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This week I made my box. I plan to add pearls ,gems ,and diamonds. I want it to look like a jewelry box. I still have to add finishing touches and cut my box. I also have to finish glazing my pinch pot fru

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This week I finished smoothing my coil pot and I created the slabs to use for my box. I had a tough time smoothing my pot because it was dry.  I did manage to smooth it out. When I was creating the slabs I could not make a sheet of clay that was large enough to cut all of the squares from it so I made various flat pieces. I also started to glaze my fruit. 

 These are the pieces for my box.

 This is my pot before I smoothed it.

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This week I worked on my coil pot. The pot was challenging at first. Once I figured out how to efficiently attach coils I  worked faster. I still need to smooth my pot more. I am excited to see how it looks when it is done

Animal pinch pot critique

I think that one of the most suscessful elements of my work was the pinch pot. All of the sides were smooth and even. I also thought that the tounge was a good shape and looked like a real tounge. I smoothed all the attachments to the base pinch pot so that they would look like they were apart of the project. I think that I did a good job creating the eyes for my monkey. 

A challenge that I faced was creating the ears I was not sure where to put them at first. My teacher and I figured out that they needed to be put further back on the head. Another challenge I had was the paws at first they were flat but then I folded the end of the strip of clay over and it created a perfect paw. When I first put the eyes on it looked too much like a frog but then I decided to add a nose and it made it look more like a monkey. At first I was not sure how to make a realistic looking tounge but then I made a coil that was thicker on one side and then I flattened it out.

In upcoming projects I am going to focus on my glazing technique. Glazing is a skill that I am still improving, the glazing on this project was better than my last project. I am hoping to get better every time until my glazing is perfect.

For project requirements I give myself a 4 because I properly executed all of the requirements. For craftsmanship I would give myself a 4 because I am very pleased with the way that my project looks and I spent time cleaning up the imperfections. For creativity I would give myself a 5 because I used my creativity to think of the idea of the tounge in it's mouth and the paws holding the monkey's mouth open. For studio participation I would give myself a 5 because I was focused and efficient while I was making my project. For composition and principles I would give myself a 4 because I had a plan of what I was making before I started my project and I put a lot of effort into my project. 

Name tile critique

The most suscessful element of my work was the letters. I think that the letters looked puffy like bubble letters. I also added a texture to my letters. My letters were very glazed. When the letters were together I used a wood tool to separate them. I think that the best looking part of my project was the letters. 

I thought that the most challenging part was the base. The base changed shape when I rolled the texture on. I think that it was very hard to keep the base in the shape of a perfect rectangle. I thought that it was very challenging when I was glazing the project. I did use the black unglaze to make the patterns stand out but I think that in places the glaze covers the pattern. 

In up coming projects I am going to focus on m glazing tequniqe. I would work on using clean lines in my projects. I would also make sure my project is level in every spot so that the glaze would not pool in certain spots. This project helped me understand glazing. I will use my new knowledge of glazing when I start other projects. 

On project criteria I would give myself 5 because I added two textures and the project only required one. I would give myself a 3 for craftsmanship because all of my edges are smoothed and most of my project is clean but I faced problems when I created the base. For creativity I would give myself a 4 because I used my creative skills and imagination to visualize how different colors and patternas would look paired together. In studio participation I would give myself a 5 because I focused on my project and worked efficiently. For composition elements and principles I would give myself a 4 because I worked very hard on this project and I used the principle of variety by using different textures and colors.

 

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This week I started to make my coil pot. I started by making the base. After I made the base I made coils and attached them on the base. I smoothed the coils as I went on. We received our glazed projects today.