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This is my teapot, thrown in seamix, on the wheel. It is uniform and proportionate in shape, seeing as no single part of the teapot is too small or too big for the teapot as a whole. It has a hand-pulled handle on one side and a wheel-thrown spout on the other side, as well as a lid, which was also thrown on the wheel, on top. Carve/design marks are present on the lid and around the spout and handle to help add design as well as help secure the attached pieces to the teapot itself. I glazed the teapot with purple glaze by way of the spray-glazer, coating the purple more heavily on top of the teapot on the bottom to try to give it an ombre effect (but I first coated the teapot in white). The glaze did not turn out as well as I had hoped, probably because there was a little too much white present for the base coat so it ran more than I wanted. For creating this project, I learned how to throw a spout on the wheel, which is basically like throwing a small volcano down to the bat and then cutting it with the string tool at an angle so it can be attached to the base of the teapot. This project has harmony and color to it, seeing as there are many different shades of violet/blue present (due to the mixing of the white and purple glaze) and that the color, as well as the pieces of the teapot, all blend together to make it one project, not just a project with pieces attached. Given all these characteristics, the teapot gives off a calm, melancholy feeling.
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This is an extra credit project, hand-made with porcelain. Overall, it is heart-shaped and not totally proportional, which just helps make it unique. This project was mainly an experiment for working with porcelain off the wheel. I glazed it with purple, carved a heart on the inside and put Italian straw glaze on that part, and then used detail black for dots and to write the word "mom." In order to fabricate this project, I learned how to work with porcelain, seeing as it is very different from seamix and vashon white, and it is softer and much for flexible and floppy. It also dries faster and gets more cracks (or at least my project did). The heart bowl has color and contrast to it, seeing as the purple is dark and the Italian straw stands out brightly against it in the middle. Overall, it gives me a happy, hopeful, lighted feeling.
This is the double-walled project. I threw it in seamix, which I learned is harder to throw for double-walled projects than vashon white because it is softer. The bottom side of the project is larger in radius than the top part of the project, and it has carvings in its sides. There is a triangle design made of circles, the moon cycle, and the word “moon” carved into the sides. It is smooth and there are no edges to the double-walled project. I glazed it in the pink glaze, which turned out violet, pink, and purple. In order to create this project, I learned how to pull two walls and then connect them up top by pinching and then smoothing on the wheel, as well as how to carve designs into a project. There is space and harmony present in this project, seeing as there are carvings and the different shades of pink and purple that bring it all together. Overall, this project gives me a feeling of serenity, curiosity, and happiness.
This small cylinder was an experimental project, thrown on the wheel in seamix. It is short and has a curve to it, peaking in the middle of the height and then getting smaller in radius from the middle of the cup to the top. For glazing, I dipped it in grey/blue mottled and then splashed italian straw, blue, and white onto the sides and on the inside. To create this small cylinder, I used choking to help give it the nice, even curve all the way around the project from bottom to top. Color and movement are two elements present in this project, seeing as the splatters seem to move across and down the cup. Overall, this project gives off a dark, eerie feeling.
This is an extra credit plate thrown on the wheel in seamix. It is uniform, seeing as the radius is consistent all the way around the plate. I glazed this project in shadow green, striped it with metallic brown, and then dripped white glaze on top of those two layers. In order to create this plate, I used the stick tool underneath the plate to keep it from suctioning to the bat so that only a small portion of the center would actually sit on the surface. This plate has value and color, seeing as it consists of lines, drips, and circles, all of different colors. It has an odd, blurry feeling to it. |
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