Coil Carve

The project we were assigned to make was a coil structure with carvings. I decided to make my coil carve a mug. I choose to make simple carvings in my mug and did about 5 or 6 coils to create the structure.

The way I created my coil carve mug was, I rolled out coils and stacked them on top of one another. I then made my handle by rolling out another coil, making it a bit thicker, and attaching it. Then I put the underglaze on and started my carving.

The way I took this project was I wanted to create something simple that could be good for storing, pencils, or simple jewelry. I never intended for this mug to be a drinking mug. If I were to do this again, I would make sure the rim of my mug was nice and smooth. I would make the handle size a little bit smaller.