Ceramics I

I think that looking back on all my assignments, my pinch pots definitely stand out the most to me. I love the different shapes and patterns, and most of all the designs and hard work put into these pots. Not only did they turn out much better than I had expected, but I also pick up so much knowledge about glazing and shaping my pinch pots. If you were to ask me at the beginning of this class to make a pinch pot, it would be filled with cracks and misshaped. And this was exactly what happened in the beginning. However, I redid all my pinch pots and tried multiple times and helped educate myself in the sense that I spent time and watched videos to help myself create a pinch pot that showed I was improving, and something that I was genuinely proud of. In the end, I think the glazes look marvelous, and these pots make me very happy and just go to show that this was a big stepping stone in ceramics for me. Overall, I feel that my clay ability and just my glazing, in general, have just improved so incredibly much, and I am so glad that we worked on these pots.

When first coming into this class, if you were to ask me to work with clay, I would have not been able to even come close to making mugs and coil pots, let alone pinch pots. Over the past months, I have gained so much knowledge with clay making, managing my time, working with designs, patterns, etc., glazing, and clay techniques that I know will come in handy when taking ceramics 2 in the future (junior year), and will just help my art ability in general. I will want to continue working with clay because it is something I find very soothing and fun to do, and so when I make projects such as pinch pots and such at home, I know that I have the capability to do this and work advanced with clay, and just take all the skills I have to learn and use them to help me with these projects that are important and good to have in everyday life.

Thoughts and Goals:

My goals this semester is to explore and enhance my ability with clay. I have always found clay interesting, and after taking art last semester, I found out that I was so much more capable of enhancing my ability with it, so that is my goal with ceramics, to become better and create some fantastic designs/projects.

Art Fundamentals Portfolio Link:

https://yhsceliaartfundsf20.blogspot.com/