Cleaning

I don't have any pictures of me cleaning, but for awhile I was coming in during my fifth hour to help straighten things up around the classroom i.e.-cleaning the tables, cleaning out the sink, etc.

Shoes

I found some crazy high heels that I thought were really cool. The ones to the left are made out of porkey pine needles, and the heels to the right are the Marc Jacobs upside down balla heels. I did not make a shoe as intricate as these, but I did make a sandal and raku'd it but didn't have time to take pictures of it.

Chia pet

There are a ton of chia pets you can buy online and the same company makes the Clapper and the Ove Glove. I made a little world that I wanted to chia, but I never got around to it, so instead I raku'd it.

Cone 5 recipe

Opaque Gloss Crackle
Gertsley Borate-41.9%Potash Feldspar-32.4%Pemco Frit #625 or Ferro # 3289-14.9%Flint-10.8%For Blue, add cobalt carbonate-1/2% to 1%For Green, add copper carbonate-3% to 6%

Cone 05 recipe

XAVIER’S WARM JADE GREEN - A food safe semi-matte, butter finish glaze.
Talc.......... 9.0%
Whiting.......... 16.0%
Custer Feldspar....... 40.0%
3124 Ferro Frit...... 9.0%
EPK..........10.0%
Silica 325.........16.0%
ADD:
Copper Carbonate......4.0%
Rutile..........6.0%
Brushing Medium..... 1.8% [add only if brushing on]
You can vary the Copper Carbonate from 3-5% with great results and still be food safe.

Ceramic text/stamp inspiration

I researched pieces of ceramic stamp and written text pieces, and I found someone who made little bowls an had written on some, and stamped others that had different empowering phrases on them. I thought about making a piece that had text on it, but I didn't know what to write so I decided to continue work on my coil pot instead.

Another view-in detail-of the coil pot.

Texture work-Abstract coil pot

For my surface texture work I attempted to make a coil pot, which ended up getting smashed so I restarted and this is my finished coil pot. I started out making the coil pot just straight up and down-very simple. But the bottom began to crack, and so Chapman made it look fifty times cooler by twisting and turning the base of it around to make it look very abstract.

Peace-slab/garden work

For my slab work I carved flower shapes out of the clay to make it look like a peace sign. Originally, it was only the floral peace sign with nothing underneath it, but I was afraid it would all break, so I added a slab of clay under the floral sign. It ended up breaking in the kiln and then I couldn't find it when I went to glaze what was left of it.