Hello! This week I glazed my purse slab pot! I chose the shade 'smokey merlot' because it sounded nice. Haha just kidding! I chose it because it is a nice purpley color and I think a purple purse is always awesome. My pots been having a lot of problems though. The buckle is cracked in two pieces now, and I could only glaze part of my handle on the back or else it'd stick to the kiln. I'm going to wait till it comes out to decide how I will cover it up. I might just paint over it all in acrylic.
So it turns out I'm all caught up with everything so I didn't have much to finish this week. I started the new project, masks of emotion, this week. I listened to a few of my favorite songs and tried to conjure faces of emotion from the song. I'm having difficulty trying to figure out which emotions I should do, because I feel like I only know how to show 'happy','sad' and maybe 'angry'. I feel like everything else is too subtle and I'm scared to try it, because other people won't be able to figure out what emotion I was trying to convey. One that I really want to try is 'regret', because I think that is a really vulnerable and sad emotion. I would have to exaggerate it a lot though, so that people won't think my mask is just bored or frowning.
This week I finished my slab pot! It's a purse!! :3 It has been a very challenging project but I enjoyed it and am please with the finished look. I think I did a good job of implementing subtractive and additive relief, with the crocodile texture and handles/buckles.
Update: I checked my pot today and noticed that my buckle detail on the front had fallen off. The piece is really dry and fragile so I do not want to try attaching it now because I feel like it will crumble. I think I will wait till after it has been fired and glue the piece on afterwards. I left the piece inside my pot so it will not get lost. I am sad that it cracked :( Hello! This week I began assembling my slab pot. I must say, this is probably the most difficult project I've done this year. I had trouble fitting my slabs together perfectly and also keeping them the proper plasticity. I wanted them to be somewhat dry but not too hard, however I feel like it got a bit too dry and I had difficulty attaching them. Last class I managed to cut the puzzle lid but I did have some issues with the slabs cracking at the top. I hoped I repaired it well enough so it won't happen again. I think the pot is looking okay right now! I'm done with the main body but I need my additive details like the handle and buckles still.
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