Unit 4
Series of 4 - Bowls
Plan:
-​ Wedge clay
​- Use a slab roller to roll multiple slabs of clay
- Drape clay into a bowl to create a slump mold
- Let dry and take off the bowl repet x4
-Sand and smooth out
-Fire
- Glaze
- Fire
- Done!
Alebrijes
I really enjoyed the final product. They were easy to make, which was nice, and they were all very similar in size and width. I also loved using all purple color glazes. Overall, I really liked the pieces and they are very useful!
Plan:
-​ Wedge clay
- Cut off a small chunk for the head and feet and roll them into a ball
- Shape into four different feet and an oval circle head
-then make two parts to connect for the shell, one larger oval and a flat oval, connect and fill the inside with newspaper
- Attach all the pieces
-paint with acrylic paint
3D master Artist
Plan:
- Wedge- Roll out the piece
- Flatten clay in the slab roller
- Cut out a rectangle shape with a ruler
- Slip and score the 3d shapes on top
- Smoothen then on top
- Began underpainting
- Fire
- add green and blue crystal glaze on the background
- Clear glaze the rest
- Fire
Lidded Box
Plan:
- Slab roll & wedge clay
- Cut out four walls (two longer than the others)
- Form box
- Cut out a smaller rectangle to create a lip on the lid
- Add decoration( mushrooms!)
- Fire
- Glaze
- Done!
I really enjoy how this piece turned out. The final result is really pretty. I love the way I used mushrooms as a way to take off the lid, but also as decoration on top. If I were to make this piece again, I would make it smoother and just all around cleaner and put together.
Monster
Plan:
- Cut some of the clay off the initial wedge and roll it into a ball
- Begin forming into a circle shape, scoop out the middle from a botom hole
- Attach the top hat thingy
- Underglaze face
- Fire
-Clear Glaze
- Fire
- Done!​
Disappointingly, someone broke the legs off my monster and stole the legs, and I was never able to find them. Besides that unfortunate error, I am quite proud of how the monster turned out. I was struggling trying to figure out how to make the face work, so the final product, actually, was put together and looked like the picture from the kid.
I’m happy with how it turned out. I do feel that I could’ve made the lines straighter and been more detailed with some aspects. I do enjoy how I made them all very accurate in shape and size on the actual painting. If I were to do this again, I would start a bit earlier so I’m able to fully finish my glazing process.