The media of this project was clay out of the mixer and the wheel. Something I was really happy with was how the glaze came out, I used forest green and white drips. Which gave it the cool white blue spotted dripping down the sides of the little cylinder. How it was made it I placed a small amount of clay on the wheel and centered it, and lifted the sides until I had gotten all the clay up from the bottom, then with the pin tool I cut the top off and then I rounded the edge. Then the next day I footed it. One thing I learned on this project was the process of footing, and how to hold the tool when your foot your project. One design element is that the shape of the project is very uniform. Over all the idea of this project was to make a uniform cylinder and glaze it top where there was no pulling and the ending result was aesthetically pleasing.
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For this project I used pieces of rolled play to create a pot. The media is soft clay with slip. In order to make this project I had to roll out coils and put one on top of another by slipping and scoring them, and also smoothing out the inside of the pot with each coil. An art element in this project it definitely line, more specifically different types of line giving it and interesting look. One design element is definitely movement, the swirls and the top line going over the spheres give it contrasting movement. Again, this was one of my first glazed projects, the so glaze was uneven and caused pulling in certain areas. Over this project give the feeling of Chinese origin. With the spaces in between the swirls, and the spheres on top, it gives it a very Chinese guardian lion feeling.
For this project I tried to create a lantern. The media for this project was a firm slab piece of clay, which means after I cut out all the pieces I needed from a slab of soft clay, I let it sit out over night so that it could harden and become easier to work with in a upright position. One new skill that I learned was, after slipping and scoring all the pieces together, how apply a thin roll of clay to the creases to help adhere the individual clay pieces to each other even further. One of the main art elements on this piece, are the lines. Specifically referring to the leaves on the sides of the lantern. The leaves with that dark green color really pop of of the sides, they also look very dark in contrast of the light sides. All together this project feels very earthy. with the brown inside, and the green leaves with the tarnish outside, it gives a very earthy and natural feel.
For this project I tried to create a cup. The media for this project was a soft slab piece of clay. One new skill that I learned the importance of evenly applied glaze. This project's glaze was a little lacking, in some areas there was too little of glaze and too much in others which caused it to pull away in some areas leaving bare spots. Some of the art elements in this project that stand out, were the blue color I applied by dipping, then wiping all the access off so that it was just in the crevasses. The blue does stand out against the white really well, I will definitely try this glaze pairing again This project gives me sort of a Victorian era feel, probably due to the color choices and the pattern on the cup. If I could go back and change one thing, it would be the glaze, and I would apply it more evenly so that the finished product looked better.
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