Sunday, December 13, 2009

Transformed Lip

The light and bright yellow contrast with the dark midnight glaze creating a camouflaged surface. This transformed lip bowl is 2x5 in. The project is wheel thrown. There are visible throw marks at the base. The lip was transformed on the wheel. The glazes used are midnight and yellow. The midnight is splattered over the yellow glaze. The two colors contrast and visually look camouflaged.

Hand and Wheel



The scales, arms, and tail make this mug look more like a mythical creature than a cup. This mug is 4x3.25 inch. The mug is wheel thrown, but the hand and arms are hand made. There are very few throw marks visible at the top of the mug. The glazes used are chrome green and sand. The chrome green sits inside the scales, on the inside of the mug, at the lip, and on the handle. The sand is on the belly. This project has an anthropomorphic quality to it in the way that takes an everyday mug to a realistic looking level.

Plates


The splattered ochre and black make the plate appear camouflaged. This plate is wheel thrown. The size is .75x6.5 in. On the top and bottom, there are visible throw marks. The glazes used are black and ochre. The glazing method used is squirting the colors out of a squirt bottle onto the plates surface. The two colors and the way the gazes were applied takes a simple surfaced plate to seeming camouflaged.
The two colors balance eachother out with the dark and light colors. this plate is 1x5.5 in. The project is wheel thrown. Throw marks are visible both ontop and underneath the plate The glazes used are black and red. The two colors meet in the middle and make a line down the middle. the two colors complete eachother creating a balance of the plate.

Mug

The straight forward design and color make this piece very simple. This mug is 3.25x3.75 in. The project is wheel thrown. At the base, there are visible throw marks. The glaze used is red. Where the throw marks are, the red glaze is lighter and more faded. The solid color and linear design makes this project very simple.