This is my hand and wheel project, it is a pitcher made on the wheel and with a pulled handle. It has carvings made into the bottom and has swirly carvings on the handle. It is half dipped in clear glaze and the other half dipped in dark blue. I am pretty proud of this project, because I think the simple glazing technique contributes well to my theme of contrast, and also the glaze compliments the shape of the project. It emphasizes the angle of the pitcher and gives it an interesting shape.
This project is my multi-piece wheel thrown project. It is a goblet and was made in two pieces, both thrown on the wheel. They were slipped and scored and attached on the kick wheel which was an experience because it fell off and I thought I was going to have to make a whole new project! But I fixed it. Anyway, I then carved in the swirls on the sides and glazed them in with blue stain and turquoise. Then I put matte turqoise in on the inside, top and bottom. I'm not really sure how I feel about this project, because the shape is not very goblet-like. The blue stain also kind of ran and makes it look weird. The carvings don't really accent the shape that much and if I had the project to do over again, I would change the shape and glaze it differently.
This is my teapot that is wheel-thrown and has a thrown lid and spout along with a pulled handle. It also has pulled ribbons of clay on the top of the lid for decoration. It is glazed with a simple dark blue glaze with a frewdrops of turquiose on the lid. The glaze I chose shows unity in the project, pulling the both pieces of the project together through one simple all-over glaze. I am very proud of this project, it may be one of the projects I am most proud of in my entire ceramics career.
This is my set of three, which consists of a mug, a bowl and a plate. They all are wheel-thrown and glazed with blue and white on top of each other. There is a succession of lines from one piece to the other, because the mug has no lines, the bowl has small lines and the plate has large lines that dominate the shape of the project. The sucesssion both pulls the three pieces together as a set but also separates them as three different projects.
This is my wide form project that I threw on the wheel. It is a wide bowl with sort of a "V" shape when you view it from the side. The glazes are Italian Straw and White with a bit in the middle left without glaze. I really like doing that on my projects, and there are many of them that show a difference in texture through the areas that are glazes versus the areas that are not glazed. I like the contrast between the smooth glaze and the rough clay, I think it makes the project much more interesting to both look at and to pick up and touch.
This is my first project of the semester, a tall form. I threw it on the wheel. It is glazed with white on the top and a dark green color on the bottom. I thought I was glazing it with blue. It is probably not my best project, and it is mostly because of the glaze. The scale of the actual project is undercut by the severe glaze. The project is supposed to be tall, but it is made to look short and kind of stumpy by the contrasting glazes. If I had it over to do, I would make lines with the glazes and try to elongate the form.
