Last day of ceramics 2

Finished place setting 

1. When we first started throwing on the wheel I struggled to center my clay, but now I can center clay within a few minutes.
2. It takes patience to throw well on the wheel.
3. Not getting frustrated and giving up was hard at first, I also struggled with centering but I kept practicing and relaxing to fix these problems.
4. The easiest part of this class was throwing on the wheel. The hardest part was keeping up with the blog posts.
5. I think I could sell my work because I took a lot of time and effort into making my pieces and I feel like I have good craftsmanship.

4 plates done 

3 other extra items 

3 items 

4 bowls finished 

4 mugs finished 

Finished lamp 

Finished lamp

Stamped cylinder 

Lamp is almost fully constructed 

5 ceramic stamps 

Table setting plan

Profile mug fully constructed 

Finished teapot 

Base glaze + .5g copper carb + .5g zinc carb 

Base glaze + .5g copper carb + 1g lithium carb 

Lamp designs 

Tea pot fully constructed

Slab vase finished 

Base design taped and ready to glaze 

Base glaze + 1g copper carbonate+ .5 g iron oxide(black)

Base glaze + 1g cobalt carbonate + .5 g copper oxide

Base glaze + 5g copper oxide

Base glaze + 5g nickel oxide

Slab vase finished 

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Slab case progress one side left to attach, then paddle

3 teapot designs 

Slab vase progress: all slabs rolled and cut

Base glaze + 6g copper carbonate fired 

Base glaze+ 5g cobalt carbonate fired 

Base glaze fired

Working on the wheel:
I found it difficult to center the clay because it had been a year since I had thrown on the wheel, but when I had to form the miniatures it was easy.

10 miniatures with texture

5 Slab vase ideas

10 miniature designs

Cushing Base 2 Glaze Recipe:

C; 6
E: 350 Soda Feldspar
E: 280 borate
E: 180 Silica
E: 80 Soda Ash
E: 80 Whiting
E: 80 Kaolin (EPK)
F: gloss