Dice

This was the dice I made as my final project. This was easy to make because I have done multiple boxes before. After the dice was fired, I traced a small bottle cap to get the circles on there evenly and then I glazed them. I wish I would have made it one box as a whole and not with a detachable top.

Candle Holder

This is my candle holder. I would say it was kind of hard to make because I first had to cut out a lot of pedals of different sizes and then attach them together which was a struggle. Before I had glazed it, a pedal broke off but I was able to put it back on with the glaze. 

Flowered Box

 For my project one of choice, I decided to make a box with a flower on the lid. I made a rose on the lid because I thought it would be something easy and because I really like flowers, especially roses. The only thing I wish I would have done is add more smaller pedals to the rose.

Surface Decorating Project

This is a small flower pot I created using the five surface decorating techniques. The most difficult part about this project was doing the mishima. My favorite part was how the leaves gave the pot a lifted surface. 

Sketch for Surface Design Project

Surface Designing Techniques Encyclopedia

* Sprigging- Surface decorating technique in which separate small shapes of clay are applied to the main body before firing.

* Slip Trailing- A technique of adding a pattern to the clay surface by using slip to create lines and patterns. This technique will create a raised surface texture.

* Impressed Texture- Indenting a design or texture into soft clay by pressing something into the surface of the clay.

* Mishima- A way of drawing by inlaying a slip of contrasting colors into lines engraved in hard-leather clay.

* Sgraffito- A technique where the surface of the clay is scratched exposing another layer of colored clay.

Slab Construction

This is my slab construction. My idea was totally  different compared to this . When I was smoothing our the sides  the top part of the mouth fell off and I found it really difficult to attach back together so I decided to just leave it like that and paint  the inside black. Once it’s glazed it should turn out to be blue.