Ceramics

 I wanted to make an Xbox Controller.  It just kinda came into my mind. 

First I took the clay and flattened it.  Next I cut out the shape and formed the controller.  It was painted realistic.  I like to play xbox and my favorite game is Fortnight.  If I started over Id probably change the green part.  I really like how it looks realistic and you can tell exactly what it should be.  

 I wanted to make a pitcher for ceramics class.   During this project I learned how to use the slab roller and press texture into clay.  First I wedged my clay.  Next I rolled out the slab on the slab roller.  I pressed doillie into the clay to make texture.  Then I formed the pitcher and glazed it a purple-red.  If I started over I would have glazed it nicer.  Some black accidently dripped on it. I really love how the colors of the glaze look.  

 I wanted to make some clay charcuterie display with slump drape techniques.  I used rings to shape the bowls.  I left them unconnected so they could be stored more easily.  I tapped the clay so it would fall (slump) into the foam ring to make a perfect circle.  If I were to start over I would not do anything different.  I really like how the glaze turned out on these as well.  

 I was certified on the clay extruder or coil press when I made the pumpkin.  I pressed the clay out and stacked the colils in the shape of a pumpkin.  I smoothed all the coils out to make it look like a pumpkin.  If I started over I'd try to make the pumpkin look less like an apple and more like a pumpkin.  I'd make the lines on the sides.  I like how the paint looks on the stem with the shading from green to orange.  

 I made this snake and I was going to use it to make a stop motion video.  It was going to come out of an egg.  Or slither and move.  I ran out of time and didn't get the video to come together.