So for starters, the reason there is a finger in this photo is that my dad broke the handle off of my beautiful mug. D: I was really upset as I spent a long time painting it! this mug is very little, it's more of a nightly tea sort of mug than a morning "give me ridiculous amounts of coffee" kind of mug. I had thrown it and had nicked the side of it with my nail, and then I had the idea to carve out the sides of it in lines. Then after it was bisqued I decided to paint them. I painted the side so that when looked straight on at the handle, they match up exactly with the lines on the body of the cup. In hindsight, I would have chosen another underglaze color, as my tree sort of looked like a blood-vessel in a way. :( However, other than that and the extra clear at the bottom, I am really pleased with this mug. So fun to paint! Really happy with this project.
This project is my multi-wheel project. I spent so many weeks on this teapot, I appropriately christened it "the teapot from hell." However, in the end, it was one of the most rewarding projects that I created this year, due to the amount of hard work and focus that I put into it. I also used this as one of my theme projects as I experimented with the blue and white color mixtures around the outside and lips of the project. The lid fit much better than my lidded project, however it isn't neccesarily watertight. However, it is a very functional teapot, and I made tea out of it often. Overall, very proud of this teapot! SO MUCH HARD WORK, but it totally paid off.
This bowl is one of the things I am the most proud of that I have made this year. The proportions of this bowl are so even and I am so proud of it. I have worked very hard to achieve an even lip, and this one worked out perfectly. This piece was for my theme project, as I mixed the glaze. It went into the kiln looking a little bit purple-y, and it came out with a similar sort of hue to the dominant blue color. There were little specks within the glaze that converged in the bottom of the project, creating the illusion of depth in an otherwise, wide and shallow bowl. The lip creates a section of threes, which is pleasing and balanced to the eyes. So pleased with this project! WOOHOO.
This project was my lidded project. It was very small, but petit. My mom has been using it for a sugar bowl. This was an adventure for me, as I do not have a lot of practice with lids. I learned a lot doing this project, as I didn't realize how much lids shrink! This was another piece for my theme, as I glazed it by putting dark blue and then white on top. This ran and mixed together in such an interesting way. This created the perception of length and emphasized the curvature of the base part, due to the drips running down the sides of the project. Overall, it was a successful effort at creating a lidded, and I learned a lot and later created a much more skilled lid for my teapot, thanks to this practice run. Over all, very pleased!
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May 2012
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