Extra credit vase- This vase is five inches tall and three inches in diameter at its opening. I was happy with the shape of this vase and i also thought the gaze went on well and covered consistently without showing through.
Extra credit cup- This is a little extra credit cup that was thrown in red clay. It is fairly small with a diameter of two inches and a depth of a little over three. I carved out some geometrical patterns and glazed black in the indents. I them put clear over top the entire project. The carvings added visual appeal and more detail than most of my other projects. I really liked the color of the red clay and the black together.
Set of Three- For this project I chose to make three uniform bowls thrown in sea clay. They have a diameter of three inches and a depth of two. I really liked the white that the sea clay fired. To glaze I dipped a little more than half of the bowl into the dark turquoise glaze, then the rest in clear. On top of the clear glaze i dipped a fifth of the bowl into a rusty reddish brown color. The bowls were being fired when the whole fiasco happened with the fire in the glaze room and there were a few imperfections in the glaze such as places that didn't cover for no apparent reason so it is possible that the fire might have messed with the glaze a bit I'm not really sure. I was a little surprised when the bowls came out because the rusty red color glazed a green with rusty specks. I still was happy with the bowls though and liked the color combination. i thought that they all clearly were part of a set but they did not match perfectly which was what i was going for
An extra credit handle-less cup- it is thrown in sea clay. I really like the color that of sand clay when fired. When i throw in regular clay and try to glaze it white i can never get a nice consistent white that doesn't show through to the gray so i was really happy to see the result color of the fired sea clay. I dipped a little over half of the cup into the dark turquoise and the other half in clear. This is the first project i have dipped like this and i liked the result and the defined line. I think that the unequal distribution of the two colors adds visual appeal because it follows the law of thirds.
Another extra credit bowl- This one is fairly small. It is three and a half inches in diameter and three inches deep. Before stringing the bowl dug out three grooves in the side. I glazed using a mixture of one part cobalt blue to three parts white. The glaze didn't cover as consistently as i might have liked because of the grooves in the side so i learned that in the future if i try something like this again i should make sure to round the corners more to give the glaze a surface to stick to.
Another extra credit bowl- This one has a much different shape from the last bowl i made. It is narrower and deeper with a diameter of four and a depth of four. It is glazed in burnt orange and i like how it turned out. It did not glaze consistently the same color which i think added a nice texture. There is a more washed out color of the orange that can be seen running down the sides. I like the dimension it adds to the bowl.
This is an extra credit bowl. I was pleased with it because it was the biggest thing i have thrown to date and it was centered perfectly allowing my to pull the sides up very thin. It is eight and a half inches in diameter and three and a half inches deep. I glazed the bowl in dark turquoise with a shiny finish. I like the shape of this bowl a lot. It is very centered and does not have the heavy-ness that most of my earlier bowls did because i pulled up more and removed more from the bottom
This is my wheel alter project. It was thrown with red clay. It has a diameter of seven on average and is three and a half inches deep. I glazed using the matte brown which i feel complimented the abstract shape of the bowl. Because it wasn't very shiny they high and low points were vary divined whereas if i had used a shiny finish the glare would have taken away from the shape of the project.
This bowl has a diameter of five inches and is three inches deep. For the glaze i mixed one part cobalt blue to four parts white. Im very happy with the odd, almost periwinkle blue it turned out. The finish was almost matte which was a surprise because all of the glazes i combined has a shiny finish
This bowl has a diameter 6 inches and is three inches deep. For the glaze i mixed one part matte turquoise to four parts white. I was a surprised with how the color turned out, but i like it. The glaze has a nice opaque appearance but it covered evenly and is not streaky. There are small flecks of dark brown and blue in it as well witch added a nice textured appearance.
This bowl has a diameter of four inches and is two inches deep. For the glaze i used one of the premixed blue and gray glazes. On top i sponged on white thinly t
This is my tall project. For this project i learned the new skill of choking. This was a pretty important skill to learn because before this i never really understood how people got tall, narrow projects that were too small to fit a hand into. Now that i have developed this skill it will allow me to expand the possibilities for my creations. For the glaze on this project i dipped the top in chrome green allowing the excess glaze to run down the side of the vase. Then i dipped the bottom in the black glaze leaving a ring of unglazed clay in-between the two glazes. To tie it together i glazed the inside of the vase black. The contrast between the smooth finish of the glaze and the rough matte ring i left untouched in the middle creates aesthetic appeal.
For this planter i mixed the scrap glaze with the dark blue glaze. I did not mix to two thoroughly so that the glaze would fire uneven. I painted the rose details a mix of two parts yellow to one part red stain so that they would contrast nicely with the blue of the rest of the pot. I did not put clear glaze over the flowers in order to give it a matte finish which is more realistic. I also sponged red stain onto the edges of the petals in order to add depth and give it more of a three dimensional feel.