Vessels/Organs

 I was thinking and drawing the similarities and nuances of organs, vessels, seed pods, gourds, budding flowers, and thinking about making some kind of 'strange fruit' to maybe hang on some kind of vein-like tree formation. I also really like the ideas of refining the sculptures that I have been making to smoother, more streamlined forms that look tactile and soft and heavy.
I made one porcelain reproductive 'Bud' and one crank stomach 'Gourd'. I could see a series of these sculptures made in a variety of different clays in different sizes. It's important to me that the sculptures are actually representative of organs for me, even if it's only me that can see it. subtlety is also important. I don't need to make work that shouts, I want to make work that talks. 

I'm pretty happy with this sculpture, but it could be thinner and more rounded and smooth. It feels like a progression from the work that I had been making before. I want it to really bring a gourd or fruit to the mind of the viewer. Crank changes so much when it's fired though that I can't really predict how this sculpture will look. I am still not completely familiar with glazes etc. 

I want to bring the work to a place where it feels like a collection that can be presented together, instead of just a constellation of related sculptures.

The nuances of the porcelain sculpture aren't really visible in these low-quality pictures, but the finger marks are visible, which I like, but the form is less than perfect- it could be smoother and more uniformly bulbous. This is really hard to achieve with the technique that I am using (pinch forming) but maybe I could manage if I coiled it instead.