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Cupcake Towerby ~Strange-1

Traditional Art / Sculpture / Other

A project I did in my Ceramics I class.

Our assignment was to combine the use of both coil building and slab building, and create something that was a combination of organic and geometric. I used coil for the cupcakes and slab for the box it's sitting on. The icing was actually slip piped through a cake tip. For the box I tried to make it look like it was actually constructed from pieces of wood, so I included details like the nails and wood grain.

The top is open because I liked the idea of it almost seeming like a vase or container, though it can't actually be used for a vase because the hole isn't quite big enough, and it can't really hold water.

A few more shots of this: [link] [link] [link]

I gave this to my mom, and we're thinking about turning it into a lamp using a lamp kit. If we ever do, I'll probably take some more pictures of it and upload those, too.

Made with terracotta, and painted with coloured slips.
I don't have the exact measurements of this because it's with my mom, but I think it's about 14" high.

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~caerul Feb 14, 2011 Student Artisan Crafter

This is great! I especially like the texture on the cupcakes. Does the hole go all the way down, like a candle holder?

~Strange-1 Feb 15, 2011 Professional General Artist

Thank you!

Yes, the entire thing is hollow. Though I think it's much to big to be a candle holder.

~Sakura-Ikayuro Jan 28, 2011 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Very nice! I think it would look great as a lamp if you guys can manage it!

~Strange-1 Jan 29, 2011 Professional General Artist

Thanks! Yeah, we'll try it.

~SketchedExistence Jan 28, 2011 Student General Artist

This is so cute! The first thing that came to mind was the leaning tower of Pisa. The wood grain is really well done, and those cupcakes look good enough to eat. Seems like you're/were having a blast in your ceramics class.

~Strange-1 Jan 28, 2011 Professional General Artist

Thank you so much! Yeah, it was fun making stuff!

~SketchedExistence Jan 29, 2011 Student General Artist

You're welcome!

~im-waterproof Jan 27, 2011

It's so cute! I love it!

~Strange-1 Jan 27, 2011 Professional General Artist

Thanks!

~Ajala Jan 18, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

wow that turned out awesome. looks like you could eat em

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