Ceramics II

Payton Hughes "Bowls 1"

3 8/16X5,, 2022

I want to make something small and easy since it’s my first time using the wheel-thrown. When I first started, I didn’t really have an idea but I knew that I wanted to make a bowl. First, I wedges the clay to make sure that I got the air bubbles out. Then, I slapped the clay on the table to make sure that it wasn’t going to move when the table started turning. I pressed my thumb in the middle of the clay to make an opening. Then, I pushed against the clay to begin working on making the walls. Once I was done working on the walls, I used a needle tool and straightened the rim of the bowl. Then I used a clay cutting wire and cut off the bottom of the bowl to remove it. Then I did three coats of Snow on the inside and Shino on the outside. There really is no meaning to this artwork. A struggle making this would be making the walls. The reason why is because I didn’t want them to be too thin and break. The style of this artwork would be non-objective. I like how my bowl turned out better than I thought it would since it was my first time using the wheel thrown.

Payton Hughes "Bowl 2"

5X2 5/16, Media, 2022

Since it was the second time I used the wheel-thrown, I didn’t want to do anything outside of my comfort zone, so I just made a bowl again. This project was the second time I used the wheel-thrown. I didn’t want to do anything too complicated for me, so I just made another bowl. I didn’t the same thing as I did before with “Bowl 1,” but with this bowl, I used a scraper tool with a design and made lines around the bowl. I made sure that the bottom of the bowl is smooth, so use the sponge. Then I used the clay wire cutter and removed the bowl from the table. I painted on three coats of Indigo Float on the inside and Sage on the outside. There is no meaning to this artwork. One thing that was difficult working on this project for me was making sure that the bowl was symmetrical. I didn’t really overcome this problem, but I was able to fix it a little bit. This style of artwork is non-objective. This style of artwork is non-objective. The one thing that I love about this artwork is the pattern that I put on the outside and the colors I picked.

Payton Hughes "Medusa"

12X13, Media, 2022

I first got the idea when a friend suggested that I should do Medusa. After taping the pop cans and everything else, I wrapped coil around the cans and used a scraper tool and smoothened it out. I did the same process with the head and move on to putting features on the bust. I wanted it to have scales, so I used a rolling pin and a pattern, and rolled it all over the bottom part of the bust. I added collar bones to it also. I wanted Medusa to look emotionless or mad, so I made the lips look normal and the eyebrows facing down a little bit. When I was working on the eyes, I made sure that the eye lids were a little low. Then when I thought that I was done adding things to the face, I started adding coils which are the snakes around her head. Once it was fired, I sanded down sharp spots and coated it with three layers of Smokey Merlot. Adding the snake hair was difficult for me to add because it’s not easy to weave the coils around each other. If I could start over, I would’ve tried to use shorter pieces of coil and see if it would look better. The style of this artwork would be surreal. The color that I chose is what I like the most because I think it gives off an older look.

Payton Hughes "Bubbles and Chains"

14 1/2X 10 1/2, Media, 2022

Before I started this project, I had the idea that I was going to put flowers around the outside of the vase. Once I started the project and got to that point, I changed my idea because it was too difficult for me and so I decided to put something else around the large vessel. First, I made coil and cut out my base and started adding coils on top. To smoothen out the outside, I used a scraper and a wooden tool. When I wanted the vessel to become wider, I would lay the coil on the outer side of the coil below and I would do the opposite when I wanted the vessel to go back to its original shape. Once I was done coiling, I used the scraper tool to smoothen out unnecessary bumps and began adding stuff. I first added balls in spot around the vessel. I spread slip on the spots that I wanted the balls to be and pushed the balls onto the vessel. Then, I cut six strips of clay and made two braids. I added slip onto the vessel where I wanted them to be and put them on top of the slip. After the large vessel was fired, I sanded down sharp spots and I painted 3 coats of Shino on the vase, Indigo Float on the braids, Fog on the bubbles, and Saturation Gold on the rim of the vase. There is no meaning to the artwork. When I was working on this project, it was difficult for me to make the vessel look symmetrical. I tried to solve this problem by slapping the vessel with a paddle. If I could started this over, I would have tried to add flowers around the rim of the vessel instead where it’s round. This style of artwork is non-objective. One thing that I like about this artwork is the the braids that are wrapped around the vessel.