74th of Spring, 515 AV
OOCI did a bad job of describing this. Think a bunch of 3D shapes thrown together in some sort of artistic, whimsical manner.
The spring sun outside was fairly bright, making its first steps towards the bright heat of summer. Inside the studio, it was noticeably dimmer. As she walked in, her eyes had to adjust quite a bit. But as she finally glanced around, the girl saw that it was quite empty, lacking many visitors and observers, who’d come only to pester the artists with questions and unnecessary complements, distracting them from their work. Lisana liked this, because she'd be able to concentrate on her art, rather than talking to visitors wanting to watch her sculpt. Although, the girl's mind was blank that day, lacking detailed inspiration. She'd been going for a more or less abstract design, but whether or not it would turn out to be abstract, the girl was unsure. She rolled the clay into a ball, before squeezing the ball, making the clay more malleable and easy to work with. She continued to knead the clay in this manner for a few minutes. As she did this, she began to come up with a design. Once this general concept was set in place, the girl began sculpting.
Lisana began with flattening it out, making sure it was generally circular, but not entirely perfect. It was cylindrical, but only about half an inch tall, making a sort of pedestal for her art. Using a sharper sculpting tool, Liz cut off a few pieces, making it even more oddly shaped. She set these pieces aside, planning to use these next.
Liz took one of these scraps, rolling it on the table, until it was long and skinny. The girl took it, shaping it into a spiral and setting it on the circle, not perfectly centered but near the middle. She was doing her best to smooth it out, making it seamlessly mold with the first circle of clay Lisana was using as her base. A few more little designs were added, of assorted shapes and sizes. The girl made a much smaller sphere from the clay, adding it to her design, along with another line of clay spiraling at the top of the sphere before snaking down to reach the previous spiral. She took another sculpting tool, beginning to carve into the surface of the clay. She added more spirals and sloping lines, this time into the surface of the small sphere. Lisana did her best to merge both the sphere and lines with the clay, once again, avoiding any out-of-place seams or cracks between the clay.
The girl then made an effort to shape a pyramid, although it was a bit off. This wasn't a problem, and Lisana concluded that she like how oddly-shaped it was. She instead made it even more lopsided and off-shaped, putting dents in the sides and corners. The girl attached this bit of clay to the base, once again smoothing out the seams. She then added another spiral, reaching from the corner, but this time, it was not circular in shape. Instead, the clay spiraled out in a square manner, before ending abruptly.
Lisana then used another it of clay to make an almost petal-like shape. It was nearly oval-shaped, but both ends came to a point. The girl made three of these, setting them on the base to that the tips touched. She then made the outer tips curve up, making a sort of concave bowl-ish shape, in which the edges of the "Petals" stuck up more than the center.
She then rolled another ball of clay. This one didn’t have to be perfectly round, because it was going to be shaped even more. Once it at least resembled a sphere, she set it in the palm of her hand. Liz took her other thumb and forefinger, beginning to pinch little spikes protruding from the surface of the clay. She rotated the ball, until half of the sphere was covered in these little unshaped spikes. Lisana then went and reshaped each spire, so they came to a point. When this was done, she squished the bottom of the sphere, the side without spikes, onto the base of the piece. In this way, it was squished, and the girl adjusted the spikes so that they looked a bit better, and sharper.
OOCI did a bad job of describing this. Think a bunch of 3D shapes thrown together in some sort of artistic, whimsical manner.
The spring sun outside was fairly bright, making its first steps towards the bright heat of summer. Inside the studio, it was noticeably dimmer. As she walked in, her eyes had to adjust quite a bit. But as she finally glanced around, the girl saw that it was quite empty, lacking many visitors and observers, who’d come only to pester the artists with questions and unnecessary complements, distracting them from their work. Lisana liked this, because she'd be able to concentrate on her art, rather than talking to visitors wanting to watch her sculpt. Although, the girl's mind was blank that day, lacking detailed inspiration. She'd been going for a more or less abstract design, but whether or not it would turn out to be abstract, the girl was unsure. She rolled the clay into a ball, before squeezing the ball, making the clay more malleable and easy to work with. She continued to knead the clay in this manner for a few minutes. As she did this, she began to come up with a design. Once this general concept was set in place, the girl began sculpting.
Lisana began with flattening it out, making sure it was generally circular, but not entirely perfect. It was cylindrical, but only about half an inch tall, making a sort of pedestal for her art. Using a sharper sculpting tool, Liz cut off a few pieces, making it even more oddly shaped. She set these pieces aside, planning to use these next.
Liz took one of these scraps, rolling it on the table, until it was long and skinny. The girl took it, shaping it into a spiral and setting it on the circle, not perfectly centered but near the middle. She was doing her best to smooth it out, making it seamlessly mold with the first circle of clay Lisana was using as her base. A few more little designs were added, of assorted shapes and sizes. The girl made a much smaller sphere from the clay, adding it to her design, along with another line of clay spiraling at the top of the sphere before snaking down to reach the previous spiral. She took another sculpting tool, beginning to carve into the surface of the clay. She added more spirals and sloping lines, this time into the surface of the small sphere. Lisana did her best to merge both the sphere and lines with the clay, once again, avoiding any out-of-place seams or cracks between the clay.
The girl then made an effort to shape a pyramid, although it was a bit off. This wasn't a problem, and Lisana concluded that she like how oddly-shaped it was. She instead made it even more lopsided and off-shaped, putting dents in the sides and corners. The girl attached this bit of clay to the base, once again smoothing out the seams. She then added another spiral, reaching from the corner, but this time, it was not circular in shape. Instead, the clay spiraled out in a square manner, before ending abruptly.
Lisana then used another it of clay to make an almost petal-like shape. It was nearly oval-shaped, but both ends came to a point. The girl made three of these, setting them on the base to that the tips touched. She then made the outer tips curve up, making a sort of concave bowl-ish shape, in which the edges of the "Petals" stuck up more than the center.
She then rolled another ball of clay. This one didn’t have to be perfectly round, because it was going to be shaped even more. Once it at least resembled a sphere, she set it in the palm of her hand. Liz took her other thumb and forefinger, beginning to pinch little spikes protruding from the surface of the clay. She rotated the ball, until half of the sphere was covered in these little unshaped spikes. Lisana then went and reshaped each spire, so they came to a point. When this was done, she squished the bottom of the sphere, the side without spikes, onto the base of the piece. In this way, it was squished, and the girl adjusted the spikes so that they looked a bit better, and sharper.
