Project 1: Grandma's Mug
This is a video I took while throwing the clay for my Grandma's coffee mug.
This is one of the first tall mugs I have made on the wheel. It's a little lopsided, but I'm getting the hang of the wheel more and more each week. No matter how it looks, I know my Grandma will love it.
Project 2: Dip Tri-Bowl Round 1 / Jewelry Holders
This is the first round of my Tri-Dip Bowl because the bowls were not attached firmly enough to each other, so they broke. Instead of throwing the broken pieces away, I filed them smooth again, and I'm planning on making little jewelry holders out of them.
Project 3: Tri-Dip Bowl Round 2
Since the original Tri-Dip Bowl broke, I remade it with a different shape of bowl. Instead of having a smaller bottom, wider top, and slanted slides, I made the top and bottom roughly the same size top and bottom, and straight size. That way, the clay should stick to each other. I also adorned the top of the bowls with a clay rose.
Project 4: The Orb
This was a project that I did not initially intend to make, but one day when I got on the wheel, it's what I made.
Project 5: Textured Cup
I planned on making a textured vase but because of an unexpected knee surgery, I lost a week of school. Instead of spending time making a larger vase, I instead made a smaller cup, and carved the design I wanted into the sides.
2015/2016 Final Exam
1. How/Why do artists create artwork to be effective for their audience?
I think that artists create work to make others feel. Oftentimes that is done with painting, drawing, photography, even sculpture. When you see something beautiful, mysterious, you are captivated by it and your imagination runs away with it. Yet, also with ceramics, an artist can create useful items as well, such as cups, bowls, plates.
2. Did you create your artwork to effectively communicate to your audience in some way? If so, what were you telling your audience?
I did not necessarily create my artwork to communicate to an audience. Instead, I created it because I had fun and I loved it. I think, in a way, giving my artwork to my family says that I love them, because I am giving them a piece of something I love.
3. How have your grown in your creative skills in this class?
After I finished my normal ceramic class, I wanted to do an independent study. Through these past couple of weeks, I have worked heavily with my clay. I think that I learned how to center my pieces faster, and how to plan out exactly what I wanted to do. One of my pieces broke because it was not structurally sound, so I had to redo it, thinking about what way would work best.
4. How have you grown in your Art Knowledge in this class? What did you learn through practicing with the art media you used?
I learned that art truly is about creating. Whether it is a scene you created through paint or pencils, or a collage of photographs that you have created, or a mug or bowl that you made with your bare hands. It is all about creating, and I think that it is beautiful.
5. How does art impact this society/culture around you?
I think that throwing clay on the wheel is much overlooked as an art form. It is often seen as old and archaic, which saddens me. Yet other art forms, painting, drawing, photography. It's everywhere. On social media it is absolutely revered, and many people praise it. I wish it would be the same with pottery.
6. How has this class impacted your life as a person?
Independently studying ceramics was very difficult for me. At times I wanted to get up and throw my clay and be done. But it is all about perseverance, and trying again and again. This class taught me to never give up, especially if you enjoy something. But also do not push yourself so hard that you begin to hate something that you love.
7. If you had to create an art class for high school students that was beneficial for our 21st century what would it be? Why? What projects would you consider having them do?
If I had to create an art class, I think I would make it based solely on creating. Anything and everything! Make natural ingredient make-up, or different deserts, or wind chimes. BUT it would all have to be done with simple crafts. I would make a Do-It-Yourself class! I absolutely love DIY projects, so I think an art class like that would be amazing. Art is everything, because beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
I think that artists create work to make others feel. Oftentimes that is done with painting, drawing, photography, even sculpture. When you see something beautiful, mysterious, you are captivated by it and your imagination runs away with it. Yet, also with ceramics, an artist can create useful items as well, such as cups, bowls, plates.
2. Did you create your artwork to effectively communicate to your audience in some way? If so, what were you telling your audience?
I did not necessarily create my artwork to communicate to an audience. Instead, I created it because I had fun and I loved it. I think, in a way, giving my artwork to my family says that I love them, because I am giving them a piece of something I love.
3. How have your grown in your creative skills in this class?
After I finished my normal ceramic class, I wanted to do an independent study. Through these past couple of weeks, I have worked heavily with my clay. I think that I learned how to center my pieces faster, and how to plan out exactly what I wanted to do. One of my pieces broke because it was not structurally sound, so I had to redo it, thinking about what way would work best.
4. How have you grown in your Art Knowledge in this class? What did you learn through practicing with the art media you used?
I learned that art truly is about creating. Whether it is a scene you created through paint or pencils, or a collage of photographs that you have created, or a mug or bowl that you made with your bare hands. It is all about creating, and I think that it is beautiful.
5. How does art impact this society/culture around you?
I think that throwing clay on the wheel is much overlooked as an art form. It is often seen as old and archaic, which saddens me. Yet other art forms, painting, drawing, photography. It's everywhere. On social media it is absolutely revered, and many people praise it. I wish it would be the same with pottery.
6. How has this class impacted your life as a person?
Independently studying ceramics was very difficult for me. At times I wanted to get up and throw my clay and be done. But it is all about perseverance, and trying again and again. This class taught me to never give up, especially if you enjoy something. But also do not push yourself so hard that you begin to hate something that you love.
7. If you had to create an art class for high school students that was beneficial for our 21st century what would it be? Why? What projects would you consider having them do?
If I had to create an art class, I think I would make it based solely on creating. Anything and everything! Make natural ingredient make-up, or different deserts, or wind chimes. BUT it would all have to be done with simple crafts. I would make a Do-It-Yourself class! I absolutely love DIY projects, so I think an art class like that would be amazing. Art is everything, because beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.