I was inspired by how much I like to daydream and how gorgeous flowers are. My second inspiration is from my favorite artist Tyler, the Creator, he said himself that “flowers are nature’s eye candy” and I agree so myself. Also he has a shoe collection with converse called ‘Golf le Fleur’ and he has … [Read more…]
Artist build and improve their art making skills I learned that you have to take risks in making pottery. I improved my pinching and learning how to pinch and model without having my nails getting in the way and making marks. I also learned how to make it more smoother with just my fingers. And … [Read more…]
Artists solve problems The challenges that happened were trying to make the cups. I made my cups like how you would make a stiff slab construction and as I made the first one the walls started to break. I fixed it thought by using slip and it worked fine. Also another challenge I had was … [Read more…]
In my soft slab construction I could have rolled thicker slabs and got rid of the canvas texture on the bottom. For may slab construction i feel like my sgraffito design was the best part. Also on my utilitarian my smoothing was the best part. For my soft slab construction I would try to figure … [Read more…]
The glaze that I plan on using is black and white glaze. I’m gonna paint the whole thing white and I have a skull detail on my pot and I’m gonna paint that black. My utilitarian is in the kiln being fired right now. I’ve glazed 2 projects so far and and both of them … [Read more…]
I responded to the challenges by trying to find a different way to do it or changing it. I did go through some unexpected turns because the clay wasn’t doing the things that I wanted it to do. Like I didn’t like how the softer clay was working with the harder clay so I used … [Read more…]
When I bisque fired my pot, my pot changed in color and texture. I would change my texture, shape, and size. I used yellow and green glaze (mostly yellow) and i applied them in generous amounts. I would added more coats and made sure i covered all the spots. I had texture on my pot … [Read more…]
My first pinch pot. I learned that clay is very delicate and you have to be careful with it.
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