Set of 2 Bowls
These bowls were created on the same day and are a little different in shape. One is a little taller and narrower, and the other is shorter and wider. However, I attempted to glaze them all using similar colors and dipping styles, in order to create a similar, yet different feel to the bowls. I used the shadow green and blue, and together they created a fabulous light shiny blue color which I am a huge fan of. The speckles and detail created by the mixtures of the glazes create interest and variation in the glaze. I am very proud of the way these glaze mixtures turned out, and I might try to replicate it again in the future!
Bowl # 6:
This bowl was originally intended to be donated, but the glaze turned out so well that I decided to keep it. Unfortunately, I layered the glaze a little too thick on the bottom, which caused some bubbles in the bottom, but that can be avoided next time. The mixture consisted of a lot of teal and shadow green, with portions of the dark blue. This resulted in a fantastic teal/aqua color that I am very fond of. It creates dimension in the sloping of the sides of the bowl with the speckles in the glaze, and the lip creates levels within the project. I am very pleased with this. Next time, I will try to make a bigger one with a lip.
The accidentally perfect bowl:
One of my favorite things about my adventures in random glazing is that sometimes, you get just the right combo of a whole lot of things, and your project looks, much to your surprise, wonderful. This mixture contained heavy amounts of dark blue and the dark green color, which caused some wonderful streaks to stretch down the sides of the bowl and create an almost star-burst-esque spot in the middle. The streaking leads the eye directly to the center, which assists in highlighting the wideness and short walls of the bowl. I am super SUPER proud of this project and I hope that I can recreate a glaze that is close to this in the future! Wohoo!
The biggest bowl I have ever made:
A great accomplishment on my part. This bowl was my child and I have never watched another project through the process as much as this one. Throwing it was a challenge I wanted to conquer, as I was finding I was becoming stuck in my projects, making lots of bowls of around the same size and shape. I took a HUGE amount of clay for someone with such small hands as myself, and I conquered it and this beautiful piece of creation came out of me. I am really proud of the way this bowl turned out, as the shape and size is not typically characteristic to my usual work. However, the glaze I also adore, as it turned to a very facinating periwinkle, which is very bright and flattering to the gradual slope and width of this project. Love this bowl. GO ARIANA!
Set Of Three
This set of three bowls I used to further my theme from last year of mixing color glazes. However, additionally to that, I also added in another element of surprise in the form of the glass used in the bottom of all three bowls. I glazed them all different colors, with corresponding glass colors to match. However, the unifying element in these bowls is their similar shapes, and the white glass in the bottom of the bowls. The white originally started as a peach colored "carnival glass" which created different colors when mixed with the various glazes and other glasses in the bottom of these bowls. I am very, very pleased with the turn out of these bowls. The only change would be to potentially use less glass to avoid bubbles in the melting process. I plan to continue the usage of glass in my projects!