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Sassy Red

13x4.3

B-Mix, Glaze/Underglaze

First koi fish done during the year in 3D with clay. I took the approach of using bright hues of red and curving the tail upward. In doing this it is to emphasize on the representation of koi to me and accepting how I connect to the animal on a spiritual level.

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Glam of being Aged

14x6

B-Mix with speckles, Glaze

After my first piece, I did part of a revision on this piece on the idea of having the tail curved up. However, I wanted to have the tail done to have a movement that was effortless on the fish and shape on the piece. The glazes I used gave a worn down lighting on it and highlighted the idea that age brings becoming worn down. But that idea doesn't have to be negative but accepting the changes and showing what can be done because of those changes.

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Splashin' Fishy

6x5

B-Mix with Speckles and Glaze

I took a different approach on the emotions that I connected with the koi fish with it being fun and lively. The glaze worked to give the effect of the fish splashing in the bowl giving a whimsical movement to the fish. As the fish is laying against the bowl resting as life goes on and taking a moment to experience what it is surrounded by.

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Swimming through the Blossoms

26x7

Dried flowers, B-Mix, Glaze

I had used flowers that were given to me for celebrations or moments that of sentimental value. Contributing to the idea as the koi fish passes life so does the memories it holds and continuing forward and not going back into the past. Representing to myself that the past will always be held in memory but doesn't account for what is happening in the present.

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Flowers in Time

6x6

B-Mix with Speckles, China Blue Glaze, Blue Underglaze

My first piece with creating my own design for "porecelin blue" I wanted to practice on the experimentation with the coloring on the glaze. I practiced with both China Blue and Blue underglaze to see which was best to use to have the right pigment of blue. On the design I used bubbles and flowers, some of the flowers I used on this piece were apart of the piece I did a revision on.

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Something Pretty

6x7

B-Mix with Speckles, China Blue

Finalized on the design with the main image being of koi fish. It is to show the fish moving through the waves and blossoms. If I could somehow be a fish I would want to be this and flowing through the beauty of calmness. Revision on my last piece and connection to my own culture of the use of designs to tell a story.

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One of my first sketches of a koi with the tail's movement. I wanted to capture the flow of the curve and fins in a 2D form. This was helpful to get in the mindset for artwork #1 to curve up the tail.

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I did repeated sketches of fish but this one in particular, I wanted to highlight the movement of the tail. I used this concept and design for majority of the fish in 3D form. I constantly would see koi fish depicted with their tail curved.

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Notes on how and why people relate themselves to animals. I've done this since a kid and didn't exactly know why. But would always just say "I just like koi fish" keeping it at a surface level, never understanding of my connection to it. So through my discovery of koi I did research on the reasoning of how a connection to the fish related to me and realized how many traits I saw within me.

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Based on the research on the traits of the koi I did a sketch on one that I related to the most. The koi is known for swimming against the current and personally saw that in my life I don't do the "normal". I'm always working for a path that doesn't look ideal but works in the future to my benefit.

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One of my first researching notes on koi and their existence/meaning. I wanted to understand the historical existence of them and how they've been used over time in humanity. While doing that, I also created a sketch of the koi that inspired one of my newer art works using the koi with ying and yang.

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Inspired by a pinterest post I saw that I altered into my own connection with koi. As in the relation I saw with it that allowed my own traits to bloom over the course of creating my work with koi.

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With studying on Asian styles, I wanted to explore how porcelin designs were used. I started to practice with design ideas I could use and implimented some into my last two works. Then through studying how the designs were used overtime in China.

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Continued practice on my own interpretation of a porecelin design. I wanted to include koi and mix in my own culture of being part Chinese into my artwork. To represent how I relate to koi and in my culture all into one piece of work (used in work 5 & 6).