This year my theme is movement and contrast in color. In many of my projects I included patterns ,movement , and contrast between light and dark glazes. You can make a project this way by first throwing something of your choice, footing it, and once it is out of the bisque you can now glaze it. To glaze it with showing movement/contrast you can first dip your project in a solid glaze color for its base coat. Next, choose another color that is either darker or lighter to show contrast. With this second glaze you can either drip the glaze down the sides so they run down the project using gravity or you can splatter on some glaze and depending on how runny the glaze is, it may run and make a nice moving effect. Some examples of my projects including this theme is my first vase that is white and has a shadow green glaze ring slightly running around the top. My tall project shows contrast and pattern with it's metallic brown and green glaze repeating around the project. My set of three also shows movement with the pink glaze(which you can't actually tell is pink mixed with the green) dripping and running through out the three pieces. I show movement with the glaze in a few other projects: my choice cup that is white with blue and my frankenpot. Contrast is also reflected in my second plate with blue dots on a white base coat. It is very important to show movement and contrast with glaze in projects because it shows that the project is finished and emphasizes the project. This year I learned the importance of glazing and got better and better at glazing as the semester went on. The glaze is what often grabs the viewers attention so it is very important to take your time with glazing. I hope to become better at ceramics in college this next fall.
I Theme: my theme is movement and contrast in color.
-glaze patterns -movement through glazes -contrast between dark and light glazes II what: -white vase with shadow green glaze ring -tall project -set of three -white and blue vase -frankenpot -white and blue bowl III how: -projects are thrown on the wheel, then footed, then bisqued. -projects are now glazed. Decide what color you want for your base coat, then choose a color you want to contrast your base coat or show movement by running down the project. -you can show movement with the glaze by either creating a pattern, dripping the glaze down the sides, or splattering glaze throughout the project using a certain brush. IV why: It is important to show movement/contrast in a project to emphasize completion as well as the shape of the project. V conclusion: This is my second semester in ceramics. I completed beginning ceramics freshman year and had to refresh myself with the skills of throwing this year. Once my memory was refreshed, I caught on pretty quickly again with some practice. This year I learned the importance of glazing to make each project unique. I also got better at pulling up the wall smoothly. I found some of my projects from freshman year and noticed how thick they were resulting from not pulling the wall up enough. I learned that this is one of the most important skills in throwing. |