This is my third theme choice project and is 5 X 3 inches. This is similar to my second theme choice project and is the same basic painting on the side. I made a simple vase on the wheel, but I wanted this project to have a simple shape, and different designs on it to attract the eye. I painted on branches coming from the bottom of the vase, and leaves on each branch. Then I painted lines on the top and bottom of the lip so that the green would match the green of the leaves and add a variety of shapes onto this one vase. I then glazed it with clear. I like this project because I like that the designs in it draw the eye, and the shape does not distract from the stains.
This is a theme project and is 6 X 4 inches. This is by far my favorite piece of art that I have ever made. I was very pleased with the shape when I made it. I have been leaning toward simple shapes and this one is more complex than usual. It is narrow at the bottom, comes out in the middle, and as it gets narrow again at the tip, there is a flared lip. Since this is one of my favorite shaped projects that I have made, I decided to paint on it as well. I used green and brown stain and started off by painting a tree. I then painted leaves all around the rest of the vase, and branches with leaves coming out from the inside. Inspiration for this project came from the change of the seasons from winter to spring, showing the green leaves and the new growth of spring. This is by far my favorite project.
This is my wheel and wheel project. This project is 4 X 5 inches. This project was made by throwing a basic bowl with a flared lip, then throwing a lid to fit onto that bowl. After that, I threw a spout and attached it to the bowl by scratching it and using slip as the glue. I then used my fingers to try to smooth the spout onto the rest of the project. After all of that, I pulled a handle and attached it to the opposite end than the spout. I added a butterfly onto the side of the spout. I know that my theme is nature, and I think that the combination of the shadow green and the butterfly really add the feeling of nature. I really like this teapot and I know that I will use it when I and going to drink tea or serve it. I love the shine of the shadow green on this project. If I could change one thing, it would be the size of the spout. I wish I would have made it a little smaller and tilted a little further up, besides that, I absolutely love this project.
This is my lidded project and is 4 X 3 Inches. I glazzed this with shadow green, a dark blue, and a color that I thought was clear but ended up a white color. The top of this lid is pointed and I think that the shape adds more appeal to the eye because it is a round shape, that is pointed at the top. I love the glaze because it changes as you turn the project. I worked very hard on this project and I think that it turned out very well. I lovethe glazes and i love the shape. I also like that in the inside, the bottom is not rounded and has a square shape. I have been trying to do this with other projects because I think it looks nice.
This is my first theme choice project and is 5 X 3 inches. I glazed this with shadow green and a brassy color. I love the glazes and think that they work very well together. This matches my theme of nature because of the natural glazes that I used. When I made this I pulled out at the top so that it had more of a lip. The design is that of a triangle on the side of the project. I am very happy that the shadow green did not run very much so that it kept the triangle shape.
This is my project with two plates. These plates are both about 5 inches wide and were glazed with two different colors. I glazed one with shadow green and the other with a natural brass color. They both have different designs, but I like the green plate more than the brown one. The green plate has a spiral design and is thinner than the brown plate. The green plate has more of a lip that goes out and the brown plates lip goes up instead of out. I like that they are both about the same size so that they go together and match because they have natural looking glazes. I think i will use the green plate more than the brown one because the brown plate is too thick to look nice. I love the green plate and hope to make more projects like this. These plates also match my theme because they are natural colors and my theme is nature.
In this set of three, my bowl is 3.5 X 4.5, the plate is 4.5wide, and the cup is 3 X 2.5. I decided to make a bowl, a plate, and a cup for my set of three because I wanted to bowl to be able to hold soup, the cup to hold juice, and the plate to hold the crackers. All three have the same design on them, even when throwing the plate, I pressed down with my finger to create spirals in the clay. I really like the design of the swirls because they all look very uniform. The only thing that I wish I did differently was to give the plate a bigger lip, I forgot that the clay shrinks in the kiln and now the plate has no lip to hold the food onto it. Next time I will make a plate with a big enough lip so that when it comes out of the kiln it will be the perfect size.
This wheel altered project is 5 X 7 inches. This project was originally a round bowl that I pinched on four sides to give a square shape. I used three glazes to make the bowl look more complicated. The shape is very simple and does not have any designs on it, so I thought that by adding three glazes, it would attract the eye better and would give the bowl more personality. I like that the shape is not symmetrical and that each side is different than the other three. I was disappointed that the blue glaze ran more than the yellow or rust and there are a few spots on one side of the bowl that there is no glaze because the blue ran down the side so much.
This is a choice project that is 4.5 X 2.5 Inches. This choice project was very hard to throw on the wheel because it became too narrow to fit my hand into, so I had to throw most of it with a sponge on a stick. This project has 5 triangles that I carved and glazed into its sides to add different shapes to this basic cylinder. The glaze I used was a forest green and while the whole inside of the project is that one color, the outside only has the green on the triangles and dripping down from the top. I then added clear to the rest of the cylinder to give it some shine. I really like the dipping effect from the top rim of the project and think that the triangles help distract the eye from the basic shape of the cylinder.
This tall project is 5.5 X 3 Inches and was thrown on the wheel. The project is a cylinder that gets wider at the top instead of going straight up. The glazes I used were a dark blue and a black dripped over the blue. I turned the tall project upside down once the blue glaze dried, and dripped the black glaze from to bottom so that it would give the effect of being pooled at the top and looking thicker at the top since it usually runs down. I really like how the glaze complements the shape of the project because the shape of this tall project is very simple, but the subtle color change in the glaze helps make it more appealing to the eye.
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