Pinch pot |
Coil |
This is the Pinch Pot formative I created in the bone dry stage. There is a rim at the top. Due to lack of time, it is quite uneven. I had difficulties keeping it the same thickness for the whole pot. I think I have an interesting shape.
Today i glazed my Pinch Pot with a Royal Blue color. I think I did a good job on coating the pot evenly with the glaze. I had some difficulties doing in the inside, but I managed to pour in the glaze and swoosh it around until all of the inside was covered. I chose Royal Blue for the color because I thought it would give the Pinch pot an elegant vibe to it.
The final product came out nicely, with a shiny royal blue glaze. |
This is my Coil formative. I created an interesting design using coil. This is the product in bone dry stage. I had difficulties attaching the pieces because they were so thin. I did well in rolling even coils.
Today I glazed my Coil design. I chose 2 colors: white and an olive green color. I like the colors I chose because I think they go well together. I predict that the coil design will look very earthy and peaceful, because the white is the color of clouds and the green is the color of the grass and trees. I had some difficulties glazing several coats because since I was in a rush, I had lost track of how many times I had gone over certain spots.
The final product is very interesting with different colors and a shiny glaze that draws attention. |
Slab |
Wheel |
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The first photo is the design for slab sculpture. I attempted to create the design in the middle that looks like a tulip. Because we could only attach pieces in the leather hard stage, I put some paper towels on it and put it in storage for a day. The next class time I tried working the pieces together but it was too dry so they would not attach. I ended up throwing them out like the photo on the right. It was a learning experience and I now know that I should keep the pieces damper if I can only work on in every other day.
The third and fourth photo are photos of my third attempt at a slab design. My second attempt was too dry was well, and cracked. My third design is a small box with a lid that comes on and off. It was difficult attaching the sides to create a box, because they were so weak when they were wet, but I continued in attaching the pieces of slab because I knew that it was difficult to preserve the pieces to be leather hard (the stage of clay that the slabs should be in when attaching). Because I created the lid and box when the clay was still wet, the lid does not fit with the box because when I measured it the clay was still very weak and did not support the box, so it shifted and became uneven. I think I did a good job in problem solving by finding a creative way to attach the pieces of slab, because for several times the clay would just crack and break, no matter how many wet paper towels I put on the clay to keep them from drying out. I problem solved by attaching the pieces of clay when they were wet, so that they would stick together. Because the pieces were so weak, I had to hold the box in shape until it dried out a little bit. |
This photo is of my pot that was thrown on the wheel. It is my second attempt. My first attempt resulted in no actual product, because the whole top part of the pot came off. When it came off, I continued with the remaining bit of clay and tried to expand it, but the top of that came off too, resulting in nothing but two huge rings of clay. It was a learning experience because I realized that I had to have a strong hold on the clay with one hand to keep it steady when expanding the pot outwards or upwards.
My second attempt was much better. I was able to create a pot that indented near the top, and spread up and outwards. To improve this one I think that using sand paper and metal tools to shave down the sides would help, because it would make the piece even. |