Glazing Part 2

My piece is finally done! I think it came out looking pretty good. I used a combination of metallic green and blue rutile to glaze it. I applied the glaze by dipping my piece into big buckets of glaze one time for each colour. the glaze kinda covers up my original design and you can't see all of the details so next time i will make the design more obvious so you will hopefully be able to see it through the glaze.

Glazing

I'm almost done with the glazing for my pinch pot it just needs a bit of fixing up so no pictures today. It's important to wash your hands and wipe the dust off of your piece before glazing because if you don't the glaze won't go on properly and won't seep into the piece like it's supposed to. When glazing your work it is always important to apply wax resist to your piece. If you are using a bucket glaze it is important to keep your piece in contact with the glaze for no more than one and a half seconds. You can't brush on a bucket glaze because it was formulated so you can dip your piece in it and if you try to brush it on it will not look right. I will hopefully have pictures of my pot soon.

Working on the Wheel

So I have started to work on the wheel. I have been working at it for about three or four days now. I feel like I'm starting to get better at bringing the clay up and down and also centering the clay but I'm still not very good at opening the clay. I've been trying to get the walls taller but it either keeps breaking or flaring out when it's not supposed to. So far working on the wheel has been fun but hard (and also messy!) my only concern is that I won't get my piece done in time.

Where are you today?

front view

back view

birds-eye view

So my piece is almost done! I just need to glaze it before the final firing. The design of the vase has changed some since I first envisioned it. I originally planned to have the front and the back be the same and not to have handles, but I think the changes I made make it look a lot better. The front still looks a bit rough and if I had time I would go back and smooth it out a bit. Overall I am happy with how the piece is turning out. I start the glazing process next week. More pictures soon. <3

pinch pot: vase

front view

birds-eye view

To slip and score a pot is to scratch the surface of your pot and then apply slip (very watered down clay) to it. This allows you to attach something to your pot more securely and there is therefor less of a chance of it falling off. To make this piece symmetrical, I first off had to get the shape right, then I had to position the handles correctly, and finally, I had to make sure the design was even. The next step will be to finish the design on the reverse side and then to glaze.

My Mom the Artist

Van Gogh style dragon I painted

My mom was very influential to my life because she is the one who really got me involved in art. I remember when I was little I wanted to be an artist like my mom because I always thought her drawings were so pretty and I wanted to learn to draw just like her. And now, years later, I feel like I have become a decent artist because of my mom.