First of all, an explanation for the photo. My camera on my camera phone cracked and I can't take another one, but at least I have a picture of them bisqued! These are my hand and wheel projects. I made an extra one. They are mugs, both of them are about three and a half by three inches. I glazed them in white and blue, and I wish I could show them to you. For my hand work, on one I carved out "flame"-like pieces and on the other I added little geometric shapes, so that I could display my design work with both negative and positive space. My art element is movement. The way the designs are lined and shaped across the cups helps to keep the pattern flowing continuously around and around the project.
This is my multi-wheel project. I made a teapot. It is about seven inches by three and a half inches. I glazed it just in shadow green. This was my first time making a teapot, so I was really nervous. I had to focus a lot on proportions so that I could make both the lid and the spout the right size so that they would fit on the body of the teapot well. My art element was simplicity. I usually make projects really busy but I thought that because of the inherently interesting shape of the project I could just let it speak for itself, and use only one glaze. The way the shadow took to all the different curves and whatnot of the project is really nice, and helps to add movement and depth to my "simple" project.
This is a choice bowl and extra cup I made of red clay. They are both pretty simple. I kept the bowl plain and I carved a swirl pattern around the outside walls of the cup. They are both just glazed with clear. These projects were thrown on my first day using red clay, so I wanted to keep it simple and clean as I got used to working with this type of clay and seeing how it fired and everything. Thusly. my art element was simplicity. The bowl is very clean and simple, and the cup, even though it has swirls carved onto it, isn't overbearing or loud in its design. I learned to work with this new clay and got to see how it fired and differed from vashon white throughout the course of making the projects!
This is my tall project. I altered the rim and added a handle to make it into a pitcher. I glazed it with light blue and clear. It's blue on the inside and around the bottom of the vase. It was my first time making a pitcher. I had only thrown a vase once before, and I was pretty satisfied with the shape of this one and hadn't made a pitcher yet, so I went for it. It was my first time altering the rim of anything, so that was exciting. I also got to exercise my skills in pulling handles. There is contrast between the darker bottom and inside and the light of the top. Like my last project I was aiming to keep things simple and work on more consistent throwing. I kept the walls consistent and thin, and overall I'm satisfied with the shape, size and structure of it.