For my extra credit project I made a short, round vase. My vase has a fairly wide base but gets more wide and round towards the top and has a tall lip. To make this project I focused on trimming the base, as you can see there is no extra clay on the bottom which made it much easier to foot. I created texture on my project by sponging the blue glaze on. The dark blue texture against the smooth white project creates a sense of balance. The darker color also creates a sense of mystery and darkness in the project.
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My soup bowl has tall but rounded edges. It is about 4-5 inches tall and about 4 inches wide. To make this project I had to practice using the rib tool to pull the walls out wide and round them off. The thin glaze I used leaves some of the rough, sandy texture of the clay apparent. The way that I painted the glaze on in strokes throughout the project creates a sense of pattern and rhythm. The thin strokes of a blueish grayish glaze creates a cloudy, grey skies kind of feel to the project.
For my second choice theme project I made a taller vase. This vase is about 5 inches tall and 4 inches wide, narrow at the bottom and widening out at the top. In order to make this project I had to practice staggering my fingers while pulling and pushing harder on my inside fingers than my outside ones to create a rounded form for the project. The way that the blue glaze runs down the project creates movement. The way that the forms, glaze colors and patterns are similar between the first choice and second choice project creates harmony between the two. My theme among these two and many of my other projects is pretty mixes of blue glazes. When I glaze I tend to lean towards using shades of blues in different ways, creating different patters and movement with those glazes. The way I use blue glazes creates a cool, relaxed and natural feel throughout all of my projects.
For my first choice theme project I made a small, short, rounded vase. It has a narrow base and gets much wider at the very top. In order to make this vase I had to practice pulling a rounded lip and compressing the lip. The difference in the values of the colors I used create a nice contrast to add some interesting design to the otherwise plain project. The way that the glaze drips all the way down the project really emphasizes the rounds shape at the top. The running of the blue glaze reminds me of drops of water running down a structure, giving it a natural feel.
My double wall project is about 2-3 inches tall and about 2 inches wide at the lip. The project has a very rounded shape with a narrow base and top. In order to create this project I had to learn the skill of creating two walls and bringing them together. I struggled with keeping both of the walls centered while doing this and had to keep decreasing the size of the project in order to be successful. I created space in the project by carving out parts of the first wall, revealing the hallow center. In order to emphasize this empty space I used a dark glaze . The darkness of this project creates a mysterious feel.
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