3rd Quarter Project

When should you take your work off of wooden boards and why? - What element and principle did you focus on during this project? - What did you learn from this project? - What would you change or add to this project to make it more interesting? 

• You should take your work off the wooden boards when it is leatherhard and ready to trim, so that it does not become too dry to trim.
• We focused on balance and form for the cup project. 
• I learned how to use the wheel a lot better during this project, and I learned that trimming the cups is a lot easier when you don't have a lot of extra clay around the base of the cup.
•  I liked the project the way it was, I like the simplicity of how the cups look even though they are difficult to make.

February Post

I am working on the cup project on the wheel. I have made 6 cups. 2 are in the kiln for the first time, 3 are fired for the first time, one is waiting to be fired for the second time, and one is drying so that I can trim it. I have trouble trimming the foot and keeping it even, but I think I'm improving. I am a lot better now at actually making the cup on the wheel.