multiple pinch pot

Multiple pinch pots:

For this summative we were told to create a sculpture or something out of clay that included at least 5 different pinch pots. Five pinch pots should make up the object or sculpture that you decided to make. For this project I didn't really have any particular idea in mind. I kind just let my mind set free ideas and frew them out on paper. I wanted to make something creative and colorful so I came up with the idea to make a fruit bowl. Instead of grouping the fruits into a bowl realistically I stacked three fruit on top of eachother inside a bowl. The fruits contained of an orange, strawberry, and lime.

I used clay, carving tool, and glaze to create this multiple pinch pot sculpture. For the orange and strawberry I used two pinch pots each. I created one pinch pot and then another. After I created the pinch pots I scratched and scored the edges/surface where I would combine the two pinch pots. for the lime I did the same thing except I used only one pinch pot and then made a small circular slab to represent the half cut lime. Then I used a scratching tool to make the extra details of the lime. After I made all the fruits I made an extra pinch pot which I then used as the bowl. I poked hole into each fruit to make a single air pocket, the I poked a hole through the bottom of the bowl so it wouldn't explode in while being fired. I used some tools to make a pattern and texture around the bowl and on the fruits. When looking for what glazes and colors to use I really veered towards the brighter and more pigmented colors, like reds, oranges, pinks, blues, greens, etc. Look at the pictures below to see what glazes I used.

I'm pretty proud of how this piece turned out, I love the colors, size, shapes, etc. I think Im most proud of the sculpture itself and the texture and designs that I added. I didn't think it would come out looking this sturdy and put together so i'm really proud of the way it ended up. While I did have my ups to this project some of my downs would be trying to get the glaze on nicely and perfectly without overlapping. I tried to neatly paint on the glaze but with all the small nooks, it was hard to keep the paint even. I did end up fixing most of it by going in with a smaller brush a detail brush trying to fill up the extra spots i missed or wiping of the color i may have accidentally painted over into the wrong spot.

If I could go back and fix something I would probably fix two thing first glaze it more neatly and use smoother and slower strokes (not rush), and also fix up the small details I added like the strawberry leaf and orange stem, try to make them more realistic and neat looking.