My best artwork this semester would have to be the multiples set I made just because I really like how everything turned out with it from the colors to the sgraffito design on the ring dish. If I could I would redo my slab box because I think the colors I used were really cute and went with my design but I did not try my hardest when it came to glazing it, so it looks a little messy. Something I learned in art class that I can apply to work in my other classes or outside of art is that it is ok to make mistakes, just keep trying. One thing I wish I could've done in art class is to use the wheel and make a pot. I always see videos of people making pots on those wheels all the time and it is something I wish I could've tried out.
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For my set I made stuff that could go into my bathroom. I made a little bowl for my rings, a mixing palette to mix my foundation and other makeup stuff, and lastly a square pot makeup brush holder. I was inspired to make these things because it was cheaper than buying an actual holder and mixing palette and I wanted something I would use and something that would look cute at the same time. I started off by just thinking about what I need at home and what I would actually use and then I got my clay and started making each of them. After I let them dry I used the underglaze colors teddy bear brown, peach, cinnamon, and terra cotta. I was inspired to use these colors by Kelsi because I seen her using them a lot and I liked how the colors looked on her artworks. The corner of the ring bowl did break off, but I used a little bit of vinegar to stick the pieces back together and just painted over it with underglaze. Then I did sgraffito on it of flowers.Then I set them on the shelf to be fired in the kiln. After they cooled off I put clear glaze over all three of the items and fired them one last time. My set goes together because the color of it all matches on everything and they have the purpose of holding stuff like makeup and jewelry. I personally really like my set that I made, I'm just kinda sad that the corner of my ring bowl broke off.
For my artists communicate sculpture I made a bunny with a broken/cut off ear. I wanted to create something that actually meant something to me and shows how I feel about the topic on animal testing. Many companies still test their products on animals and not only do I, but many others think it is wrong. Innocent animals get tested on and it's just not right. I want this sculpture to express the feeling that we need to help animals and stop testing on them. The glazes I used on the bunny were tan, opaque white, shiny black, and hot tamale.
The skill I chose to learn more about is slip trailing. The two studio habits I used for this pot are develop craft and stretch and explore. I used develop craft by using a henna cone and slip to create little details on my pot and I used stretch and explore by trying something new because my pot did not turn out exactly how I wanted it. First thing I did was test out slip trailing on a slab of clay; this went pretty good, but some were a little wonky. Then I made my pot and let it dry for a couple days which I think was a mistake because the slip did not want to stick to it. I then put white slip in a henna cone and cut a really tiny hole at the end which I think was another mistake I made, but I decided to work with it. I was trying to go for cow print on my pot but some of the slip would crust off, so I decided to just take my finger and wipe all the loose slip off and it turned out kinda cool. Then it was put in the kiln and fired. Then I glazed it using the colors "opaque white" and "celestial blue" over the white. I actually like the finished product even though it does not look like what I originally wanted, but it looks a little like there is white veins on the pot.
Two studio habits I used to make my relief tile are express and observe. I used express by making something that would express some sort of feeling to me when I look at it and it does. The other thing is observe and I see something totally different when I look at it than others probably do. I first made my slab and then started carving and adding different pieces to it. I let it dry for a day before I carved out the smaller details and then had it fired. After it was fired, I glazed it using the glaze colors: new leaf, pretty n' pink, light gray, tahiti blue, and tan.
Two studio habits of mind I used to make my coil vessel were observe and develop craft. I used observe by looking at my pot and fixing my mistakes that I see; making it as smooth and as good as I like it. I used develop craft by using many tools to stick the coils together and to smooth the entire pot out. I pretty much rolled out big coils and stacked them up with slip and then smoothed both the outside and inside until I got to the height I needed it to be. Then it was put in the kiln, glazed, and then fired one last time. The glazes I used were "opaque white" and "celestial blue" on the outside and for the inside of the pot I used "shiny black." I actually like how the pot tuned out with the colors and just how it looks, but I wish I kinda would've did a different design.
Two studio habits I used to make my slab box was develop craft and express. I used develop craft by using my texture roller to make the texture on my slab box and fixing it up with a tool because after touching it for awhile, the texture kind of went away. For express I made my texture roller a pattern I liked and used relaxing colors for the glaze. The glaze colors I used were "opaque white" on the inside and on the top part of my slab box and then I used "yadro print" over the white on the top part and over the rest of the outside of the slab box. When I first seen my slab box after it was glazed I didn't like it, but now after really looking at it, it is kind of cool. The only thing I need to fix is the inside because I forgot to put a couple more layers of the white glaze.
Two of the studio habits I used to create my texture roller were develop craft and envision. It was pretty easy to envision each steps I had to do to make it and for developing craft I used materials to make a thing I could use in my art. To create my texture roller I started off by sketching a design on a piece of paper and then drawing it on the texture roller. I didn't like my first design I had drew on it, so I had to draw over it with a red sharpie and now it looks messy but it still works. Lastly I put hot glue on the lines. It turned out pretty good honestly; way better than I expected.
When making my ceramic sphere, the two studio habits I used were engage and persist and reflect. I really took my time and focused on smoothing out the sphere and reflected how it can affect my future projects by taking my time. The steps I did to making this are: making two pinch pots and then using a fork and slip to attach them to each other, then I smoothed out the edges and tried to make it as circular as possible, next I did a random design on it and put a hole in the bottom of it, then it went into the kiln and after it cooled I glazed it using the colors "white" and "citrus splash." Then it went back into the kiln and it was finished.
Two studio habits I used when making my pinch pots were envision and observe. I envisioned each of the steps in my head before actually doing them and I did that until I had finished my pinch pot. I also observed a lot and made sure my pinch pot is how I would like it, but in the end it's a little messed up and uneven. I also only made one pinch pot because I knew I would not use the other ones. The first thing I did was take clay and form my pinch pot, then I put it in the kiln, next I glazed it with the color "shiny black" and then put it in the kiln again. I think it's a really cute pinch pot, I just do not know what I am going to use it for.
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AuthorHi, I'm Brooke and I am a Junior at Pierz Healy High School and I am taking a ceramics class. |