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Ceramics essay
This is my first time taking a ceramics class at Mount Si High School. I ahve taken it both semesters all this year. during my first semester I
struggled alot with the ideas of centering, pulling a wall and handle, footing, glazing, etc.
The theme I have chosen is surface design and detail. I cam about this idea when comparing my designs to projects with just one color of glaze. I found that mine seemed much more detailed in comparison but no different in quality. I thought that showing the surface designs was a good idea for my overall theme. I wanted to show that with these designs it catches the attention of many observers.
How I made my theme possible was starting with the project of simple design and then adding uniqueness with the glazes. I began with altering a bowl, cup and, plate on the wheel. Once out of the bisque I dipped everything in clear and then splattered 10 different colored glazes onto each. The multiple amount. Of colors gave the projects a similar look but not one surface design looked the exact same giving them all a unique feature. My next project was a pitcher that I created on the wheel.
I chose this theme because I found that creating different surface designs was very interesting. This theme and my projects are all representations of my experimentation throughout this whole year in ceramics Just as my projects started off a little plain so did my fear of trying different things. But as my projects grew in creativeness I grew in self confidence.
Everything I have achieved in ceramics has shown me and others an art skill that I thought was never there in the first place. I have learned that with perseverance and determination you can accomplish many things. In ceramics, you are constantly making projects that no one else would have thought could be done which gives this art skill a satisfying feeling.
Ceramics essay
This is my first time taking a ceramics class at Mount Si High School. I ahve taken it both semesters all this year. during my first semester I
struggled alot with the ideas of centering, pulling a wall and handle, footing, glazing, etc.
The theme I have chosen is surface design and detail. I cam about this idea when comparing my designs to projects with just one color of glaze. I found that mine seemed much more detailed in comparison but no different in quality. I thought that showing the surface designs was a good idea for my overall theme. I wanted to show that with these designs it catches the attention of many observers.
How I made my theme possible was starting with the project of simple design and then adding uniqueness with the glazes. I began with altering a bowl, cup and, plate on the wheel. Once out of the bisque I dipped everything in clear and then splattered 10 different colored glazes onto each. The multiple amount. Of colors gave the projects a similar look but not one surface design looked the exact same giving them all a unique feature. My next project was a pitcher that I created on the wheel.
I chose this theme because I found that creating different surface designs was very interesting. This theme and my projects are all representations of my experimentation throughout this whole year in ceramics Just as my projects started off a little plain so did my fear of trying different things. But as my projects grew in creativeness I grew in self confidence.
Everything I have achieved in ceramics has shown me and others an art skill that I thought was never there in the first place. I have learned that with perseverance and determination you can accomplish many things. In ceramics, you are constantly making projects that no one else would have thought could be done which gives this art skill a satisfying feeling.
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