Post Snow Days

I am currently working on two projects. The first is a closed container with a cut out lid. The most important things to tell someone to do on this project would be to make sure the clay is leather hard before taking it off of the molds, to be very precise when connecting and cutting the to pieces together to make sure you do not put a whole in it, and to cut at in angle into the clay when creating the opening/lid. I am focusing on contrast through the different texture of the elements on the smooth container as well as the deep thick cuts for the lines, I am also using color to show contrast, the designs will be a tannish color and the rest will be a dark purple/blue. I am also making a large coiled vase, the three most important parts of this project would be to make sure to slip and score, make sure to smooth out the clay in the end and to make sure the angling is the same so the vase looks like three even parts. I am focusing on lines to make transitions in color, as well as unity so the vase looks like it three of the same smaller vases put together.

3rd Quarter Post: Cups

This cup was glazed with sea spray and turkish amber and held 8 oz of water.

This cup was glazed with albany slip brown and seaspray and held 12 oz of water.

 This cup was glazed with black and second hand rose and held 8 oz of water.

This cup was glazed with chum plum and secondhand rose and held 8 oz of water.

 This cup was glazed with black and chum plum and holds 9 oz of water.

This cup was glazed with true celadon and metallic green and held 10 oz of water.



It is important to take pieces off the wooden boards when they start to become leatherhard to ensure that they do not become to dry. I focused on balance with the cups so they were not too dramatic and had symmetry. I learned how to use the wheel better through this project. If I could fix it I would make my line designs go deeper into the cup because after I glazed them they are not visible anymore.

February Post

I am working on the cup project, I have made five cups on the wheel so far. Coming up with ideas for what the cup should look like is the hardest part of the project, but otherwise it's pretty simple.

End of First Semester