Ceramics Post 1

So, I recieved some pieces back last night from ceramics class, but not all. I am still waiting on my second slab plate and second slab vase to finish firing. Hopefully they will be done on Thursday. But for now I can show and tell what I do have.

Cat or Dog?:
For our second assignment of the term, after the Raku Pinch Pot we did, we then had to use the pinch technique for shaping a cat or dog. I with out a doubt chose cat, it turned out funny looking and I did not much care for how the glazing turned out either. The pink turned out too close to skin color for me and the green had too much blue, also I forgot to paint in my whiskers black. But here she is, laugh if you want, it's okay, I did. LOL.

Coil Pot:
Our coil project this term was to make a pot. Coil projects are made from just that, coils. You add some clay (rather, a lot) into a hand operated machine called the extruter and it then creates coils for yolu based on the size and shape you have picked. Our assignment was to chose a historical piece (50 years or older) and base our idea of it. Mine (which you have seen in a previous post while leather hard) did not turn out to be anything like what I had origanally schecked out, but then again that is the story of my life. It has to be at least 12 inches in height (mine reaches 13-14, I believe) and made just from coils. Afterwards we glazed and fired. Final piece:

Cups made by Wheel:
I did not get a chance to fall in love with the wheel (think of the movie Ghost, it's not like that.) But I am hoping that one day we will fall in love. For now, we just fell in like. There are three types of cups that we had to make; convex, concave and straight. Well, four actually, the last was a style of our choice. Then we had to make handles using the slab, pull, and extruder technique. I didn't have any rhymn and reason when I was making mine, or glazing them for that matter, so none of them match. However, I think that is part of the charm:

And there ya have it, the ones that I have gotten back and have pictures of so far. There will most likely be two more ceramics posting, as I have my first slab vase and slab plate at home (and I am still waiting on my seconds ones). I will try to remember to get pictures of the ones I have at home tonight, so I can have another post tomorrow.

In the meantime to keep you all busy, don't forget to check out The Flog and Written By A Kid. Also if you like cats and have a facebook page, check out And My Cat.

That's all for now!

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