P2 Ceramics 1 Lora B

12/9/2018 - this week  i worked on my master artist piece. the large circle is not part of my piece but the large rectangle with the small circle is mine. My piece is a 3d recreation of "Impression, Sunrise" by Claude Monet. The sun and the main boater man in the front are outward relief while the boats in the background and the waves of the water are inward relief. i used slip to recreate the texture of the brush strokes of the waves and in the sky. I didnt get to take a picture of the more finished piece before it got into the kiln.

11/29/18 - Ive done two more pieces on the wheel. The top two pictures are a mug that i want to use at some point in the future after being fired. The bottom two pictures are what i want to be a table sugar bowl for my parents. I had to make it smaller multiple times and i still feel like it may be too thick.

11/24/18 - Last week before break i used the wheel again. The first bowl did not end up correct but i tried again and made a nice bowl that i really like. I left it on the wheel and will hopefully finish it when we return to class.

11/13/2018 - I used the throwing wheel today. I got both pieces centered well but when i tried to pull them up they both kind of got decapitated. The first i tried to push back down and the top of the material just came off with my hand. The second was going better but it was eventually getting pretty thin and i accidentally just pulled it off the plate with my finger pressing against the bottom. I just need more practice.

11/9/2018 - This week I decided to get rid of my little hut castle tiny house thing that i had made. It really got too dry and the little roof that i had put on it had a huge crack and it was going to be hard to fix. Last class period i rolled out a slab and i actually tried to make another one of the little circle homes but the clay was way too wet and it wouldnt join without warping badly. From there i cut out a circle and was going to make a small coil pot. The base for it was too small and none of my coils were the correct size. The clay was also still very wet so i ended up scrapping the bowl as well.

11/2/2018 - During this week I continued working on my small hut house thing. Its giving me surprising amount of trouble. I tried to create a pointy roof for it but that did not look good so i decided to get rid of it. I put a flat piece of slab on top of it to create more of a castle look and as it dried it ended up cracking. Ill put more clay on that spot and get it wet to keep it there. I tried to make a pinch pot but i ended up dropping it right at the end of class. I made two because I wanted to make another smaller animal sculpture. Thursday in class i worked on the scholastic magazine and didn't get a chance to work on any clay.

10/26/2018 - On Thursday i glazed some pieces. I glazed the bottom of pieces that might have water on them. I put a grey gloss glaze on my little seal figurine. I tried to put a roof on my little hut but it wasnt big enough or the right shape so my hut still doesnt have a roof.