Texture Process

I am now getting at the texture stage in my pieces, and I don't have much texture experience. The texture on my pieces last semester was I think pretty decent for my first time using it. So, I have been exploring new techniques with texture and trying to look up some people have done. I found this video online which I found to be extremely helpful. It's a video that explains hair on a human which is different to a animals fur but it was defiantly a start.
http://ceramicartsdaily.org/ceramic-art-and-artists/ceramic-sculpture/ceramic-sculpture-video-how-to-give-your-figurative-sculpture-a-nice-coif/
I also checked out a book on it from the library which was very interesting. It's titled Textures and Techniques for Porcelain and Ceramics by Sandra L. Brown.  I had different kinds of techniques that I didn't even know of. It showed using raised pastes, acid pastes, gold underlays, and enamels. I'm a little tight on time this semester but I would love to try these out in the future.

Here are some pictures of the different textures on some of my pieces I have done. I like the texture on my other stuff but I feel like the texture on all of them looks the same. Like on the cat, bunny, and hamster. So, for these ones I really wanted to try to make it more disguisable from each other. That way when they are done, I feel that it will give my pieces that touch they need to be even more realistic and believable. My pug turned out really nicely and I did do his texture different from the other ones. Hopefully, this will help. In my opinion, he is probs one of the best dino-pets creatures I have created.

This is the neck of my dog. I wanted to make it seem longer and have more of a wave too it. I spent a couple of hours just on it. I really want to make sure that I got it length and the curves just right to really get the effect that I wanted.

 

Turtle was not that bad with texture but I did have to make all these spikes on the shell. It was very time consuming but I really enjoy the final look.

This is the back of the stretching cat. I did a cat last semester and the texture turned out pretty good. But this time around I really wanted to push it a little more. His hair is shorter, straighter and a little messier.

This is the feathers on the cat. Some of the bottom ones broke off but most of it is still there. The feathers turned out decent but it took me like 5 hours to do both sides. But one of my fellow sculptors suggested that I make it out of one giant piece and carve it out instead. So, the next time I do feathers, I will for sure take him up on that idea.

The Parrot texture took a very long time to do but for feathers, I think it looks pretty good. This is one of the first ones I did and it's in pieces. But I am excited to but it all together to see how it looks.