To make my test piece (my plate) I used pink and blue powder. I split my clay in half and made mini pinch pots and kneaded the powder through my clay. I then separated the colors and made mini rectangles with my butterknife. I used those mini rectangles to stack them up on top of eachother, every other color. I cut them so the clay looked striped. I then set the colors together so the colors did not line up with each other. I used a paper plate to form my plate. I let it dry for a few days but it ended up cracking and not being very smooth. I took my mini carver tool and carved out the outside part. It ended up cracking and breaking so we just put a piece in the kiln to see the pattern and how it would turn out. I then attempted to make a slab box with green red and yellow powder. I did the same techniques as I did on the plate. I used my colored powder and split my clay in half. I then made mini pinch pots to get the color evenly throughout the clay. I then separated the two colors that I kneaded and made mini rectangles with the butterknife and made them as even as possible. I then stacked up the colored rectangles every other color. I cut them a certain way so the clay looked striped. You want to make sure your colors don't line up so it looks more crazy. I then slip and scored the boxes together to make a mini rectangle slab box. Mrs. Underhill and I then set it in the kiln. It ended up cracking so we are going to see how it turns out. This technique made me look up to artists a lot more because it was way harder than I thought. You have to have a lot of patience. I do not think I could make pieces like this for a living. Throughout this artwork I realized how hard making art actually is. I always thought that artists had it so easy cause they just sat there making art but I realized a lot. I realized that artists work hard to express their emotion and express their likings. I realize how hard it is to come up with ideas all the time to keep people satisfied. I never thought being an artist would be hard but I realize now that it takes a lot of creativity to be an artist.
Materials: white clay, colored powder, Butter knife, clay cutter wire thingy, the paper plate, and a loop tool.
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For my relief tile I wanted to portray what makes me the happiest and that includes the lake. I made seaweed with a fish and a hook with bubbles. I also added an M with a seaweed coming out of the side. I also added a surfboard with slip and score. I also added a shiny glaze on the top. I really like how this turned out. I think it looks neat and cool. I used the studio habit called envision. I sketched out all my ideas on what I wanted it to look like. if I had a bit bigger relief tile I would have added more but I did not have much space to work with. I also used Develop a craft by trying something I have never tried before. It was something new and simple. i ended up liking it a lot. This is one of my favorite artworks. I used my carving tool and wooden pointy tool to carve out and make my designs.
To make my coil vessel I rolled out a bunch of coils, balls, and a big braid to stack up on top of eachother. I had to make it a certain height so I made sure I did that. I don't mind how it turned out. I wish I would have put more layers of glaze on it. It definitely is not my favorite pot but I think it's pretty cool still. I used tan, white, brown cow, dark green, chocolate, and maple. For the studio habits I used Develop a craft and Observe. I learned how to make a clay braid and I also learned how to get rid of all the clay boogers. It was a challenge to glaze the parts that were hard to reach. The cracks and in between the braid was very challenging. I observed my art by perfecting my imperfections. I looked closely and realized my clay balls were not slip and scored to the coils. I got worried about them popping out but the glaze held everything together. My biggest challenge was definitely glazing in between all the different techniques.
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