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.
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