Ceramics

Megan Daniels "Penguin Pitcher (Winston)"

"Not sure," "Clay, Saturation Metallic Paint," "2024"

This one is a little personal. It had stated out as just my first piece of ceramic I've ever made. As you can easily tell, it isn't the most professional or well put together. I'm not the best with this type of stuff, but I'll try to get better at it. Back to why it changed from practice to something memorial. My friend was joking around and decided it looked like a penguin so I made it look like a penguin. She even made a heart for him and I added it on. Then we decided it needed a name so that friend also gave him the name Winston. I had a then alive nephew Winston. With my wording I can guess you can tell that the little guy didn't make it. So now this Penguin Pitcher is the last and only thing Ive ever made for the little guy. But anyway the way I made him is I made the pitcher shape, made the arms and attached those, they can be used as handles. I tried to add eyes to him but they didn't turn out too great. He's a little wonky and one arm is thicker than the other. But this is my first attempt at it. So I'd say it's okay. It took me so many layers of that paint before I thought it looked okay though. I'd say I like how it turned out but that definitely took up so much of my time. His feet also fell off and I forgot to put them back on. I think it may look better this way though.

Megan Daniels "American Mexican"

"Not sure," Clay, Glass paint," "2024"

I made this bowl for my Mom. She loves Mezcal and chips and dip is her absolute favorite. So I made this for her. I could have made the bowl deeper but at lease aesthetically it looks cool. I could have also made the triangles more even or strong. A couple a triangles fell off but it still looks cool. I also forgot to not paint on the bottom, but then it would have looked wierd. So maybe I should have put something under it so that I could still paint the bottom and not have the stuff stick to the bowl after being heated. But, I think the colors look cool, my mom will like it.

Megan Daniels "Flower Pot"

Ceramics, 2024

I gotta say that I like this one. The inside could be painted more and it could be more even, but other than that it's pretty nice. The reason I made this one is for my Mom again. The idea is that it's a flower pot shaped like a flower. now that I think about it I could have added more petals on the sides to make it look more like a flower. But whatever, if I really want to I can make another one that's better in the future. The way I created this one is I cut out each piece on the petals and used one of those cut out design things and put the pattern on it. After I waited a bit for it to dry I started to sand it and painted it. I used plum chum glass paint for the base color and for the design on it I used a dark blue. This is probably my favorite peice of ceramic yet and I know if I had a chance to make more I would.

Megan Daniels "Cati Magnet"

Ceramics 2, 2025

This is a magnet that I made shaped to look like my cat, Cati. To create the shape I looked up different cat magnets and tried to make it look that way. I think I did a pretty good job on that part. The paint job is totally original to the cat its based of off. I looked at pictures of my cat from different angles to make it as accurate as possible. The colors are a couple different shades of brown and black, with the middle mostly white. I started with the rounded, kinda squared body without the head. My next move was to create the head and add ears onto it. I molded the head and body together with more clay to keep it together. Then I made the two bottom paws first and added them on and afterwards made the top two paw and added them on. Next I made the tail, it used to be completely straight but my friend pointed out that it looked inappropriate that way so I added a bit of a sideways curve to it.

Megan Daniels "Little Bowl"

Ceramics 2, 2025

I didn't really have a big idea for this one. I just had to make a bowl and figured a little dip bowl would be cute. I decided on the tan-ish color and I honestly really like it, it's petite and cute. I used the machine in the back to create it, I'm not sure of the name of it though. There isn't any symbolism, I just want them to think it's a nice bowl when they see it. If I were to do it over I would make the sides smoother, It's still kinda obvious how it was made with the lines circling it. This is a non objective type piece of art because I wasn't trying to make it anything but a bowl.

Megan Daniels "Orange Cup"

Ceramics 2, 2025

I think I was trying to make a shot glass but it got to be too big so I just made it a wonky cup. I used the machine in the back again and painted it to be an orange color. I didn't intend for it to have so many different colors but oh well. It doesn't have any symbolism from my part but I'm not gonna stop people from drawing something from it. The hardest part was keeping it down on the spinner, it kept flying off and I had to keep adjusting it. This is why it isn't my best work, not very even and the bottom on it wasn't intentional. I just had to keep it on because the bottom would be too shallow otherwise. It is a non objective art style because I didn't intend for it to be anything more than a cup.

Megan Daniels "Rose Bowl"

Ceramics 2, 2025

I wanted to make a nice bowl, maybe it could be used for dipping or something. I think I made it too small to be anything else but that. I used the spin wheel in the back for this one, I think it turned out alright. No symbolic energy over here, just a little bowl that I madr. The most difficult part was probably putting multiple layers of glass paint on it so none of the white could be seen. It took a bit but the coat looks better for it. It is also a non objective style of art because it's nothing more than a bowl.

Megan Daniels "Shot in the Dark"

Ceramics 2, 2025

I used to have to crush up my medicine and put it in water or a different liquid and put it in a shot glass so I could swallow it. I kinda made a joke out of it like, gotta take my shot for the day. So, I figured I could make a new shot glass. I had also recently accidentally broken a shot glass that I had gotten in Disney so its also to replace that. I used the machine in the back and painted it a tan color. What I don't like about it though is how thick it is. I also know I only used one color so I'm not sure why it has three. Somebody said that it looks like its been bruised, so I suppose it could have some symbolism there. What I mean is that I mostly remember using shot glasses for my medicine when I was in the hospital. The bruises could symbolise that state I was in then. It couldn't be called non objective because I can find symbolism in it. I beleive it could be surrealism if you want to label it.

Megan Daniels "Outside"

Ceramics 2, 2025

At first I didn't know what I was trying to make, later though I came up with the idea to have it be about femininity. Like how girls are expected to have these unrealistic curves, how we are supposed to cover everything up with clothing and makeup. I was thinking of making it about the different phases of my life, like how when I was younger I loved the color pink because all little girls love the color pink. Then I had my phase where I wouldn't wear anything but black because I didn't like how I looked and felt. Now my favorite color is blue and it might change again but thats where I am in my life. I wanted the top part to be blue and for it to fade into pink to symbolize me growing up and letting go of childish things. The twists were supposed to be black though so that's something I'm glad stayed how I wanted it. The twists symbolize how girls put makeup on to hide imperfections, also they just look cool. If I were to redo it though I would make it so the colors stayed as they were supposed to, I would also put more pink paint on since I can see the lines where I didn't put enough paint on. This project would be abstract because it's one of the few that have symbolism behind it.

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