CERAMICS 1
UNIT 1
STAMP PROJECT
Plan:
-wedge clay
-shape clay into tupe
-flatten the bottom
-carve out a heart
-undergalze it white
-fire
-do a clear glaze
-fire
-done!
This piece was a struggle but I am really happy with out it turned out. I brought it home and forgot to clear glaze it though!
FACE PROJECT
Plan:
-wedge clay
- make a oval ball
-flatten the bottom
-make nose and eye and mouth dents
-add balls for the eyes and put strips on top to bring it all together
-add cheek bones
-add eyebrows
-add strips for lips
-hollow out the bottom
-your done!
​For one of my first pieces this turned out really well! It's really cool you how we made this so easily. I fired this one and I'm going to keep it so I can make another one and see how much progress I have made over the year.
MINI MASTERPIECE--of a famous art
-wedge clay
-flatten it (slab roller)
-cut it into a square
-use blower dyer to dry
-underglaze the whole thing green
-mix colors to create the flowers
-add stream in the middle
-fire
clear glaze
-fire
-take home!
I really liked making all of the little flowers on this. I am kind of bummed about how the stream turned out though. It was a lot less prominent before I fired it, and I don't really like how it turned out. But I gave it to my mom as a gift and she loves it so its a success.
UNIT 2
PINCH POT CUT IN HALF
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wedge clay
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form ball
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press a hole in the center of the circle
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pull the edges up around the hole
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widen the bottom out
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place bowl on a blue weel
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hold arm steady to cut the top of the rim to make it even
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smooth the inside and outside of the bowl
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cut it half
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​done!
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This piece was a lot harder than I originally expected it to be. It made me very curious if it would be easier to throw a bowl instead. If I was going to make this again I would definitely make it smother and try using a sponge because I had not discovered that method yet when I had made it.
PINCH POT TURNED INTO INTO SOMETHING USEFUL
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wedge clay
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flatten two pieces of clay
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cut out a circle from the larger piece
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cut a long even rectangle from the smaller piece of clay
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measure the rectangle to full fit around the circle and cut any excess
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score and slip the circle to the rectangle
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make a worm and score and slip it to the inside of the bowl
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smooth it with a rubber kidney and sponge
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carve out large circles and then three small circles for the paws
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underglaze stripes on the outside
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underglaze the inside white
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fire
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clearglaze
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fire
I had to remake this piece and use the right method for pinch pot and it took me a very long time. When I redid the paw prints I used a metal kidney to take off the excess clay on the top and it looked a lot cleaner.I am very happy with how it turned out and it is a very cute cat bowl. I did forget to take a picture of the re make but is the first version and the second turned out a lot more sturdy.
PINCH POTS PUT TOGETHER AND MADE INTO SOMETHING USEFUL
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wedge clay
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make a circle
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press the middle
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pull up the sides
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even it out
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make another one
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score and slip them together
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cut them apart with a wavy line
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make a worm
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attach it halfway down the bottom bowl to create a rim
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punch three holes in the top bowl and dots around.
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fire
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paint brown with some white spots on top
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fire
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clear glaze
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fire
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done
​I decided to make this coconut because I was inspired by Lydia but hers looked much better. For one of my first pieces I am very proud. If I was going to make it again I would make the wavy line a little more discrete so it would look more realistic and I would add more details to it.
HISTORICALLY INSPIRED PIECE
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I had to make it multiple times for the second time this is my successful process
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wedge clay
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make a pinch pot by forming a circle pressing the middle and pulling the sides up
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make another one and put them together
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make a smaller pinch pot and smooth
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do that again
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measure the small pinch pots on the ball and cut out a slightly smaller circle on top and bottom
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score and slip the small pinch pots to the top and bottom of the circle where the cuts are
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take the top small pinch pot and cut out the top of it so now you can see the inside of the pot
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smooth everything out
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make a pinch pot for lid
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flatten a piece of clay and cut out a large circle
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measure the pinch pot with the flat circle and score and slip them together
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add a ball on the top and under glaze
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fire
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clear glaze
Making this project was a challenge and I had to re do it multiple times. It's a Chinese small covered vase and it's in the metro politan museum of art. Next time I would pick an easier piece to replicate. I am just happy got done but next time I want to do a better job with painting it. I chose this piece because it is very pretty and it really spoke to me when I was scrolling through looking at possible pieces I could make.
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CHOICE PROJECT
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wedge clay
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Put through the flatterer
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cut into a paint palate shape
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smooth with a sponge
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map out where I want the paint dips to be
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carve out paint dips
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make the flower by making five petals and pressing them in and the combining them
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score and slip the flower to the palate
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under glaze
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carve out mom in cursive
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fire
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glaze
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fire
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I made this choice project as a Christmas present for mom. I originally under glazed it but I did not like the color so I added some pink in the flower with glaze and clear glazed it. My goal was to make the paint dips as white a possible so you could see the real color while painting but the came out a little more purple. If I were to make a project like this again I would use brighter colors originally and make sure there was no color in the paint dips so it was a true white.