Unit 4:
Handles on a piece/
Lidded Box
Plan:
- Slab roll wedge clay
- Cut out four walls (two longer than the others)
- Form box
- Cut out smaller rectangle to create lip on lid
- Fill with newspaper and add lid to box
- Add handle
- Add decoration
- Fire
- Glaze
- Done!
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I am very happy with the final result, so much so that I am bummed to give it away as a gift and would like to make it again. I love the ladybugs spread throughout and the fun handle. If I were to make it again, I would fix the lid so it doesn't move around as much by making the slab wider.
Collaborative
Plan:
- Lay slab rolled clay over plate
- Smooth
- Trace ideas onto paper
- Use paper and poke holes to create an outline
- Underglaze
- Fire
- Clear glaze and gray glaze back
- Done!
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I really enjoyed making this piece, and am happy with the result. If I were to do it again, I would try to smooth out the boat more and make sure the back is layered thoroughly.
Series of 4 - Coasters
Plan:
- Roll out clay to desired width
- Using a bowl, cut out four identical circles
- Roll out four coils
- Use four coils underneath each circle, creating a lip
- Fire
- Glaze
- Fire
- Done!
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I really enjoyed the final product. They were easy to make, which was nice, and they were all very similar in size and width. I also loved using the 'exploding' glazes I used, as they gave the desired texture and effect. Overall, I really liked the pieces and they are very useful!
Monster
Plan:
- Cut some of the clay off the initial wedge and roll it into a ball
- Begin forming into an oval shape, scoop out the middle
- Attach side appendages
- Attach eyes and teeth
- Underglaze
- Fire
- Glaze
- Fire
- Done!
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Disappointingly, the monster fell and the top two items fell with it. I tried to glaze them back on as I had seen others do, but ultimately that ended in failure as well. Besides that error, I am quite proud of how the monster turned out. I was struggling trying to figure out how to make it, so the final product actually being put together and looking coherent makes me very happy.