Unit 4 Babies
Frida Kahlo Masterpiece
I chose this work because I felt the colors would be fun to work with on such a small scale. I struggled to glaze the because it was such tight spaces which was expected. I was originally not gonna have those back walls but was afraid that without support it would break. If I did anything different I woudl've used clear glaze over everything in order to avoid those patches.
Handled Piece
This was originally going to be my 4 of a kind project but changed my mind and decided to make it my piece with a creative handle. It started as a simple pinch pot but I moved it to a small wheel in order to get my desired shape on all sides. The handle was relatively simple except for the curl at the bottom, that was hard to make it have some depth without smooshing it. I wanted to try a glaze I haven't used yet so I used "pink pixie". If I were to do anything different I would attempt to give it a foot.
Series of 4 cups
After I decided that my handled pieces were going to be too difficult, I switched to making a pinch pot. My first pinch pot was simple and effective but it didn't have equal sides and it had some indented areas. Because of these problems I switched to using slabs in order to make it a bit more polished. When glazing these pieces it was fairly easy but I realized I didn't use the same amount of coats on 2 of them which is one thing I wish I did differently. One other thing that went wrong was while I attempted to sand them to even heights, the lip of one chipped which i casually just glazed over as the issue was too small for me to attempt fixing.
Snug Lidded Cup
This cup was originally just going to have a slab lid but I decided to make incorporate my house project by scratching windows and details over the cup and making my lid double as a lid. The one thing I wish I did different was I wish made the round window centered with the door. One thing that went well though was I was happy with the way I managed to make a snug fitting lid by using a ruler to measure the inside for the first time.