oops!

my art mock exam was earlier in December and in preperation for it, i had to make the heads for my 'final piece' puppets. so it had the clay, the tools and everything was going fine until they got to the oven. with this clay, you're supposed to cook it at a certain temperature, so i set it to that thinking it would be fine....forgetting that my oven is about 30 degrees hotter than a normal one. the heads were meant to cook for 45 minutes, instead, after only about 20, i went to check on them and well its safe to say they were a little bit burnt! oops. so after all this stress i had to remake them in time for the exam. However, these burnt faces have kind of given me an idea to make them into 'burnt puppets' and i'd quite like to experiment with them, making slightly ripped/burnt/distressed clothes and turn into a sort of theme for them. sometimes, the best ideas come from mistakes or accidents!

                                          the burnt heads after i rescued them from the oven.

                                         another trial at making my heads, which turned out much better.