" This Week ", I made my very first pot. I have done some clay work before, but I've never done an actual ceramics clay class so this whole experience was new to me. This was originally supposed to be a practice pot, but I ended up liking it a lot so I am thinking about using it for my 6 pots. The pot that I originally had in mind was more of a vase shaped pot. I liked how elegant a vase looked with a long neck and a fat vase, and I was hoping I could glaze it white so I could keep it simple and clean. My pot started out like a cup, which then I extended the mouth, squeezing the clay to make a neck and a small opening. I liked how the form looked, but it seemed like I couldn't get the sides to even out no matter how hard I tried. After getting a tip from Alisa that I should use a rib to tap the pot and smooth out the wrinkles (?) on the surface, I worked my way around the pot and started to tap on the pot. While doing so however, I accidentally pressed too hard on one of the sides creating a giant dent on my fairly round pot. I freaked out at first thinking that I needed to spend the rest of class smoothening the pot, but after looking at it again, the dent made the pot seem more... fun. I worked around the pot dividing the pot to 6 sections and flattening each one. I really like how it looked :) Alisa said it looked like a potion bottle from games and stuff.
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AuthorHI :) ! I'm Amy and I'm in Ceramics I. This is my journal/blog place! Have fun Archives
June 2014
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