Greed & Gluttony (Piggy Bank)

 I made a piggy bank! The whole piece was made with coils, first i did the body carving out the vest, then i worked the head from there. I attached the ears, feet, hands and tie once everything else was done. I used one coat of transpearl and two coats of emerald. I used green because i think is a good way to represent money and being greedy. For the vest i used both navy and sapphire, and for the eyes and tie i used black glaze. Since its a piggy bank i made a hole on his butt so I'm able to take the money out, because i don't want to end up having to break him. I also put a cork so the money wouldn't just fall out. I also made a tail with wire, making a "$" on the back.

Coil Greek Pot

This is a coil greek pot, i did a wax cut on this piece, and i used brown slip for the figures on it, i tried to use a combination of emerald and leaf green but it didn't show up because of the slip. The interior was glazed with tawny, and the rest of the piece glazed with navy blue.

Spider Pinch Pot

My second pinch pot became a spider, glazed the whole thing with black and yellow for the eyes.

Pinch Pot

Its very simple, its a pinch pot with eyes and feet! I glazed it obviously with back for the feet and eyes and i used an aqua blue glaze.

Facebook Page!

Fall of 2012 and Summer of 2013 theres been an exhibition/display of y art to the public, I am proud to say that they were both successful! so if you missed it or want to know where when my art can be seen next please go to my blog's new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TommysPortfolio and hit the like button. There you can see some of my pieces of art (not as many or as detailed than over here) and also see the events where everyone could come and see the art for them-selfs, this goes to Colleges, schools, people interested in art, people that want to know a little bit more about the pieces, and or any one that is free and doesn't have anything to do!

3D!!??

So i know most of the people that have seen my work think that i'm just a 2D artist. Well guess what! i recently discovered that i can do both ceramics and sculpting!! So i've become both a 2D and 3D artist!! so sooner or later you'll be seeing a little more 3D art than 2D art. No worries i haven't give up on 2D art, i will keep posting 2D stuff from time to time, but lately i've been working hard on the 3D stuff so i really hope everybody will like it!

Rising Roots

And finally #7 On the series of 7 abstract paintings that follow Jackson Pollock's technique. On this painting I kind of did what i did with #2 but backwards, so i started with the solid red to set up the tone of the painting, then with purple, gold, and platinum paint, I "Jackson Pollock-ed" it. Now instead of leaving it, since i still had a lot of white space, i used a brush to mix all the paint that was around the red which gave it a nice flowing tone to the negative part of the painting. And at the very end i went back with black paint and did all the little "root-like" figures. Obviously it is called "Rising roots" because of the multiple little root like painting of it, but it is also called that, because by the time i reached #7 i felt my creativity rising again.