pottery part 1
Hey everybody! I know it's been a while, but now I'm back and hopefully you'll like what I have to offer. Because I've got something I've never really done before-- I've got ceramics!
Since I'm an assistant ceramics counselor at a nearby day camp, I've gotten to try my hand at clay, which is something that in my artistic past I haven't gotten to try very often. These two cuts hold the first two things I made this summer. Hope you like 'em.
This picture and the picture below are of the first ceramic piece I made this summer before it was glazed. I made it from a pinch pot and then carved away. I wanted to make something innovative or original, but... well, you have to start somewhere, right?
And here it is from another angle.
And now it's been glazed. I layered some different blues and purples on top of one another to make it more interesting. I'm still learning about how to effectively mix glazes, and with this one some of my techniques (like sponge painting) didn't work out as I'd hoped.
And again from another angle.
This was my first piece, and I wasn't that attached to it. When my friend Jess worked in the same ceramics department a few years ago, she made me a little ceramic box, so I thought I'd return the favor. I gave her this little flower dish.
I call this my "non-lame coil pot" because before I learned how to throw on the wheel I had to make vessels out of pinch pots (like the flower dish above) or out of coil pots, like this one.
The coil pots the campers make are usually pretty cracked and straight up and down, so I tried my best to make this one "non-lame" or just more interesting. This one flares out, and back in, and back out... sort of like a lady. Hehe.
I actually wanted this to be much taller and sleeker, but, like most of my 3-D projects, it turned out sort of chubby-looking.
And, as you can see here, I didn't quite smooth out all the coils towards the bottom. 'Cause I'm cool like that.
And here it is after having been glazed. I used a combination of the colors mocha spice (light brownish color) with peacock (a teal-blue).
I dripped the peacock color down the sides of the coil pot to add an interesting pattern. I think the colors and drips make it look almost magical or fairy tale-like.
And from another angle here.
And, as you can see, I was wrong in assuming that the peacock color would cover up the coils I hadn't smoothed out. But I think this one came out well regardless.
Hoped you like these alright. Okay, well, I've got to go off to bed, but sometime really soon I'll update with a couple more pieces of pottery that I (dun dun duuuun) made on the wheel. See you again soon!
Since I'm an assistant ceramics counselor at a nearby day camp, I've gotten to try my hand at clay, which is something that in my artistic past I haven't gotten to try very often. These two cuts hold the first two things I made this summer. Hope you like 'em.
This picture and the picture below are of the first ceramic piece I made this summer before it was glazed. I made it from a pinch pot and then carved away. I wanted to make something innovative or original, but... well, you have to start somewhere, right?
And here it is from another angle.
And now it's been glazed. I layered some different blues and purples on top of one another to make it more interesting. I'm still learning about how to effectively mix glazes, and with this one some of my techniques (like sponge painting) didn't work out as I'd hoped.
And again from another angle.
This was my first piece, and I wasn't that attached to it. When my friend Jess worked in the same ceramics department a few years ago, she made me a little ceramic box, so I thought I'd return the favor. I gave her this little flower dish.
I call this my "non-lame coil pot" because before I learned how to throw on the wheel I had to make vessels out of pinch pots (like the flower dish above) or out of coil pots, like this one.
The coil pots the campers make are usually pretty cracked and straight up and down, so I tried my best to make this one "non-lame" or just more interesting. This one flares out, and back in, and back out... sort of like a lady. Hehe.
I actually wanted this to be much taller and sleeker, but, like most of my 3-D projects, it turned out sort of chubby-looking.
And, as you can see here, I didn't quite smooth out all the coils towards the bottom. 'Cause I'm cool like that.
And here it is after having been glazed. I used a combination of the colors mocha spice (light brownish color) with peacock (a teal-blue).
I dripped the peacock color down the sides of the coil pot to add an interesting pattern. I think the colors and drips make it look almost magical or fairy tale-like.
And from another angle here.
And, as you can see, I was wrong in assuming that the peacock color would cover up the coils I hadn't smoothed out. But I think this one came out well regardless.
Hoped you like these alright. Okay, well, I've got to go off to bed, but sometime really soon I'll update with a couple more pieces of pottery that I (dun dun duuuun) made on the wheel. See you again soon!