By MOLLY WALLACE
Junior Cynthia Williams, a ceramics student, uses the class as a way to challenge herself and create difficult pieces, going into the deepest detail. She is ecstatic about everything involving art including drawing, sketching and even fashion.
“You can do everything when you are doing art,” Williams said. “It’s putting out your imagination.”
Williams has been taking art classes since fourth grade and plans on pursuing a career in art after high school in either game design or sculpting. Her latest piece is tribute to the current seniors.
“It’s a sculpture of two hands holding two eggs,” Williams said. “I’ve seen a lot of seniors going away and wanted to portray that by the eggs representing a new chapter in one’s life.”
She claims the sculpting done in ceramics has sparked her interest to sculpt images on the computer for future video gaming characters and settings.
For kids wanting to pursue ceramics, Williams suggests putting their hearts into the art and using their imaginations. She enjoys the classes offered at school, but insists upon thinking about art as an achievement needing completion and full attention, and that is done on one’s own time.
“Producing something [is a good goal]. You have to draw it out and then bring it to life,” Williams said.
For Junior Tyler Chapman, his forte is found in Art 2D, where he experiments with stencils to create designs that he hopes to wear in the future. He has drawn Mario themed designs in his shoes and has recently drawn an atom themed painting on the walls of his room.
“I’d say what inspires me most is just what would look good on shirts and shoes,” Chapman said. “I don’t think I’m the best in the class, but I think that since I like what I do and have a goal, I can work hard and produce a good piece.”
The piece Chapman is most proud of is his stencil of a lion that he transferred onto a shirt in his free time.
“Originally I made it look like a 3D picture, but that just turned into something else,” Chapman said. “I used different colors to create sort of a 3D effect though.”
Chapman claims he has previously created T-shirt designs for friends and often brainstorms with them for new ones. He uses this brainstorming and other designs he sees to be inspired.
“Seeing kids wear designs inspires me to create my own,” Chapman said. “I want to create something I’d like to wear myself.”
Although Chapman thinks art will not pay well as a career, he encourages kids to express themselves in such ways because of its freedom.
“You’re free to do whatever and use whatever materials you want to use,” Chapman said. “It’s never limited.”