Blue Stien, White Earthenware, 8inc x 3inc This was my first big project, and was coil built. It didn’t turn out quite how I’d wanted, because I didn’t do a good job of choosing and applying glazes. Although, it is still important to me because when I was little I lived in Thailand and my […]

Recently, we have been working in class to make historical coiled vases using self made templates. I got the idea for this vase by looking at the met museum website. I saw a lot of jugs that were used as drink pictures. I really liked that idea so I intend to add an open spout and […]

In all of the works I’ve made I’ve tried to make something that captures things I admire. I look at the guidelines for my project and make it into something that I can say is mine. A good example of this is my lantern. I started by looking at different patterns and forms and sketching […]

Storage Vessel Water Pot 1800’s Japanese http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/47613?sortBy=Relevance&where=Japan&what=Clay&ft=*&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=2 Pouring Vessel Bottle with Bulbous Neck

In class we have started using the potters wheel. The process can be very hard because it is so technical. Although, the potters wheel  provides  A new skill for me to use with my art. The process starts with sticking a ball of clay into the center of the wheel and wetting it. The hardest part […]

In class we have been researching for an upcoming project. The theme of the project is Florida. You can do anything to do with Florida’s history, environment, or culture, so i decided to make a teapot with red mangroves depicted on the side. I started to look into the role of the mangrove in the environment […]

In class we have been making small scale sculptures of shoes. I started making my shoe into a solid brick like form. Then I started to form the shape with my fingers. Once the shoes form started to come together I began detailing it. I took a risk by adding small shoe laces, and because […]

We have recently started a new project. I have chosen to build a clay slab lantern. I chose this because i think that I would be able to make the most creative piece with slab building the lantern. I started my planning by going online and looking at pictures of clay slab lanterns. I proceeded […]

In class the past week we have been learning a new method of constructing a clay vessel. This method is called slab building. In slab building you use the slab roller to create a flat slab. You then use a tool called a fettling knife to cut out even slabs.You use a stencil to make […]

This past week in class we learned about the mimbres and there pottery styles. We learned about their styles and how they contained a lot of geometric shapes and animals. The mimbres used dark colored slip to design there bowls.  The use of majority dark/black colors caused the mimbres to use methods like shading. As used […]