MP1 Finished pieces

I will have pictures soon, but the teapot set I made is at a competition right now.  The hardest part I had with this white stoneware semi-circular teapot piece was smoothing the slabs so that they flowed together w/o seams.

3rd Marking Period

Works in Progress

Pic!!

This is my human form piece.  The body of the vessel of two thrown forms that I make to fit one on top of the other.  The lid is also wheel thrown and was the most technically difficult part of the piece due to the fact that the shape had to be trimmed out of the piece I had to throw.  I then threw the knob on top of that and attached coils for handles.  I think it's pretty clear how this relates to the human form.  This is all done in white stoneware.

I'm still glazing many of the pieces from the second marking period, but I do have two pieces that I'm excited to show you!

This is the finished product of the architecture concentration.  I used a pagoda form, more specifically the Temple of Heaven.  I really like how the pieces stack and can be taken apart, however some of the measurements got messed up, so the bottoms don't match the lid they sit on as well as I'd like.  I really admire Chinese architecture so I especially enjoyed creating this.  I tried to represent color patterns often seen in Chinese work which is why the piece is black and red.

This is the 3rd try of this piece (I broke the first 2) so needless to say I was very relived when I was finally done with this teapot.  This was for my parabolic motion concentration, and you can see that most vividly in the large handle, but also in the body and lid.  The handle was a real pain to get on the the hardest thing was the spout.  Getting the right length and circumference while still making it usable was really hard (the handle broke off once and I had to glue it so it doesn't work now anyway).  I like to unique shape of this piece and thought the glaze came out really well.

My final goals for this year are to do more with the surface of my pieces and to develop more depth in the concentration or message I'm working with  So can't wait to show you what I do next.