I chose to make my project this way so that the bowl would perfectly fit inside of my left hand while still being comfortable. I chose the color after seeing the examples I thought it looked spacey and interesting. Using clay I used by thumbs to make a cup shape then using a snake of clay I attached a bottom to the cup. I glazed using a special glaze so that it could be burnt and fired creating a unique color and feel to the cup. The goal of the project was to make a unique cool raku fired bowl which I believe I achieved in this bowl. This piece helped increase my clay knowledge and skill which will be useful for a lot of later projects.
I chose this design because of the heart in the center reminding me off the design on my front door. Using clay and a stencil I etched a design into the clay plate then carved it out to be fired. The goal being to make a cool looking plate I think I succeeded. My first plate broke which left me far behind the rest of class but I was able to catch up and make a quality plate in the end. This piece showed me the drawing part that could be implemented into clay art allowing more possibilities for the future of my clay creation.
This bowl was crafted from the ground up using clay and slip. I learned to make even structures with clay as well as how to indent those boxes to make impressive designs. I used Popsicle sticks to impress designs into the box's side and top as well as a knife. The bowl ended up how I wanted but the colors didn't end up how I expected. I'm gonna gift this bowl to my grandma so I hope she enjoys it. I used two different arches on the sides to make it not slide and the sides will fit more cleaning.
When making this box I wracked my brain for every piece or media or symbolism that represented the things I love. Using broken shards of a vinyl which represents the 130+ records i've collected over the years. The arrow representing my favorite show of all time "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" and the needle of a record player. The logos all around the white side of the box are colored and sketched to reference all my favorite things. I paper mached panels from manga comics which have been my favorite form of reading for years just fullly representing everything I love in my freetime. I learned to mesh 2D and 3D techniques into one project with a goal of representing myself with a logo alone. I hope to be more expressive the way I was with this project in the future.