Small, Clay, 2026
I got the idea to make this magnet becuase you told us to. It didn't evolve too much from planning to the final product. I didn't take inspiration from anything. I flattened the clay into a disk shape then made it into a rounder circle. The I cut out and added the playing cards and painted it. There isn't any meaning or symbolic meaning. When people look at this I want them to think, "Hey, nice poker chip. It's a magnet too? That's cool" or something along those lines. Nothing was difficult to do when making it. If I had to do something different I would paint it neater. My favorite part is how it's a magnet.
Small, Clay, 2026
I got the idea of making this bowl because you told us we had to. Being graded on this was a huge motivator to help finish this. It evolved from a normal bowl to a normal bowl with a pattern on the top. I didn't take inspiration from anything, I just did whatever as I saw this as practice. I wedged the clay and used a foam ring to make it into a bowl shape. After that I put the design on the top and then glazed it. This artwork isn't really supposed to mean anything and there isn't any symbolic imagery in it. When people look at it I want them to think, "That's a bowl, you could probably put something in that" or something along those lines. Nothing was especially difficult while making it. If I had to change one thing it would probably be the colors I used for the glaze. My favorite part about it is how bowl shaped it looks.
Medium, Clay, 2026
I got the idea for this bowl the same way as the other projects, because you told us to. It didn't evolve much throughout the process due to the simple guidelines of the project. There is no inspiration from any other artwork. Like the last bowl, I wedged clay and put it in a foam ring to make it a bowl shape, the difference being it was a slightly bigger ring. Then I pressed in the design on top using the stencils and glazed it the inverse of the other bowl. This isn't supposed to mean anything either and there is no symbolic meaning. When people look at it I want them to think, "That's a bigger bowl, you could probably put two or three things in that one" or something along those lines. Nothing was especially difficult when making this one either. If I had to change one thing it would be the glaze colors to match the other bowl if I had changed it's colors. My favorite part about it is how it's exactly like the other one, but bigger.
Medium, clay, 2026
I got the idea to make this pitcher by following your directions to make a pitcher. It evolved slightly in shape throughout the process. Zero inspiration from any outside sources. I wedged clay and used an outline to cut the shape of the pitcher. After that was done, I added a bottom and formed it into a pitcher shape. Then I put the design in using a stencil and glazed it. This is not supposed to mean anything and has no symbolic meaning. When people look at it I want them to think, "Wow, cool vase" or something along those lines. A crack appeared and I spent a long time trying to fix it while making it. If I had to change one thing about it I would have put the design on it better because towards the end it faded pretty badly. My favorite part about it is how three dimensional it is.
Large, Clay, 2026
I got the idea to make this bowl by following the directions that you gave to make it. It evolved from a completely plain and boring bowl with no adornments to a slightly less plain and boring bowl that has two adornments on it. No inspiration from anything else. I picked pieces of clay off of a ball I had and pressed it into a bowl to copy the shape. I took it out of the bowl and added the adornments, that being a fork and spoon. I then glazed everything and was done. This has zero meaning, symbolic or otherwise. When people look at it I want them to think, "Wow, that is a pretty big bowl." or something along those lines. The hardest part was choosing the adornments to add to the bowl. If I had to change something about it I would choose different adornments because I'm not really rocking with the whole silverware thing anymore. My favorite part is how large it is.
Medium, clay, 2026
I got the idea to make this because I had a lot of clay I needed to use and I figured a bowling ball would use most of it. It didn't evolve much during production. I got no inspiration from any outside sources. I rolled up all of my clay into a ball and poked the holes in it. After being told that that would not work, it got hollowed out. I glazed it with what was supposed to be a purple and black glaze. The purple was not purple though so it didn't turn out good. This has no meaning in any sense of the word. When people look at this I want them to think, "That looks like a bowling ball" or something along those lines. The hardest part was sanding it after it was fired because there was a lot of bumps to sand off. If I had to change something about it I would make sure the glaze marked purple was actually purple because the white I ended up with was not what I was looking for. My favorite part is how ball-like it is.
Small, clay, 2026
I got the idea to make this because I was told to make something on the wheel. It did not evolve at all in production. I got no inspiration besides the instructions given to me. I centered the clay on the wheel and shaped it into a bowl shape using my hands. I trimmed it to have two indents around the bowl. After it was fired I glazed a red and gold combination. This has no meaning. When people look at this I want them to think, "That's a pretty small bowl" or something along those lines. The hardest part was making the bowl stay centered while shaping it on the wheel. If I had to change something about it I would have sanded it more before glazing as the top is pretty jagged. My favorite part is how symmetrical most of it is.
Small, clay, 2026
I got the idea to make this from my bowling ball sculpture. I had some leftover clay and I thought these would be fitting to go along with it. They did not evolve much during production. I got inspiration from the bowling pins I usually see at practice. I rolled three cylinders and formed them into a pin shape. I drilled a hole in the center of the bottom and then glazed them after they were fired. This has no meaning. When people look at this I want them to think, "Those are some decent looking bowling pins" or something along those lines. The hardest part was getting the shape right without breaking the pins. If I had to change something about it I would put tape or something on while glazing to make the red stripe look cleaner. My favorite part is how they look like bowling pins.
Small, clay, 2026
I got the idea to make this because I had a very small amount of clay and you told me I had to use it, and this is one of the only things I could make with such a small amount of clay. It did not evolve at all during production. I got inspiration from doughnuts I've seen before. I rolled a cylinder and connected the ends. I glazed it with a white glaze. This has no meaning. When people look at this I want them to think, "That's a pretty small doughnut" or something along those lines. The hardest part was trying to keep glaze off of the bottom so it didn't stick to the kiln. If I had to change something about it I would check the color of the glaze closer as this was not the pink I thought it was. My favorite part is how circular it is.
N/A, paper, 2026
I got the idea to make this because you told us to make a stop motion video. It did not evolve much during its production. I got inspiration from you telling us that the origamii method was fast and I was low on time. I made a paper crane using a tutorial while taking pictures along the way. The I edited them together in capcut. All of this was with help from Kyptin. This has no meaning. When people watch this I want the to think, "That sticky note turned from a sticky note to a paper crane" or something along those lines. The hardest part was making the crane because I am not very precise. If I had to change something I would have done more to make it longer. My favorite part is how it's a video and not an image.