Glazing part 2

 


For the pinch pot, I used F17 (Shino and Oasis.) They were both bucket glazes. It came out somewhat the way I wanted, but it covered up a lot of the design, which was a little disappointing. The only thing I think I could do next time to make it work better would be to leave it in te glaze a little less long, I think that I kept it in the glaze for too long and the glaze got too thick.

For the coil pot, I used P1(Dark Blue and Second Hand Rose.) They were also both bucket glazes, and it came out just like I had hoped it would.

Glazing

I think my coil pot is being fired, so I couldn't post a picture. 

• It is important to wash your hands and wash dust off your bisque ware to make sure that the glaze can stick to the bisque ware, because the dust and oils from your hands act as a barrier against the glaze.  
• You only need to apply wax resist when using a bucket glaze. 
• The appropriate time to keep your pot in contact with the glaze in a bucket is one and a half seconds.
• You cannot brush on a bucket glaze because it will not be thick enough if it is brushed on. 

Coil Pot

My coil pot is going well so far, and I think I will definitely be able to finish by next Thursday. My pot mostly matches the silhouette that I drew, except I changed the designs and placement of the spiral coils from the original drawing.

• Yes, the pinch pot ended the way that I planned it. The clay did not always do what I wanted; to make it respond appropriately I worked on making the clay an even thickness all the way around and I used tools like a banding wheel (I think that's what it's called?) to be able to tell if it was the same dimensions everywhere.
• If I could change something now, I would make it smaller to begin with, because I think I would like the outcome better and be able to work with it the way I wanted to more.

Pinch Pot: Vase

        To "slip and score" means when you are connecting two pieces of clay together, you have to "score" it, or make scratches in the clay on the area that will be connected, and then put "slip" or muddy clay over the scratched area. This is important because it creates a place for the clay to lock together, as opposed to simply being pressed together, and keeps it from falling apart once it is fired. 
         My project is symmetrical in that the design around it is symmetric vertically from the center of the one part of the design that doesn't match. I also dealt with symmetry when my vase was lopsided at first, and I went back to make it even all the way around.

Jenna McFaddin

Jenna McFaddin was my volleyball coach in 8th grade. She only coached me for one season, but she was the most energetic, positive coach I've ever had, and made me love playing volleyball that year. She also was a role model for when I coached volleyball at Sutherland Middle School. I am a shy person in general, but I knew that to be an effective coach I had to be enthusiastic and do my best to get the team to love playing as well. I found myself imitating her coaching style and energy while I coached, but also in other aspects of my life as well.