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Mishima Plate SetFor my mishima plate set, I wanted two that would go together and remind me of space, so I decided to go for a set with one rectangular plate and one square plate that can sit on top. The process of molding was kind of painful, as my plates had a difficult time maintaining moisture, but after a few drying scares my plates were ready to be decorated. I started the process by finding images online, to then trace and tattoo them into the plates. After I had all of my outlines punctured into the plate, i was able to go through and scrape out the residue and begin filling with colors. I wanted to offer a contrast in outlines and fills in my plate, so for example, the sun has a darker outline and a lighter fill, but the stars and the cloud have a brighter outline and darker fill. I thought this would give more dimension to the plates. After working through all the filling and coloring, I scraped my plates to clean the lines, and began working on the starry pattern. There was a mix of purposefully placed stars and splatter-underglaze stars, because I wanted some randomness but also some uniformity with intention. Overall, I really enjoyed this project and am very happy with how it turned out.
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Triptych TilesFor my triptych tiles, I wanted to do a set of three with inspiration from the woods. The dimensions on my tiles are 4x4, so it was a lot more detail work with smaller pieces of clay than other projects we have done.
For my first tile, the spider, I wanted a clean background and lots of details ingrained into him. After molding all the pieces, I tried to carve into his body with the natural curve, so there is added dimension with the direction of hairs. I also stamped into his leg joints to add further dimension. The final touch was adding the mushrooms, which I wanted to compliment his eyes, and will ultimately be red where the indentations are, as will the spider's indented eyes for congruency. For my second tile, the cabin, I wanted to follow the same idea with detail work and spend a lot of time working with the walls of the house and the roof to make it as realistic of a cabin as possible. I started with sketching the measurements for the walls, laying slabs, and cutting them out. I spent some time indenting into the walls to make it seem like a lincoln-log cabin, then going through and adding vertical indentations and wood grain texture. The dog was a final touch, gotta add the man's best friend. For my final tile, I wanted something a more simplistic, so I went for a river running through a pile of rocks and down the tile. My favorite part of this tile is the way the river runs off the edge, and also the different sizes of lines in the river, signifying the running water. |
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Coil SculptureFor my coil sculpture, I wanted to go with the concept of a well. I started the pot by rolling a slab and making the base, then rolling another slab and wrapping it around another pot to create the shape of the well. After that, I rolled the braid coil to wrap around the bottom of the well, making sure to keep it and the base smooth in the process. Then I worked on the rim 'woodwork' of the well, adding indentations to signify slabs and likewise wooden grain. After, it was time to add the wooden pieces, which I made by rolling small asymmertrical logs, wooden circle textures on top, and wood grain down the sides. I was planning on adding a small string of clay to seem like a bucket, but decided to add that decoration with real string once finished with the glazing process.
The texture along the side was made by putting the pot on a wheel and semi-slowly letting it spin and gently holding the pin tool along the side. After, I added (slightly) uneven markings, since I wanted it to look like an old well. Then I took a sponge and blotted the brick texture into the clay. |
Wheel Thrown PotsFor my wheel thrown pots, the first one honestly had no prototype, I was just trying to get the hang of the wheel, but I ended up with a decently spacious bowl type of creation. I was not intending to use this to eat since of the higher walls, but more of a decorative piece that I could use to hold crystals.
For my second pot, I was attempting to go for a wide-bellied hollow vase that curved back in and was skinny at the top, but ended up with an altered form trifold pot. I'm happy with how it turned out, because I accidentally made the top too skinny and it folded in, it almost got destroyed. For decoration, I decided to try a bubble glaze on both of these. The first piece has a celdon base, white topcoat, and blue bubbles, while the second piece has a plain black base and firebrick red bubbles. I purposefully tried to contrast them incase I end up displaying both of them together. |
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