Simon's Pottery! =): March 2011

All the projects covered in class was the fortune cookies, 2 candle holders, 2 tumblers water etched and 2 tumblers with the black sgraffito. What I learned from the fortune cookie project was to enjoy the new year with our own fortune that we wrote and then placed it into the cookie. What I learned from the candle holders was to cut the shape out and then build it. Also with the candle holders was it was more of a pratice so that we can be ready for the tumblers which is bigger than the candle holders. For tumblers we had to do 2 water etched and 2 black sgfafftto where you carved into the cup. The project I liked the best was the fortune cookies becuase it was easy to make and we didn't have to carve into it like the black tumbers and candle holders. Yes I would recommend this class to someone else because it is a fun class that you can build stuff in and that you can have the best teacher named LISA. What I expected to learn from this class is to learn how to make pots and to see how it has the glazed and texture on it when it is fired and all ready. Yes I learned something about myself that I didn't already know is that the stuff I make is my own master piece that I did in Pottery class. The project that taught me the most new concepts is wheel throwing because it is easier to make pots than building them by hand. The project that I would like to do that we didn't do is to make tea cups, regular cups, and plates.

Pictures of Tumblers and candle holders: For the candle holders and tumblers I glazed them to late before they went into the gas klin on Thursday so these are pictures of them in their glazes and not fired: