1st Semester: DONEZO

Well, here is one of my three projects for the semester. I decided to use molds to make some dishes to go along with my shape thing. Im not sure if these can be described as vessels, so I might have to reword my concentration a bit. Now, its all about getting ready for the critique and finishing first semester strong!

Oh, and congrats Amy on the birth of Blake Michael Burnham!

Down to the wire

With all of my classes coming to a close, time to work on art is growing slim. I have one of four projects nearly completed and have been underway with my second project. This is a plate made on a ceramic mold that will have some sort of elaborate design on it. It is in the shape of a square, making it fit into my shape concentration. One completed, my third project will most likely be something quickly handbuilt or wheel thrown, as time is of the essence. The picture above is of a glaze pattern that i like that i would like to put on my platter as well as other pieces. Boom-Town.

Reality Sets In

Last night, I had no access to the internet because I was out with my family, then at the pacer games, then fell asleep. So this post is a little late, but im hoping i get some slack cut for me :). I have just made a sort of abstract vase that explores the abstract concept of shapes. While I am a little concerned that it wont fit in with the fairly direct shapes I have already made. If not, it could be a nice addition to my bredth. Next, I thikn im going to experienment with the concept of making shapes on clay molds. This is a rather efficent method of creating pieces and I am excited to try it. I am also really sad about my favorite teacher ever Amy leaving us, but I'm excited to work with Whitney and know that it will be a great educational experience...and fun too i hope!

What to do, what to do...

Well since I have been horrible at providing real pictures for my blog, I took the liberty of putting this one up for you guys. This was the pyramid shaped vessell that I had fired and wanted to take a picture of it. Now the tough part is figuring out what to do for my three projects due at the end of the month. I think im going to make a slab vase or two, but due to lack of time, I plan to work on the wheel as well. Its also important that I begin to think about how I wish to glaze all of my pieces, since I have yet to really glaze anything. This will be a busy month, but I'm hoping I'll have some great work at the end to show for all of the stress :)

Winter Break

Unfortunately, I recently broke my phone which was my only camera that I would have used to take pictures of me posting my empty bowls sign and unfortunately I keep forgetting to grab a poster to give to Grimms. I will do this tomorrow and give it to them over winter break, but I'm not sure how I'll get a picture. Maybe you can just take my word for the empty bowls sign, amy? Or just see my creation of bowls and overall un asked for volunteer hours as my contribution to the event? :)

For my last two projects, I stayed on the theme of geometric shapes. I threw seven bell shaped cups. These were fun to throw, although i struggled making four that were exactly the same size. I guess ill have to use some fun photo taking tecniques or try to throw one or two more that I can use for my concentration. I also threw three jar shaped vessels that had a disk ribbed in the middle. I then stacked these on top of each other to create a form that would be my third project. While creating these projects while balancing other college apps and other things was difficult, I am glad that I have it done and can somewhat enjoy my winter break! The picture above somewhat represents the concept of my third project, except more symmetrical!

Time is running out

So I am about one and a half projects done still, as I am not liking any of my designs for lids of my little jar type things. I need to throw one more of these forms and make two lids and then call it good for that project. For my third one, I think ill make another slab built form that represents some sort of geometric shape and will fit in nicely with the rest of my pieces. This one is not going to be as direct though, and im thinking of making a diamond shape or possibly something with multiple shapes. Tomorrow and friday, I need to complete my second project and do some sketches for my third one. I also need to go take pictures of myself doing all sorts of crazy stuff for my next blog post. Word.

1 down, 2 to go

So basically, I am not exactly sure what I am going to do for my last two projects before Winter Break. I thought I was going to stack some different pot shapes, but I haven't really thrown anything I want to stack. However, I got bored and made a cookie jar type of thing and I have thought about making a few lidded vessels to go with that theme. I really haven't made anything lidded, so it would be a challenge. I threw the basic shapes for a few small ones today, and maybe I will go with that for one of them. Over the next few days, I'll have to sketch some other ideas for my third project. Time to just focus on cranking out some quality work before winter break!