I made these projects over
the course of my second semester, Advanced Ceramics class.
The theme of my projects is Jesse’s Farm, because Jesse was my
inspiration to take ceramics and the Guyer Farm is my second home.
I also chose this because it directly relates to ceramics in that the
clay comes from nature and farms are based upon nature.
To make these projects I had to use many different techniques including
centering, footing, choking, and my own imagination to decide how my projects
should look.
Each project that I have
created portrays my theme in one way or another but the projects that I have
chosen to display with my theme project are my set of three, choice, theme
choice, wheel and hand, and my lidded projects. Through each of their looks and glazes,
a different aspect of farm life is shown.
For my set of three, I used red clay with clear glaze which turned out to
be a brownish color, representing dirt, the basis of a farm.
My choice is glazed horizontally, half clear and half blue which give the
appearance of the sky meeting the pond at Jesse’s house.
This same technique was used for my hand and wheel project, but instead
glazed vertically. The unevenness of the glazing gives it a fuzzy appearance,
which reminds a person of a ripple of water. My final project is my lidded project,
which is glazed black. This project represents the darkness of night when we are
at the farm with no lights around us.
To make these
projects, I had to not only employ the skills that I learned in beginner
ceramics, but add new skills that I gained in Advanced.
I, of course, had to be able to center, pull up, choke, and foot but also
had to learn other techniques in order to make better and more difficult
projects. To make a plate, I had
to learn how to pull directly out, instead of up and I also had to learn to make
lids for many of my projects.
Another skill that I needed was the ability to visualize how to make my
projects relate to the theme, both in color and appearance.
It was also very important for me to learn how to make good handles and
other things that I needed to add on to my projects and attach them so that they
would remain on and look good.
Although there are probably many other techniques that I used, these are
a few of the main ones that I needed throughout my time in
ceramics.
The decision that I made in
regards to my projects are important because they must convey to others the
feelings that I am trying to create.
Because of this, color choice for my projects was extremely
important. The colors had to give
the feeling of farm life.
Therefore, I had to pick natural colors. It is difficult to understand the
feelings that I have when I am at the farm which made it that much more
difficult to produce the feelings that I wanted others to feel from them. By using blues, greens, and browns for
the majority of my projects, I created a feeling of nature and natural beauty.
Nature is what makes a farm a farm which is why it was so important for me to
include many of the colors of nature.
Creating a project in
ceramics is fairly simple. Having
the ability to create a certain feeling or send a message through your projects
is the hard part. I believe that
this was the most important thing that I learned in Ceramics because it is
something that can translate to so many other things areas of my life. The use of colors as well as shape, are key to displaying a feeling or in my case, the theme of farm life.
The skills that I have learned in ceramics are skills that I will be able
to use throughout my life and I have Ms. Heideman to thank for that!
the course of my second semester, Advanced Ceramics class.
The theme of my projects is Jesse’s Farm, because Jesse was my
inspiration to take ceramics and the Guyer Farm is my second home.
I also chose this because it directly relates to ceramics in that the
clay comes from nature and farms are based upon nature.
To make these projects I had to use many different techniques including
centering, footing, choking, and my own imagination to decide how my projects
should look.
Each project that I have
created portrays my theme in one way or another but the projects that I have
chosen to display with my theme project are my set of three, choice, theme
choice, wheel and hand, and my lidded projects. Through each of their looks and glazes,
a different aspect of farm life is shown.
For my set of three, I used red clay with clear glaze which turned out to
be a brownish color, representing dirt, the basis of a farm.
My choice is glazed horizontally, half clear and half blue which give the
appearance of the sky meeting the pond at Jesse’s house.
This same technique was used for my hand and wheel project, but instead
glazed vertically. The unevenness of the glazing gives it a fuzzy appearance,
which reminds a person of a ripple of water. My final project is my lidded project,
which is glazed black. This project represents the darkness of night when we are
at the farm with no lights around us.
To make these
projects, I had to not only employ the skills that I learned in beginner
ceramics, but add new skills that I gained in Advanced.
I, of course, had to be able to center, pull up, choke, and foot but also
had to learn other techniques in order to make better and more difficult
projects. To make a plate, I had
to learn how to pull directly out, instead of up and I also had to learn to make
lids for many of my projects.
Another skill that I needed was the ability to visualize how to make my
projects relate to the theme, both in color and appearance.
It was also very important for me to learn how to make good handles and
other things that I needed to add on to my projects and attach them so that they
would remain on and look good.
Although there are probably many other techniques that I used, these are
a few of the main ones that I needed throughout my time in
ceramics.
The decision that I made in
regards to my projects are important because they must convey to others the
feelings that I am trying to create.
Because of this, color choice for my projects was extremely
important. The colors had to give
the feeling of farm life.
Therefore, I had to pick natural colors. It is difficult to understand the
feelings that I have when I am at the farm which made it that much more
difficult to produce the feelings that I wanted others to feel from them. By using blues, greens, and browns for
the majority of my projects, I created a feeling of nature and natural beauty.
Nature is what makes a farm a farm which is why it was so important for me to
include many of the colors of nature.
Creating a project in
ceramics is fairly simple. Having
the ability to create a certain feeling or send a message through your projects
is the hard part. I believe that
this was the most important thing that I learned in Ceramics because it is
something that can translate to so many other things areas of my life. The use of colors as well as shape, are key to displaying a feeling or in my case, the theme of farm life.
The skills that I have learned in ceramics are skills that I will be able
to use throughout my life and I have Ms. Heideman to thank for that!
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