Post #12

Our next project is going to be to create a shoe out of clay. I love wearing heels and i think that i'm going to make a wedge shoe like the one in this picture.

Post #11

this is a pot that i made. one of my first successful bowls on the wheel. i found this glaze on a shelf with no label and decided to experiment with it. it turned out a cool raku-ish green color.

next i want to make a purple something but im not sure what yet.

Posr #10

Glaze Formula:

Blue Hawaii on porcelain. This glaze is very stable, and can be applied thick. Will blush lavender with good reduction at cone 7.
custer feldspar-340 silica-236 whiting-144 talc-32 bone ash-16 epk kaolin-8
gerstley borate- 9 bentonite-8 copper carbonate-8 cobalt carbonate-4

Glaze Formula:
This bowl was thrown with Gary's white porcelain. The rim is double glazed. The interior is coated with a thin spray of Noxema Blue. The exterior has a thin spray coat of Stony White.
custer feldspar-483 wollastonite-232 kaolin-111 gerstley borate-101 flint-45
cobalt carbonate-28

Post #9

Next i want to make a coil pot. I want to use the coil maker to make the coils really well. I want it to be like the one above with a cool shape and medium to large size.

Post #8

One type of garden art is tile art like in the picture below.

Tile art at the bottom of a pond is very cool to look at and an artist

can place the tiles in any patttern

or to create any image that they can

dream up which allows alot of

creativity. I think i might like to

experiment with tile.

There are lots of different kinds of garden art. The most common is probably sculptures like the one pictured on the right. People can make sculptures of pretty much anything which is the cool thing because it gives the artist room to be creative with form. I would like to try out making a sculpture, but i would like to do an animal or maybe an angel.

Post #7

Our next assignment is to make a piece with text on it. This piece shown to the right has text carved into it. I think I'm going to make a piece that says "Live, Love, Laugh" on it because its a motto i use alot and I think it would be cool to out that on a mug.

Post #6

Artists that use Relief Surface Decoration on their work: Artist #3:William Shinn

William Shinn shows you how to create repeating designs with rolling stamps. The use of stamps dates back to the early Greek potters who used small rolls of clay that had been carved on the surfaces to produce repeated patterns on their freshly thrown forms. With the increased interest in handbuilt, press-molded and extruded forms, the possibilities for texturing flat surfaces with rolling stamps on a larger scale can be more thoroughly explored.

Post #5

Artists that use Relief Surface Decoration on their work: Artist#2:Eric Seritella

Eric Seritella heats clay and stretches it to create a texture that looks like dried parched earth. He says that he was drawn to the technique during an artist residency in Taiwan a few years ago and he's done a lot of experimenting with it since then. He begins by throwing or handbuilding a form and often applies sand or grog to the surface and may even stamp or scratch the surface. While the clay is still wet, he heats the surface with a torch, but the heat only dries the surface. With the surface now dry, he expands the body resulting in cracks and fissures in the surface.

Post#4

Clay Artists that use Relief Surface Decoration on their work: Artist#1: Wayne Bates

Sgraffito comes from the Itailian word graffito meaning "to scratch," and Wayne Bates does more than scratch the surface with this informative tutorial on the tips and techniques of getting the best results. Using both cutting and scratching techniques, he demonstrates the finer points of line work, scraping large areas and cross-hatching. If you're into making your own glazes, he's provided 19 colorful engobes along with 5 recipes for various clear glazes.

Post#3

Our first assignment is to make a mug. I found these mugs that insprired me to do some type of animal mug. I want it to be three demensional, and have some texture on the surface, like in the first picture. Also i want to somehow incorporate the handle into the picture on the mug liek the animal mugs in the second picture.

Post#2

In the past my main focus has been Pinch Pots like this one, but this semester my goal is to shift my focus to the wheel.

Post#1

I'm Allie. This is a blog for my Ceramics 2 class. I like working with clay. I'm the best at making things by hand like pinch pots and stuff i form by hand. I havent't really mastered the wheel yet but thats something I hope to improve on this semester.

A little bit about myself: I'm pretty shy except for when I'm with my friends, I love to laugh, and I like pretty much any type of music. I have an autoimmune disease called Lupus Nephritis, i was diagnosed this summer. I love art class and french fries. My most prized possesion is my dog, Bella, (pictured to the right) and my favorite color is always changing, but right now it's purple. Someday I hope to be a teacher and a safe driver.