Showing your Ideas Visually
When artists communicate their thoughts and feelings, they often do not make a replica or
photorealistic
copy of their specific idea.
Instead, they will use the elements and principals of design (line, shape, form, space, direction, size, texture, color, value, balance, unity, repetition, harmony, contrast, and dominance) as well as sculptural and decorative elements in order to create a mood or to reference concepts or situations. Here are some examples of some creative approaches to communicating ideas and emotions. Each of these objects could be based on a pinched pot or pod.

Catrin Mostyn Jones

Claudia Tarantino
Claudia Tarantino

Cho Chung-hyon, Korea, 1994

Geoffrey Wheeler

Cyprus 1650 BC

Katie Wilcock

Cyprus 2000 BC

Linda Lighton

Deccan Indian 12th Century AD

Michael Beecher

Egypt 3rd Century BC

Michael Lucero

Michael Lucero

Etruscan 340 BC

Sue Jenkins

Etruscan 625 BC

Tom Bartel

Julie Byrne

Kutahya, Turkey, 1510 AD

Ruth Elizabeth Jones

Bernadette Curran

Bernadette Curran

Bernadette Curran |