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The first thing you notice is definitely that color of the glycerin! It creates such a warm feeling almost portraying that feeling of the cactus' natural environment. The use of wire for the spines on the cactus was a nice touch! The strongest part for me is the detail in the cactus! One thing that could have been pushed is definitely the hand, I just wish there was more of it, but the proportions of the 2 fingers you have already look great!

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I thought the color of this piece was so interesting! I really like the amber color. I thought the use of the wire was successful in the composition. I think that if you stuck with the soap needles it would have been confusing, so good solution!
I wish the fingers were a bit cleaner and more curved like a hand, but other than that, very successful!

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I love all of your ideas here and I think this project turned out really well. I love how the glycerin ic colored orange, and I can just tell you worked hard on this.
I think your strongest aspect in this piece is the transition from being a cactus to creating it into a hand. This piece definitely gives me an unsettling feeling, but I like how I can still tell what the object is supposed to be. I think you should maybe add another piece to the cactus, if you wanted to go further with it. Like you could add another branch to it, but it still looks well balanced.

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Really nice job, Sierra!  You definitely drive home the discomfort of the spikes in the cactus. And you were very successful merging the two pieces.

Your decision to use the wire on the cactus was brilliant. It makes a very strong statement.  And you did a really nice job with the texture on the cactus.

If I were going to continue working on this project, I might clean up the overall shape and lines of the hand. It's hard to tell from the photos, but the thumb feels a little thick. But that would just be my personal preference.

Overall, this is a very successful piece. Congratulations on a job well done!

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What a way to use left over materials! great job obtaining that uncomfortable feeling. I am uncomfortable for sure. Using wire instead of glycerin really made your sculpture look a lot stronger.

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Love the color of the Glycerin! Can you remind me what you added?

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I love the way you added the wire to make the spikes of the cactus, it immediately gives that “uncomfortable” feeling when you look at it.  The wires remind me of stitches too, which I think emphasizes that feeling of discomfort you were going for.  I also really like how you added the burst of red in the middle of the hand (which I don’t know if it was intentional or if the pigment just settled there), but it looks like you are trying to show points of pain, so I thought that was also a nice feature.  I think that you could always add a bit more detail to the hand, like more creases on the palms and fingers, to give it a more realistic feel.  Even adding more texture to the cactus part as well could also look really cool.  Overall, I think the changes you made were very successful and really display that feeling of pain and discomfort you were going for, great job! :)

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I really love the color in this piece, it reminds me of honey or caramel. I think the color and the needles are the strongest suite of this project. I am not sure what I would suggest besides possibly making it bigger to add more detail to the hand. I think switching to spikes instead of the pieces of glycerin made your project a lot stronger. Good job!

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Brooke Ryans Critique.. Loved your project!

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Brooke Ryans Critique.. Loved your project!

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Brooke Ryans Critique.. Loved your project!

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With adjusted spikes

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This did not created the spikes in the way I wanted to create discomfort in the audience

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After the first critique, I took advice to simplify from original clay form. For this, I morphed the thumb and pointer finger as well as the palm with the cactus to create one shape. This simplified my form and allowed me to better my carving overall.

When I first began my carving I first cut out large chunks to get the beginning shape. I then went in with more care to craft the more integrate finger shape and cactus. Originally I tried to make the spikes of the cactus that are so important in displaying the meaning of my project with the soap and wire. However, this did not portray the spikes and create the uncomfortable feeling of mixing smooth skin with a pokey cactus, so I adjusted to just using wire. I want my piece to instill a feeling of discomfort with in my audience from the morphing of two very different textures.

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Love the color. Take your time. You can't put it back easily :)  It looks like its going ok? I look forward to meeting -Rebekah

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Love the color. Take your time. You can't put it back easily :)  It looks like its going ok? I look forward to meeting -Rebekah

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Looks interesting Sierra. Some thoughts:
Do you need the base for the idea to work?
The hand  looks nicely developed and overall well proportioned, except that the  thumb seems a little big. I think you will need to somehow simplify the form/ your idea since we are carving and be sure you are specifically addressing hybridization. Lmk if you want to talk. Hopefully you got some good feedback from your peers.
- Rebekah

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My project proposal is to combine a hand with a cactus plant. I want the hand to be grabbing the cactus with the fingers intertwined between the arms of the plant. I think the hand intertwined into the spikes of the plant with evoke a feeling of discomfort in the audience.