3rd Quarter Project

     The light blue and pink cup was glazed by dipping it first in metallic green and then in second hand rose. It held a little under six ounces of water. The dark blue cup was glazed by dipping it in metallic green and then blue rutile. It held a little over six ounces of water.

     You should take your work off of the wooden boards when it is leather hard so that it does not become bone dry before it is fired. I focused on balace and shape when creating these cups. I wanted my cups to be symmetrical and I wanted them to have interesting shapes. During this project I learned how to trim on the wheel. I wouldn't change anything about this project.

February Post

I am working on cups. I have made one pinch pot cup. It was easy to make but it was hard to make it smooth and symmetrical. I am going to try to make my other cups on the wheel.

This candle holder was glazed by painting on four coats of chun plum. It has not been glaze fired yet.

End of Semester 1

This is the beginning of my first cup out of six.

This is four coasters that were extra credit for the candleholder project.

Happy Holidays

Leather Hard - Clay which has dried sufficiently to be stiff, but is still damp enough to be joined to other pieces. - Bone Dry - Clay that is completely dried but not yet fired. Clay forms are most fragile at this stage. - It important to connect slab work and trim pottery on the wheel when the clay is leather hard so that the clay keeps its shape and doesn't fall apart.

Glaze 2

For my pinch pot I used a squeeze bottle to apply bright caribbean to the designs and then dipped the whole pot in seaspray and then metallic green. The bright caribbean did not show through the other glazes very well. Next time I will make sure that my glazes are light enough to show the colors underneath.

Bisque Ware

With Bisque Ware it is important to wash your hands so that the oils on your skin don't get on the piece and cause the glaze to not stick to the pot. It is also important to wipe the dust off so the glaze can be absorbed. When glazing you should apply wax resist when you are dipping the piece in bucket glaze. You should dip the pot for almost two seconds. You cannot brush on bucket glaze because not all of the minerals would be spread evenly on your piece and the color would be messed up.

Coil Pot

I am doing okay with my coil pot. It is hard to make the coils uniformly even and the spirals tend to fall over a little bit. My pot is matching up pretty well with the silhouette. It is a little skinnier at the bottom because there wasn't a circle stencil the exact size as my drawing. I also decided to spread my coils out a little bit more than I had originally intended.