Inspired Speaker

Objective:

Create a ceramic phone speaker that utilizes structural and / or specific design elements from a piece of ceramics found in the history of Ceramics.

Culture Studied

Southeast Asia, 500 B.C. - 300 A.D.

Research

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Reflection

I was influenced by a piece from southeast Asia around 500 BC. It’s a blue-green color with hints of brown and is a combination of a cylinder and a rectangular prism. It was used to hold something like water or arrows. I was inspired by the swirl pattern of the inspiration piece as well as the color and shape. Shape-wise, I tried to copy the round look and how it tapered at each end. I used a rib tool to create a swirl pattern similar to the inspiration piece, and I tried to copy the color the best I could because I love the combination of blue and green. I didn’t keep the corner bits because I thought it would be easier to make them rounded, and I also liked the idea of how that would look better.

My speaker definitely makes the sound longer, and it doesn’t really change much of the sound quality. If anything, it makes it more echoey. I think the sound is from the way it rounds out on the inside so the sound has to bounce down to the outside. I like the way it sounds, and I’m happy with how it turned out. If I were to change anything to see how it affects the sound, I would make the speaker a little longer. I think that might make it louder.

I admire Norah’s fish speaker. She made a sphere for the body of the fish with coils, which I imagine to be very difficult. You’d have to smooth them out just right and stack them in a perfect sequence. I love the way she did the scales, and the teeth and eyes of the fish make me smile. I love how she used wax and glazed over it to make the scale pattern and the lines on the tail. The little fins on the side are so cute.