Week one in the ceramic studio is officially underway, and like any journey, it begins with groundwork, lots of it. Before clay, there are sketches. Before form, there is study. This week’s focus: the eyes.
I’ve set a goal to create a series of sketches of my eyes as preparation for the first conceptual pieces in the Kinetic Becoming project. These drawings aren’t just practice, they’re explorations, each one an opportunity to look closer, to notice the subtle differences in line, shadow, and expression. Every sketch brings me one step closer to translating these ideas into three-dimensional clay.
Why focus on the eyes first? Because the eyes carry weight, they are the windows, the focal points, the anchors of expression. They convey emotion, history, and presence, making them the ideal starting point for a project rooted in becoming and transformation.
By the end of the week, I plan to create several ceramic interpretations of these studies, small conceptual pieces that start to give the sketches form and presence beyond paper. Next week, the focus will shift to a lower part of the face: the nose. Each feature is its own challenge and study in structure and form, and together they will contribute to the larger vision of Kinetic Becoming.
This first week has already shown me: creativity is partly discipline, partly curiosity, and partly persistence. Sketch, sketch, and more sketching, it’s the practice that builds the foundation for the art yet to come.
Hands to clay, eyes to the future.
