:12 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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nine9nine9 [2010-03-05 19:32:18 +0000 UTC]

Featured in my March 5, 2010 Journal -- [link]

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Ethenae In reply to nine9nine9 [2010-03-05 23:20:39 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! Thank you so much!!

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DiamondCutter423 [2010-03-03 06:37:28 +0000 UTC]

VERY NICE!

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Ethenae In reply to DiamondCutter423 [2010-03-03 16:20:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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DiamondCutter423 In reply to Ethenae [2010-03-03 16:25:07 +0000 UTC]

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LadyDeven [2010-03-02 22:40:08 +0000 UTC]

all i can say is
wow, i am really impressed

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library-fairy [2010-03-02 03:24:57 +0000 UTC]

a perfectly beautiful piece

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Ethenae In reply to library-fairy [2010-03-02 04:09:42 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Leptospyrra [2010-03-01 16:33:38 +0000 UTC]

I congratulate you on such beautiful idea. It seems like same tender hand of our mother nature. Well done!

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Ethenae In reply to Leptospyrra [2010-03-01 19:32:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you that's precisely what I was going for glad you got it!

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Leptospyrra In reply to Ethenae [2010-03-01 22:06:47 +0000 UTC]

^^ then you done it very well

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feybug [2010-02-26 22:20:55 +0000 UTC]

now here: [link]

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feybug [2010-02-26 22:17:25 +0000 UTC]

surreal, strange, unusual, and beautiful.

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Haleys-Comet [2010-01-21 06:43:42 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is really amazing, I love it!

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