This is my second time taking a ceramics class at Mount Si High School. I took one semester as a freshman and then took another semester as a senior. At first it was really hard to remember everything I learned from my freshmen year and I
struggled alot with the ideas of centering, pulling a wall and handle, footing, glazing, etc. But slowly as time went on I started to remember the old techniques and with the help of my friends and Mrs. Heideman I created beautiful projects that got better and better each time I got on the wheel. I started to watch my projects and see that they all had in common a specific theme.
This theme is smallness. How I came about this idea was looking and comparing my peers work to my own. I found that mine seemed much smaller in comparison but no different in quality. I thought that representing my small projects was a great idea for my overall theme. I wanted to show that size does not matter and that the quality of my work greatly improved even though they are not very big.
How I made my theme possible was starting with the project of a small vase with two huge handles on the sides. I then moved onto make a lidded project which I decorated with a dipping technique of three different glaze colors. I also made a small plate and a small bowl that fit together perfectly. I glazed both with a red swirl and dot pattern that gave movement to each piece. I also made a small cup with a white and red glaze that dripped and gave a really cool tie dyed pattern. I made a small wheel altered project to fit along with my other wheel altered projects. I glazed it clear and used a dripping pattern with a black stain.I made a medium size bowl as well with two small handles with cute snowflakes on the top and sides to give it a winter feel just before the holiday season.
Why did I choose this theme? I found that the juxtaposition between the smallness of my projects compared to the size they are supposed to be was very interesting. This theme and my projects are all representations of my shyness and how far I have grown from it. Just as my projects started off a little shaky so did my confidence. But as my projects grew in intricacy and creativeness I grew out of my shell and stepped away from my shyness.
Everything I have accomplished in ceramics has shown me an art potential that I never knew exsisted. I have learned that perserverance and determination can help you achieve anything you want to. In ceramics there is no such thing as impossible which gives a sense of accomplishment that can only be found in this art setting. I have grown to love and cheerish each of my projects for their distinctive and unique qualities that make them mine. They portray a part of myself that reads across each project you find,no matter if I made it at the beginning of my class in freshman year or the end of my class in senior year.
struggled alot with the ideas of centering, pulling a wall and handle, footing, glazing, etc. But slowly as time went on I started to remember the old techniques and with the help of my friends and Mrs. Heideman I created beautiful projects that got better and better each time I got on the wheel. I started to watch my projects and see that they all had in common a specific theme.
This theme is smallness. How I came about this idea was looking and comparing my peers work to my own. I found that mine seemed much smaller in comparison but no different in quality. I thought that representing my small projects was a great idea for my overall theme. I wanted to show that size does not matter and that the quality of my work greatly improved even though they are not very big.
How I made my theme possible was starting with the project of a small vase with two huge handles on the sides. I then moved onto make a lidded project which I decorated with a dipping technique of three different glaze colors. I also made a small plate and a small bowl that fit together perfectly. I glazed both with a red swirl and dot pattern that gave movement to each piece. I also made a small cup with a white and red glaze that dripped and gave a really cool tie dyed pattern. I made a small wheel altered project to fit along with my other wheel altered projects. I glazed it clear and used a dripping pattern with a black stain.I made a medium size bowl as well with two small handles with cute snowflakes on the top and sides to give it a winter feel just before the holiday season.
Why did I choose this theme? I found that the juxtaposition between the smallness of my projects compared to the size they are supposed to be was very interesting. This theme and my projects are all representations of my shyness and how far I have grown from it. Just as my projects started off a little shaky so did my confidence. But as my projects grew in intricacy and creativeness I grew out of my shell and stepped away from my shyness.
Everything I have accomplished in ceramics has shown me an art potential that I never knew exsisted. I have learned that perserverance and determination can help you achieve anything you want to. In ceramics there is no such thing as impossible which gives a sense of accomplishment that can only be found in this art setting. I have grown to love and cheerish each of my projects for their distinctive and unique qualities that make them mine. They portray a part of myself that reads across each project you find,no matter if I made it at the beginning of my class in freshman year or the end of my class in senior year.