pottery
I have done pottery throughout my life at irregular intervals and have learnt many hand-building techniques, such as the pinch, coil, and slab technique, which I now use with confidence and skill. I have also learned how to use the wheel properly and create pieces like teapots, mugs, bowls and jewellery with a combination of the wheel and handbuilding techniques.
I have also made sculptures to express emotions or out of joy of creating something with my hands. I have used brush-on and dipping glazes, andI have also experimented with layering glazes to achieve different colours, including greens that shine through like leaves in sunlight.
I am currently figuring out how to make proper lids, either by hand or working with the wheel.
I would like to learn how to make my own glaze in the future.
My main focus last year was utensils related to food and drinks. For example, I often feel that tea mugs are too small and not well-designed, which is why
I wanted to create a tea-set which fulfils my own expectations.
I began by experimenting with different shapes and amounts of clay for throwing the main body of the tea pot.
I researched how to throw spouts and had multiple trials and errors; the clay was either too soft or too dry, the walls too thin or thick, but in the end I managed to throw a spout which worked.
I then cut a hole into the main body and attached the spout with slip and score. For the handle, I rolled a coil and attached it with the same technique.
And the lid, ohhh yesss. What a torture. I heard a lot of different opinions about throwing it upside down or not, and which shape to choose. In the end, I returned to the good old pottery books we have in our studio, and it helped me to find a way that works for me.
Below you can see the different teapots I have thrown, and how my abilities and styles have developed.I have improved in throwing lids, and assembling the teapot in a way that looks well-crafted.
I have also made sculptures to express emotions or out of joy of creating something with my hands. I have used brush-on and dipping glazes, andI have also experimented with layering glazes to achieve different colours, including greens that shine through like leaves in sunlight.
I am currently figuring out how to make proper lids, either by hand or working with the wheel.
I would like to learn how to make my own glaze in the future.
My main focus last year was utensils related to food and drinks. For example, I often feel that tea mugs are too small and not well-designed, which is why
I wanted to create a tea-set which fulfils my own expectations.
I began by experimenting with different shapes and amounts of clay for throwing the main body of the tea pot.
I researched how to throw spouts and had multiple trials and errors; the clay was either too soft or too dry, the walls too thin or thick, but in the end I managed to throw a spout which worked.
I then cut a hole into the main body and attached the spout with slip and score. For the handle, I rolled a coil and attached it with the same technique.
And the lid, ohhh yesss. What a torture. I heard a lot of different opinions about throwing it upside down or not, and which shape to choose. In the end, I returned to the good old pottery books we have in our studio, and it helped me to find a way that works for me.
Below you can see the different teapots I have thrown, and how my abilities and styles have developed.I have improved in throwing lids, and assembling the teapot in a way that looks well-crafted.
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