Andy Warhol
a spin on Andy Warhols Campbells soup
I created two ceramic pieces of melting Campbell's Soup Cans by using the slab roller to roll out 2 large pieces of clay I then cut rectangles out of them and 2 circles for the top and bottom of the cans for the one on the right I used traditional cylinder making technics and sliced and scored the top and bottom on and bent the lid of it to appear like its being opened I did the same thing for the melting can but I didn't put on a bottom and kept the top closed I then smushed it down with my hands to give it that melting metal look.
I made these to connect Andy Warhol’s iconic 1962 artwork with the Cuban Missile Crisis, which also occurred that same year. because I find the constant threat of nuclear war kinda scary and wanted to symbolize it The melting cans show how culture and everyday life could have been destroyed if nuclear war had broken out. Both the artwork and the crisis happened in 1962
Andy Warhols training
Andy Warhol was born in 1928 in Pittsburgh and went to the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Initially trained in commercial art, he became one of the leading figures of the Pop Art world. Warhol’s innovative use of mass production techniques, like silkscreen printing, allowed him to explore themes of consumerism, and mass media. His work blurred the line between fine art and commercial culture
what I would do different
next time I would focus more on my glazing and possibly using painters tape to give it a more crisp line. I also needed to apply more coats of glaze to my melting one but other than that I think it came out pretty good