Ceramics workshop numero uno

 Today, we had the first of four ceramics workshop. After a short introduction to the facilities, we got started on making an armature. First this involved twisting some wire to make it strong enough to hold its form in the model, and cutting and bending some metal rod to make the arm that the model leans on and attaching it to the board.


Then, we got started on our armatures. We had to design a simple humanoid character- I chose a robot- and then create the skeleton of it form the wire we had twisted. Where we had to join wire together we used a thinner, more flexible wire to tie around it which held it strong. There are little loops on the hands and feet to make it easier to attach the milliput.

We then added milliput to the parts of the figure that weren't to bend- like the thighs, the bit across the shoulders etc... everything but the joints that needed to move. We also made eyes out of the milliput so that we can move them while animating. We then left this to dry.

And then.. PLAY TIME!