Salt and Pepper Shakers & Extra Credit

EXTRA CREDIT; Word = confusion
-Landscape/trails/ maps are confusing ( the brown line on the top is supposed to be a path/trail on a map and the little twirls all over the tiles are trees so they stand for landscape)
-Weather is confusing ( the yellow triangles are supposed to be the sun and the huge spot on the top left is supposed to be clouds and rain)

Final Grades

Glazing cat: C11 ( iron red; White)

2nd try to glaze bowl: L13 (Metallic Green, True Celadon)

It's supposed to be a pear. The glazing I've used is L4 ( Metallic Green, Turkish Amber), but because the cameras need to be charged I couldn't take a picture of the glazed shakers.

Glazed bowls

bowl 1

bowl 1

bowl 2

bowl 2

bowl 3

bowl 4

May Post

 LAST PROJECT:
When I was trimming my bowls I messed up one bowl, it had a huge hole at the bottom. It needed to be cut off from the rest and then Mrs. Gleeson had to put it on again on the wheel. I glazed all of my bowls but they are still in the firing room.

1st bowl

1st bowl

2nd bowl

4th bowl

2nd bowl

3rd bowl

The other glazed ones get fired right now.

CURRENT PROJECT:

I didn't know it has to be hollow, so I had to cut it in half and get rid of all the clay inside of the cat. After that I put it back together with the slip and score technique. But, because I couldn't reach the clay in the head, I also had to cut the head to do it.

4th Quarter: Bowls

Have I started at the wheel?
Yes, I did. 

Have I successfully made any bowls yet?

Yes, I got one bowl.

End of 3rd Quarter

I finished my lidded form. I used the glazing L6, but it went into he fire room so I wasn't able to take a picture of the finished, fired glazing.

I started to work on the six little tiles, they are also in the firing room, which made it impossible to glaze it. So I'm NOT done with this project.

I was absent one day last week because of a choir trip and one day because of SOL's, but I worked every class on my projects.

I liked working on the wheel and create the cups, handbuilding wasn't my favorite. For me, it felt like to glaze the lidded form was the hardest thing we ever had to glaze.

If we would have had more time, I could have finished my six tiles. I'll probably finish it during chat now some day.

March Update

Cup #1: Q10 ( Oasis, Clear); 16 ounces

Cup # 2: H14 (Goldenrod Shino, Blue Rutile); 13 ounces

Cup #3: A1 (Secondhand rose); 14 ounces

Cup #4: L13 ( Metallic Green, True Celadon); 14 ounces

Project I'm working on right now: Handbuilding project

How long did I already work on it? 

about 1 1/2 weeks

Wheel Throwers

What problems did I have?
The most problems I had was forming the handle and putting it on my cup. To get the right size of the handle, thickness, and make it look good is hard.

Where has it been easy?
I wouldn't say making the cups was the easiest but it was the part with the most fun so far. We could form our cups however we wanted, we just had to take care of having the right size. 
To glaze them will probably be the easiest.

Catch up

Lantern:

Glazing I used: L6- Metallic Green; Shino

What overall grade would I give myself?

I would give myself a 95 to 96 because , in my opinion, I showed a strong understanding of elements and principles, a strong quality and successfully engages with most aspects of technique and materials, obvious evidence of thinking, I was creative, I took risks/ experimented and I always turned all my projects in on time.