Coil and Carve

During this semester in ceramics, we also learned to create objects using a coil method. In class, I made a large cup using the coil method. This was a new method to me I have never used it before when making things out of clay. But it was a very helpful method because it allowed me to work very fast.

the process of making this cup using the coil method was very simple I started by rolling clay into a coil then because I was making a cup I took the coil and started raping it up like a spring and adding more coil till I got my cup to my desired height. After I smoothed the sides and inside so my cup had a smooth surface. Once the cup was smooth I took a scraping tool and made ridges in the sides so it looked like a gear which gave it texture and made it look different.

overall I really liked this method because it made it very easy and fast to make something tall. In the future when I create things with clay I will definitely use this method again because it was very fun and easy. I think that this cup I created using the coil method turned out really good but if I could change one thing I would have fixed the rim of the cup so it would be level. But I think that this is a very good first try using the coil method.