Unit 3
Slab Building w/ Slump Mold & Sgraffito
Plan:
- Cut some clay from my wedged clay
- Roll into a ball
- Flatten the ball to put it under the slab machine
- Take rolled out clay and put it over a plastic plate
- Start to underglaze
-Sgraffito ​
I am very happy with how this turned out, I like the underglaze colors I chose to make more of a gradient. Once it was fired once i like how nit turned out anmd clear glazded it. If i were to redo it, I eould have made the clay a bit thcker nad even on all sides of the plate.
Relief Carving
I do not like how this turned out. I didn't think that relief tiles are my thing for ceramics. I tried to restart it many times, but I never liked the result. If I were to make it again, I might try a different shape, perhaps not a star. I did not choose to glaze it or put it in the kiln.
Plan:
- Cut some clay from my wedged clay
- Flatten the wedged clay into an even surface
- Cut into a square
- trace out the stars
- Carve the outside of the stars so they pop out
Coil Building
Plan:
- Cut some clay from my wedged clay
- Roll into a ball
- put inro extruchtrer machine
- cut coils into lines
-roll them into circles and coils
- Hope they don't break
- Build all the way around
- Fire
- Glaze
This process wasn't my favorite. I tried first to roll them, but ended up putting them in the excruciator. I do think I liked how the piece looked before I glazed it.
Slab Building w/ Darts
Plan:
- Wedge clay
- Flatten wedged clay
- Create the slab build
-dd darts to the bottom
- Create the cup form
- Add handle (fell off)
- Decorate ​
I did not end up enjoying this piece; it was meant to be a mug. The handle fell off when it became bone dry. So I cared out small circles to make it look like cheese. Then glazed it yellow and made a cheese cup!
