This project is a medium sized planter body, with a large dish along the outside. The body starts narrow along its base, widens when moving up the wall, and flays out at the lip. The dish is very wide with a large path between the two walls. The walls of the dish are thick, with the walls of the body being more thin. The project has a very large crack in the center of it, breaking thought the bottom of the project through the base of the body. The glaze is green along the two walls, with black in between them, and a white glaze on the rim of the body. Although completely unintentional, there is a space shown in the crack that goes through the project. There is also a certain value shown in the lighter blue and darker green glazes on the outside of the project. I think I learned a valuable lesson in this project that I need to make sure not to dry my projects too quickly. If I dry them too fast, the clay will separate and create cracks. My favorite part of the project is most likely the crack however, because of the important lesson in drying that it taught me.
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This project is a cup that was thrown on a wheel, with a handle that was pulled from a strip of clay. The base is narrow, and it moves up with straight walls, and a slight lip on the top. The glaze on this project was somewhat of a disaster. The first time in the glaze kiln, I wanted the outside to be blue with the inside white. However it came out splotchy and with many parts on the outside without glaze. I ran it again with white to cover the wholes, however this didn't help much as it was not thick enough. I ran it then a third time. The certain value is shown in the many spots of white contrasting the blue background. This also creates movements in the eye focusing on these contrasting spots. I believe I learned a valuable skill in this project in that I need to create a balance in my projects between using too much clay, and too little. However these white spots from the mistake I made are also probably my favorite parts because of how different they are.
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June 2017
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