Artwork of Adam Komosinski

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Pottery 1

Here's my work from Pottery 1 in the fall of 2008. The overall shot is everything minus a bowl and a jug which are on display at school right now:

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Hand Building 1

Here's my better work from my first ceramics class, Hand Building 1, from the Spring 2008 semester:

This is one of the Argonath from The Lord of the Rings, made from two slabs:

This is my model of a cob house. It's still bone-dry in the pictures, but I never glazed it, so it doesn't look too different now. I may glaze it some day, and seed the roof with chia grass or herbs like I had planned. The passive solar design would make the house pretty warm if you actually built it:

Some old bird

I made this lovely thing in fourth grade out of a milk jug, papier mache, and whatever else. I love it and so did a girl in the class, Sarah Gori, who took it upon herself to cross my name out and write hers on it. On several different occasions. I personally find this hilarious. Little kids are so great.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Series 2 - Drawing 2

I have always found overly masculine, dominating, and self-glorifying artwork to be hilarious, so I decided it was time to make some of my own. Because I find the self-glorification aspect so funny I naturally settled on doing self portraits rather than some random person. This was also quite a learning experience with the pastels, as I was still building up my comfort level with them when I started.

I ended up drawing on some established characters, gods, etc. in the later four. Number one is just little old me, with no implied character. And yes, the cheetah could be better, and bigger. Number two is a toss-up between King Triton or Poseidon. Number three references St. Michael Vanquishing Satan by Raphael, 1518. Number four is Conan with an erupting Mt. Doom from The Return of the King. Number five is Thor, the Marvel version of course. The runes on Thor's throne are Old English and read "Gettin' Laid, Gettin' Paid."

1/5 | 22" x 30" | soft pastel

2/5 | 22" x 30" | soft pastel

3/5 | 22" x 30" | soft pastel

4/5 | 20" x 30" | soft pastel

5/5 | 30" x 42" | soft pastel

Series 1 - Drawing 2

My drawing professor, Thuan Vu, has us do two series per semester. You choose the subject and it must have at least five pieces. I had recently fallen in love with a Pentel brush with a built-in ink reservoir, so I picked a subject and style that suited it. Thus: noodly lines! (Also, I seem to have lost the first one, but it wasn't as good as the rest anyway)