I chose Blue Mornjng Glories by Georgia OKeefe and I chose it because I really loved how the piece is simple but yet elegant and I challenged myself to this because I wanted to see what I could do. I started out with a rolled out slab and I used to get the bowl shape for the piece. It took a couple of tries but it worked out nice and when the bowl was done I scored and slipped some pieces of flower petals. When it was slipped the petals started to crack but I used an underglaze to keep it together.
I used Peacock Low Fire Gloss for the bowl, Turquoise Underglaze for the flower and Lemon gloss for the detailing part of the flower and once I finished the glaze I used a clear gloss to finish it out. OKeefe's piece shows a drawing of a blue flower and in the middle has a yellow tone and the flower has a contrast with the dark blue and light blue. The principals of the piece is movement because I look around the whole piece for every detail, balance because the flower blends together, contrast because of the dark versus the light colors. The meaning of this piece is how OKeefe highlights the modern day artist's in a painting to create amazing artwork. The piece highlights OKeefe's background with nature and it brings out her light side in the piece. Her piece and mine are very different because I don't use as much detailing as she does but it is not bad for me. If I could fix anything I would try to balance out the bowl and have the same measurements for the flowers.
