My first Mini Relief project was made out of a Styrofoam cup. Its a Mickey Mouse head with a crown. This project would fall under the styrofoam medium. Going into this project, I honestly thought it would be the easiest thing to do relief on. Well, the Styrofoam tends to disagree. Trying to get the edges to be smooth instead of crumbly was really hard. At the end of the two days on this project, my ideas had changed from making a 3-D Mickey, to a more flat version. If I did this piece over again, I would take more time to perfect the edges and I would also thoroughly have a plan in my head of my design and how i would portray it before I start it.
Our next assignment was to create a relief piece out of cardboard. Coming from the Styrofoam project, I had very low expectations on how well my piece would turn out but I still tried my best. I chose to create a starfish on the cardboard with lots of seaweed around it. Throughout this project, I became more and more fond of cardboard and learned that cardboard is, so far, my favorite medium to do relief on. I really like pealing the cardboard to make different levels/textures on the image. If i did this project again, I would try to do a more challenging image to relief on. This has been my favorite project so far this quarter.
For our third project, we were to make a clay tile. I decided to do a sunflower image on the clay. In this project, I learned that even slightly touching the clay can dent it and mess up your image. The edges on my tile eventually ended up being uneven and almost squiggly like. If I did this project again, I would be extra careful and pay closer attention to detail. At the end of the project, I felt that the tile turned out okay. Its not the best, but I really thought the way the edge of the pedals stand out looks really neat.