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Thursday, May 28, 2015

American Gothic Cup Practice Objects

These are meant to be the stern-looking farmer from Grant Wood's painting American Gothic.  I also made a mug using the same farmer and these were used as practice for that.  I used an off-white glaze called Queens which usually comes out brownish when applied lightly.  I did apply it lightly, but the glaze was probably too thick and it came out a uniform off-white which doesn't show the details that well.


This one includes a body.  One of the prongs broke off the pitchfork.


Here are the four faces individually: