Suhani's SAS Blog

Final Blog Reflection Unit 1: Slab Construction (Box) Photo: Never having a ceramics class before, what were your first impressions of the class through this project? Starting off in this class, I was really amazed. I found that everything moved at a really nice pace that I was able to keep up with. It instantly became my favorite class, one that I could look forward to coming to every other day. When I first came in, I was taken aback at how many different techniques there were. That being said, I think that we were able to ease into this unit very easily, and I was given just the right about of help to make this piece. This project familiarized me with all the techniques I would be using throughout this semester, so I think that it prepared me really well. Unit 2: Coil Construction (Greek Vessel) Photo: P rior to starting this project, what were your doubts prior to creating? Before starting this project, I had seen all the exemplars. I was really intim...

Cloudy With a Chance of Desserts Reference 1: Reference 2: Reference 3: Method: Take a cone of lay, roll it on texture. Then use more clay and form it into the shape of an ice cream scoop, and hollow out the inside of both. Glaze: - stone matte, straw for the cone, and then cotton for the ice cream and teacher palette for the sprinkles. Method: Same as the first one, just make another ice cream scoop and stack it on top. Glaze: - stone matte, straw for the cone, and then any pig pink for the top scoop and metallic brown for the bottom scoop. Method: Take a slab of clay, cut it to size. Then use a popsicle stick to make lines on it, and then finish with a popsicle stick at the bottom. Glaze: - I used Carrot and Maize teacher palette, and I sponged each color over the previous one, after each coat of glaze. Post Fire Glaze: Post Fire Glaze: Post Fire Glaze: Reference 4: Reference 5: Reference 6: Post Fire Glaze: ...