Tray and Bowl

I liked the hump mold process we used for this. I think this process improves your chances of having a successful turn out.  I love how my pieces turned out because of the glaze I used. I used a crystal glaze that gave my pieces a unique look. I didn't use underglaze just regular glaze. The bowl shape and detail was successful and the glaze was successful. In the future I would spend more time on the plate I could have smoothed out the sides and given it more time and attention. 

Dwelling Blog

DWELLING PROJECT-

The most challenging part of this project was cutting the plexy glass. It was difficult at first trying to cut straight lines and then bending them so they would break cleanly. I had to sometimes cut extra pieces when they didn't break they way I wanted them to. This project was one of my most successful projects so far, I like how clean and perfect it looks. The marble windows were successful and the walls were too. In the future I wouldn't change anything in particular, I would just add more details to it. 

Between the Folds

I thought this documentary was pretty interesting. I liked how the folders used math, art and computers to change simple white paper into all types of amazing oragami. It was amazing to see how the folders create wonderful "paper sculptures" without adhesive or cuts.  I think Vanessa Gould was ingenious to make this type of documentary to show people how much more than just folding paper oragami is. 

Vessels

For this project I had to overcome challenges with materials. I first I tried to make the circles out of very thin wire but they turned out to not be very sturdy. So then I used gardening wire which worked a lot better. The geometric shape and look was successful in this project. I wish that it was a little cleaner but hot glue is interesting to work with, which is why that was the unsuccessful part of my project. So in the future if I were to remake this project I would try it make it cleanier and crisper. My project is a vessel because it is in the shape of a bowl and you could potentially put something in it, therefore it is functional. 

Mini Mold

I liked the mold process because you can get a uniform piece and replicate it easily. This piece was successful because it looks like the mold and i didn't have anything go wrong in the process. 

Pit Fired Mini Project

So i started creating this piece by rolling out a piece of clay with the rulers on the sides to make sure it was the same thickness. Then i got a wide piece of piping and wanted to make a coffee mug, so i planned to shape it with the tube thing then with my hands shape it to a cup shape. When i put the clay slab on the tube it wasn't long enough to go all the way around so i rolled it out more, but that changed the thickness and made it uneven. I let it dry out overnight because it was to wet to shape or take of the pvc. The next day when i tried to take it off the pvc it was stuck on really well, so i ended up having to slice it off. Then i tried to slip and slice it back together, but it was still to wet form into the mug shape. I let it sit out again but then it got too dry and i was too hard on it and it cracked at four spots. I did surgery on it again to put what was left of it back together, but at this point i was sick of it. I put the tericic on it and then the next day prepared it by wrapping it in the wire and aluminum foil. The whole mini piece was a massive disaster, due to many things. I'm kind of drawn to this type of work, i have a love-hate relationship to it. I hate it because of when it doesn't turn out right like this, but i do like the medium.

Relief Project

For this project I used an butterfly temple in 3 different sizes to keep so similarity throughout the piece. I traced those onto the black paper, then used an xacto knife to cut out the outer edge. Once i finished that which to a while because i had to be so precise, i glued white paper behind the cut out area of the butterfly. The butterfly temples were successful and also the color scheme was very successful. Gluing the white paper behind the cut out area wasn't as successful as the rest of the project because some of the butterfly wings got stuck to the dry glue. Which caused so of the white outlines to be not as clean as i would like them to be. What inspired me was the mini-relief project that i did with this same technique. I really liked how it looked sort-of 3D, so i wanted to create a similar piece with the same type of effect.