This is my small planter, about 5 inches wide and 4.5 inches tall. I glazed this planted by brushing scrap glaze over the leaf etchings, and then scrubbing the excess to uncover the green shape of the leaf. I also brushed scrap glaze along the inside of the base rim and the inside of the pot. During this project I learned that it is much better to do your best wth glazing on the first try, rather than having to go back and put glaze over glaze and refire it- t took me several times through the glaze kiln with scrap glaze to get the depth of green where I wanted it. The line and color of green on the leaf etchings and the base of the planter establish proportion and unity in the project. I hope that this planter reminds one of nature and the power of plants.
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This is my brown clay mug with a large pulled handle. It was glazed by adding sand glaze detail to the groves by covering and scrubbing, and then dipping into clear glaze. With this project, I learned more about mixing clay types during throwing, and that to get the best color variation you need to mix in a white clay along with the brown. The form and space of the cup, defined by its silhouette and the handle, create a nice sense of balance and harmony. When viewing this mug, one might find themselves reminded of the great rocky spectacles of the earth: the Grand Canyon, the Rocky Mountains, and so on.
This is my small, drippy lidded project. My glazing on this was exploratory, but overall I love the effect of dripping the white, blue, cobalt, forest green, and scrap green glazes down the side of the pot, and leave the rest of the surface unglazed. With this project, I learned more about how to manipulate glazes with some of the tools in the glazing room, such as droppers, to get a desired affect. The texture and color due to this glazing add a fun sense of contrast and movement on the pot.
This is my second bowl project, thrown with yellow clay, about 4.5 inches tall and 4 inches wide. It was glazed with clear glaze on the outside, and white glazed sponged on in layers on the inside. With this project, I practiced reglazing projects after they have gone through the glaze kiln, and also with footing projects and developing the shoulder. The form and space in the silloutte of the bowl gives it a fun degree of movement. I like this project because of its simplicity, and how it draws focus to the natural colors and textures of the clay.
This is my five inch vase with small star details carved in and blue glaze under a layer of clear glaze to highlight the carvings. I also included blue glaze on the inside to help define the form of the vase. With this piece, I practiced carving details into greenware with the curved hook tool, learning how to angle it to get a desired shape. The space and color defining the star carvings emphasizes the shape of the stars and the overall effect of the pattern. This piece is important to me because it is my attempt to capture the whimsical spirit of books such as The Little Prince, and to explore the power of meaning presented in a more innocent tone.
This is Jacob and I's group coil. We made it for Mr Mulligan, for the purpose of holding his motorcycling keys, gloves and helmet or whatever motorcycling paraphernalia he may have. Our coil pot is fairly stout and wide, and we glazed it using dark brown glaze in the crevices to highlight them, and then scrubbed off the excess and covered it with clear glaze. We also used orange glaze over the Harley Davidson decal. With this project, I learned how to carve out slab details to add to projects. The coils of this project create texture on the surface and the glaze along with this texture helps create emphasis on the different coils. This group coil was meaningful because it shows how me and Jacob could work together to create something neat for one of our favorite teachers.
This is my first bowl on the wheel. It is about 4 inches wide and 3 inches tall. I glazed it with scrap green on the outside, and with swirls of green, blue, and brown on the inside. With this project, I learned more about how to reglaze projects to get an improved final project, as I reglazed the outside of the bowl, using scrap green over a combination of brown and dark brown that had already been fired on. Line and value on the inside of the bowl create movement for the overall project. I find this project significant because of how it captures memories of cloudy pacific beaches from my childhood, in the dark greens and blues of the glaze.
This is my deep green and white four inch tall cylinder. I glazed it with the scrap green glaze on the upper half, with the thinner white glaze on the bottom to get some interesting runs of the green glaze. When I was making this project, I learned more about how I can use my hands to choke projects on the wheel to make them taller, rather than just pulling a wall up. The colors in the scrap green glaze and the value between the green and white help create contrast within this project. This project is important because it expresses the heaviness of the fall season here in the pacific northwest, deep greens of the pine trees and the overcast clouds and rain.
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