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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