Clay Maquette

Oceania. Buff Clay and Acrylic Paint. 2017

Our art class was assigned to created miniature maquettes that would serve as characters or props in an imaginary film.  We could either design animals or buildings, but we had to combine multiple creatures or architect styles to create our maquettes.  I chose to create an animal which is a combination of a starfish and a sand dollar.  I wanted to make an animal that was simple, but fairly realistic.  The creature's body is of a starfish.  The tentacles are clay slab pieces that I attached to the main pentagon shaped clay body. The tentacles are bent in different positions to make the starfish seem alive.  The design on the top is a replica of a sand dollar's design.  The body of Oceania is painted in a mixture of dark red, light red and white acrylic paint.  The sand dollar design is done in copper and white acrylic paint.