May Post

The end of senior year has finally arrived! I can't believe how fast this year has gone by and I am honestly going to miss having this class so much. I'm going to miss you so much Mrs. Gleeson!!

My final project was the pitcher/creamer project. I made two creamers. I messed up the glaze on those two because I used green, white, and black underglaze but I forgot to dip it into the Clear bucket before I set it out for firing. So that is why they are not functional anymore...:(
I also made a pitcher on the wheel. I used Iron Red followed by White for the glazes and it turned out really nice! I am looking forward to using it.
I also made a gravy bowl, which was the very last thing that I made this year, and I couldn't be more proud of it. I used Chun Plum for the glaze and I absolutely love how it turned out. I can't wait to use it for Thanksgiving!
I will make sure to visit here after I'm gone. I will miss Ceramics very much.

4th Quarter: Week 1

Right now, I am working on pitchers and creamers. I have trimmed my creamer and it is ready for firing and I am currently working on making one of my pieces into a gravy bowl (the picture of it was in my last blog post). I plan on keeping these two pieces and maybe making a third piece as a creamer, but I do not plan on making a lot of pitchers and creamers because I am more focused on working on the pieces that I have so far.

End of 3rd Quarter

So I finished my lantern project. The lantern turned out pretty well! I worked so hard on it. The glaze did not completely come out like I wanted it, but it does look cool in a weird yet awesome way. For the glaze I brushed on Iron Red and then dunked the piece in Clear. I made a mistake of letting the brush stroke the piece. That is why the brush strokes are visible in the piece.
Now I am working on making pitchers and creamers. I like making creamers better so I am heading in that direction. One of the pictures is a creamer for milk. The second one I am planning on cutting the top part and making it into a gravy bowl. I decided that because the piece is too small for a pitcher and the shape would suit better for a gravy bowl. I plan on making more creamers and maybe a pitcher after spring break.
The reason I started on the pitcher project so late was that carving my lantern was so tedious and took a great amount of time. After carving, I waited for it to come out of the kiln so that I could glaze it. And the snow days did not help either!

March Update

I have been very busy over the past few months. I finally finished glazing my Eiffel Teapot. I do not have a picture of that because it is being showcased in the Cityspace art showcase which I am so excited about! I absolutely love how it turned out!
After that, I started glazing my vases. I used seaspray as the base and black and white for the yin and yang symbols.
Next, I started making bottles on the wheel. I ended up making four. They turned out pretty well. I decided to glaze them by making designs on them. For two of them, I used white as the base color and used blue, black, red, green, and yellow as the top coat colors to make my designs. For the remaining two bottles, I decided to spray on glaze for the top coat because I absolutely love using the spray machine! For one, I used Chun Plum as the base and sprayed on white. For the last one, I used Metallic Green and Oasis as the base and sprayed on blue.
After the bottles were done, I started on the next hand building project, the lantern. I have made it and am waiting for it to come out of the kiln so I can finally glaze it. I am really happy with how it looks like so far.