2D Art: Pottery is all about building things and doing 3D work, but the 2D aspect is super important for this. All of our sketches are the basis for all of our pieces, and being able to do 2D work is a skill that’s important. I loved making this because it was super fun […]
Liz Lotz & Plates
Artists Develop Art Making Skills: What new techniques or processes have you learned? How did you apple it to your work? I really liked the new technique we did to create the plates. It was really cool to create the plate out of a slab and then use the base to make a coil. It […]
Sgraffito Mugs
How does the craftsmanship of an artwork affect its meaning to the viewer? Everyone perceives a piece of artwork differently. By making a design on a piece of work, it adds so much to the final piece and lets all of the viewers create their own meaning of the work. What did you learn through […]
Process Portfolio
Pinch Pots: Pinch pots were the first thing we made in pottery 1, and is a basic concept that can be used in many different projects. Even though it is a simple process to make the bowls, I still struggle with smoothing out the bowls and making them have even wall thickness. We had to […]
Final Portfolio
Prompt #1: Final Project: These tiles show my growth over the year because of all the techniques I incorporated into all of the designs. I did not even know what some of the embellishment techniques were until I tried them, but since I was able to create these new designs it shows how much I […]
Blog Post #11
Glazes: Glazing is a process that seems easy, but takes a lot of time and efficiency to make it come out the way you’d like it to. Typically to make sure the glaze comes out even and the same color throughout the whole piece, you would put 2-3 coats on it. And to make it […]
Blog Post #10
Compare & Contrast: Both of my mugs are very similar in shape, height, and width. For mug #1 I decided to use a pattern that looks like scales, but for mug #2 I decided to do a simpler pattern of just stripes. When making the pattern for #1, I wanted something that would stand out […]
Blog Post #9
Artists organize & develop artistic ideas: Creating sketches and brainstorming ideas for the types of vessels to make came a lot from inspiration from the Greek techniques that we saw in class. During class we saw a lot of different examples of the Greek vessels, how they were used in that time period, and the […]
Blog Post #8
Paragraph 1: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/245558?searchField=All&sortBy=relevance&deptids=13&when=1000+B.C.-A.D.+1&ft=90.9.30&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1 Terracota Hadra hydria (water jar) This is a unique vessel that was made in 3rd century BC and belongs to the Hellenistic period. This pot is used to store water and has many unique lines and patterns all around it. Everything on it has connected pieces that all come together to make […]