My Final: Teapot

The project that reflects me most was my final. The teapot I had to make was based off the book, The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer. The book is full of fairy tales like Cinderella and nursery rhymes like Jack and the Beanstalk. It is personal becuase Chris Colfer is the person I admire most and the book is amazing. This piece of art shows how just because I'm in high school doesn't mean I can't read fairy tales. I never watched the Disney adaptions of Cinderella or Snow White, but I did read the original stories. This book introduced me to stories I had only previously heard about.

Ancient Vase

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The project that was the biggest challenge for me was the ancient vase because we had to model it from a previously made vase. We got to choose the vase, but there was no artistic freedom on it's shape or color. To solve this problem I could've found a vase that portrayed my personality or I could've chosen something that would push my limits on either building or painting. I also could have made my own changes regardless of what the original vase was. I ended up choosing a vase that I knew would be difficult to paint, in order to show off my skills. If I could do this again I would take more time glazing it because the problem I see with it is that there aren't enough coats of paint. I felt a mixture of disappointment and relief when I saw the finished product. I felt disappointed because of the bad paint-job, but relieved at the fact that it was over because while painting it, I think it actually gave me an ulcer, it was so stressful. In my opinion, I think it was a major failure success.

Fruit Goblet

The project that helped me grow the most as an artist was the fruit goblet. The techniques I learned while doing this project were how to make pinch pots and shaping them. I needed some serious patience while doing this project because of making all the separate piecesthen slip and scoring them together well enough that they didn't fall apart. I did not know about pinch pots before I started this project. I didn't really expect anything because I hadn't planned what it would look like, but I'm happy with the results.

My Coffee Mug

Techniques I used that I have never used before were using slabs for the entirety of it and making the glaze look like it was dripping. One of the techniques I incorporated was braiding the handle. I also added texture by etching branch-like pieces around the bottom of the mug. I did glaze my mug; I used two different colors. I coated the top of the mug in Seafoam green to fill the space and make it look as if it was melting. The inside was glazed with Stroke 'n' Coat, Down To Earth, because they are non-toxic and it wouldn't be harmful to drink out of it. I really liked it when it was all done, and I thought it was a success.