Obviously the process of creating our artwork would be a lot shorter than hers - she had to contact several people in some cases, finding out who owned certain pieces of land and whether she was able to do certain things.
It never occurred to me that she might have several projects on the go at the same time - at one point she was contacted 6 months later on news of one of her projects.
The thing I found most interesting was when she said that she found sculpting like a conversation between her and the material.
After she finished talking, we then made a start on making our own clay sculptures, based on pictures we found on the internet. I started off trying to make a rabbit and found the ears and legs very difficult. Marjan helped start me off with a second sculpture, showing me better technique. However, I still found it hard to do a good job.
As my past experience using clay hasn't been that good either, Mrs Kearns suggested that later if the using clay really does not work out, I could possibly do something else, like a graphics project that used the rest of the class' clay sculptures in it.
As well as making a sculpture, we are also making a documentary on making it, and so most of the session has been filmed for use in the documentary.
