- Add finishing touches to keynote presentation. (Information about biology animal, culture, art, inspirational pictures, and in-progress photos).
- Continue working on Eagle sculpture. Refined the wings, feet, and body. Added detail of the feathers to the wings. Still stuck on the Eagle head, it is difficult to make look realistic.
- Practiced presenting to Mrs. Miranda. Suggestions made for the presentation.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
June 1-4
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
In Progress Photos of Eagle (trial 2)
Monday, May 24, 2010
May 24-28
- Fired completed Cobra and biskwear Jaguar.
- Began the Eagle, only general shape of body and wings (again - but this is the final attempt).
- Reviewed corrections made by Mrs. Miranda on research paper.
- Finished research paper and submitted it to "turnitin.com" (submitted it on Tuesday).
- Continued working on presentation (adding information about animals, worship, and art).
- Decided that when the presentation is almost complete - I can present it to Mrs. Miranda and friend for review and suggestions (will do that early next week).
- Carved out the feathers on the wings and feet of the Eagle. Added detail such as eyes to the head.
- Printed out 5 copies of the research paper and delivered it to Mrs. Koehler's mailbox Friday morning.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Wrting Center Suggestions
Visiting the writing center was helpful. The teacher skimmed my paper and made suggestions for the body and writing. Below is a list of the suggestions:
- Put whole paper in past tense. (did take advise)
- Make more distinct connections between the physical description of and characteristics of animal and why it was worshiped. (did take advise)
- Add that the Eagle was also chosen as our nations bird. (did not take advise because paper focuses more on ancient cultures rather than today - could be a good connection to make of past to present in presentation though).
- Edit thesis - include a statement saying that the cultures valued the traits of the animals (did take advise).
- Talk about other animals and their traits (did not take advise - I was worried that I would get too far off on a tangent and lose track of the paper).

Monday, May 17, 2010
May 17-21
- Continued adding detail to the jaguar sculpture. Added ears, face, paws, and refined the body.
- Began painting the fired cobra sculpture. Chose a variety of shades of brown. Lighter on the belly and darker on the back.
- Finished Jaguar sculpture, allowed it to dry and harden. To be fired in the kiln.
- Went to writing center. Edited research paper based on teacher's suggestions.
- Finished research paper to date. Submitted it to Mrs. Miranda on Thursday. (included finished works cited)
- Finished painting underglaze of Cobra and gloss glaze. To be fired a final time in the kiln.
- Continued taking photos of works in progress - uploaded them to the blog.
- Added more information to the presentation keynote.
- Discussed with Mrs Miranda the "gutting" process. Decided that the Jaguar did not need to be split in half and gutted but instead I poked holes in the thicker areas of the sculpture using a needle tool.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Animal Native Areas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_cobra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_eagle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_eagle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar
Friday, May 14, 2010
In Progress Photos - Jaguar





Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Jaguar - Inspirational Pictures


http://www.vitasstone.com/graniteenglish/products.asp?ClassID=51
However, the ancient Mexican art that I am focusing on in the research paper resembles more of a cartoon-looking jaguar. This jaguar is often portrays in a human-like crouch. As seen in the below picture as an example. Picture from:
http://www.myloc.gov/_assets/Exhibitions/EarlyAmericas/PreContactWorld/RitualCeremoniesandCelebrations/Assets/object19_t_725.Jpeg

Monday, May 10, 2010
May 10-14
- After deliberating with Mrs. Miranda, we decided to scrap what we had of an Eagle to start over and do a better job.
- Created Works Cited Page using Noodle Tools and added Parenthetical Citations to research paper.
- Decided to take a break from the Eagle and began the jaguar sculpture (Wed May 12).
- Created a nice block of clay to begin reductive sculpting of jaguar.
- Sent research paper draft 1 to Mrs. Miranda to be read, edited, and suggestions made.
- Sculpted general shape of jaguar body, legs, and head.
- Began refining the jaguar face and legs.
- Cobra snake was baked in the kiln and retrieved. Discussed with Mrs. Miranda possibly mounting the finished sculptures on finished wood planks.
- Mrs. Miranda also suggested painting a nice "title" of each sculpture on the wood plank.
- Will look for possible ways to mount the sculpture and possible nice pieces of wood over the weekend.
- Talked to Mrs. Koehler about the research paper. My main question was, "am I allowed to use I in the paper due to the fact that I am suppose to include my original analysis in addition to outside sources?"
Eagle Start Over
After discussing with Mrs. Miranda, we have decided to scrap the current Eagle in the previous pictures. The Eagle was just too big and the clay had hardened too much. As of now I will be starting over using only the reductive sculpting method. Below is a photo of what the clay block looks like before starting any carving.

Original Eagle



Sunday, May 9, 2010
Problem Occurred - May 7th
After creating the clay slabs and shaping them into the Eagle torso we came across a problem. The torso and head were just a little too monumental, making the sculpture difficult. As of right now, we shorten the torso a little bit (even though the head remains the same size) and resculpted the bird's legs using reductive sculpting. We are not sure how the bird will look when finally assembled and final alterations may be made.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Inspirational Photos - Eagle

www.graceriske.com/

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http://www.firstpeople.us/pictures/eagles/1024x768/Bald-Eagle-Wingspan-1024x768.html
Thursday, May 6, 2010
In The Process Photos - Cobra





Inspirational Pictures - Cobra

http://www.ssplprints.com/image.php?id=115187&idx=1&keywords=&filterCategoryId=1360&fromsearch=true

http://stonewaresnake.blogspot.com/2009/03/egyptian-cobra.html

http://vijayasa.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/egyptian-cobra/
May 3-7
- Sculpted gernal shape of Ealge head (added some detail - eyes and beak) (used reductive sculpting method).
- Meeting with Mrs. Miranda to discuss what more to add to the research paper and the timeline of the project.
- Discussed with Mrs. Miranda how to sculpt the Eagle's body - decided on slab construction rather than reductive sculpting.
- Began sculpting and shaping Eagle body
- Continued research and added more information to the paper (discussed general information about animals in art and famous sculptures).
- Continued taking pictures of work in progress.
- Decided to create a blog for the journal - took all journal entries previously on word document and posted them onto blog.
- Began creating a keynote presentation of project, researched information, inspirational pictures, and work in progress photos.
April 26-30
- Continued researching information for paper
- Began Draft 1 of the research paper
- Discussed with Mrs. Miranda if and when to take pictures of sculpture (before and after photos or in the process photos) (took photos)
- Began first sculpture (Cobra)
- April 26-27: Sculpted general shape of body and head of Cobra
- April 28-30: Added detail to Cobra (scales, eyes, mouth/nose)
- Added to research paper information about the process of sculpting the Cobra and challenges that arrived.
April 19-23
- Met with Mrs. Miranda to discuss project. Topics discussed were visiting an art museum, sculpting methods, type of clay to use, size of sculptures, and timeline.
- Researched animals worshiped throughout history in different cultures.
- Researched sculpting methods (specifically reductive sculpting)
- Chose the three animals that I will portray in sculptures (Cobra, Eagle, and Jaguar)
- Began researching and taking notes on specific animals
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