Porcelain Cutout

This is a porecelain vase that I thought would be cool to have a bold design like a lot of cutting out. I thought that this would be a nice luminary with a candle to give a certain ambiance. The lettering says ´love´ which I think would be nice to give as  present. I also tried mixing paints to give a rosey color to this piece. 

8 Inch Cassius

Like my sandstone piece, my cassius suffered when blowing up with the kiln. Luckily I had this piece, and I think it turned out quiey well. This clay is fun to work with because the brown clay mixed with different glazes creates such a unique look. For this project, I used a brownish orange paint, and the glaze almost gave the vase a tough texture. I enjoy this piece because I think it is something different than what I normally make. 

8 Inch Sandstone

This piece was originally not actually suppose to be my grade piece. I have had some misfortunes this semster with several of my pieces breaking, but I am glad I was able to use this piece as a grade. I am very proud of this piece because it was one of the first ones I had done all semester, adn the first to have a foot at the bottom. I was very nervous to create a foot in fear of running my project, but I am glad I used a strong clay like sandstone. Although it sometimes can be painful, I think sandstone is my favorite clay because it is easy to use, and nice to create bigger projects with. I painted this piece sort of ombre with different shades of blue; I even created my own color by mixing shades. I am happy with how this piece looks and will be giving it as a gift this holiday season. 

Mask

This peice was a mask of my face. My face was covered in Vaseline as plaster was plaster placed I order to create a template for the clay. This mask was unique because it is my face and a cultural mask. I chose to do a sugar skull because it was different the the normal tribal masks seen, and I thought it would unique to have cutouts. I used different references for decoration and decided to use black and bright paints to achieve a vivacious look. I also added rhinestones for an extra sparkling affect. I am proud of my mask because of how customized and personal it is! 

2013/2014

Ceramics 2!