Rough draft
6/8/2015
This is my second year of ceramics. How ever my first time taking it was my first semester of high school ever, on top of that I had a broken wrist and couldn't really do anything, But now I'm a senior in my last semester of high school returning to the wheel with almost no skill what so ever. A theme for my projects would be that everything I create is for a functional use. Although my projects don't look similar and there's no real pattern I do eat out pg my bowls and drink from my cups. I chose this theme because my projects don't have a physical theme, I never was driven to make any two pieces a-like. I always just kind of got out there and tried to make something nice. Most of the time with failures but eventually I learned from my mistakes and stuff started to turn out okay.
This theme was made possible through me and my mom needing more bowls. So after my first cylinder i tried to make something that i could use at home, and I did. The first ones were ugly and my glazing skills are less than poor but they held value in use. I learned that trying to just bust out projects was not how to go through the class, so I started to take some time and put more effort into my throwing. Still projects came out sideways and obscure but never the less still able to hold coffee in the morning.
I chose this theme because I do love eating from my own bowls, the satisfaction of holding something that's in use and know that you're the reason for it and you made it is pretty sweet. I think that this feeling is the most important part of ceramics, because if we were to just make stuff all day and have no reason to take pride in it than what would be the point? From the beginning to the end my entire semester of being on the wheel, my only thought processes was how and where am i going to be able to use this, and my art went from being random stuff to more accurate shapes and things that made scene for there use.
While being in this class I found something I didn't think I would have a passion for and enjoyed it deeply. I was able to take some thoughts away and the majority of them were about effort, if I put more effort in and really focused, my art and my skills thrived rather than if I were to just be messing around. Putting in that effort made me want to throw more, and I hope that my projects are used until they all break.
Final Draft
June 10th
This is my second year of ceramics. How ever my first time taking it was my first semester of high school ever, on top of that I had a broken wrist and couldn't really do anything, But now I'm a senior in my last semester of high school returning to the wheel with almost no skill what so ever. A theme for my projects would be that everything I create is for a functional use. Although my projects don't look similar and there's no real pattern I do eat out of my bowls and drink from my cups. I chose this theme because my projects don't have a physical theme, I never was driven to make any two pieces a-like or to glaze everything the same, because what is the use in art if it always expresses the same idea. I always just kind of got out there and tried to make something nice. Most of the time with failures but eventually I learned from my mistakes and stuff started to turn out okay.
This theme was made possible through my need of dishes. So after my first cylinder I tried to make something that I could use at home, and I did. The first ones were ugly and my glazing skills are less than poor but they held value in use. I learned that trying to just bust out projects was not how to go through the class, so I started to take some time and put more effort into my throwing. Still projects came out sideways and obscure but never the less still able to hold coffee in the morning. I found my self experimenting with different speeds of throwing and putting my hands in different places, and I also found my self really caring about my work.
I chose this theme because I do love eating from my own bowls, the satisfaction of holding something that's and okay piece of work and know that you're the reason for it and you made it is pretty sweet. I think that this feeling is the most important part of ceramics, because if we were to just make stuff all day and have no reason to take pride in it than what would be the point? From the beginning to the end my entire semester of being on the wheel, my only thought processes was how and where am I going to be able to use this, Ice cream, cereal or coffee, and my art went from being random stuff to more accurate shapes and things that made scene for there use.
While being in this class I found something I didn't think I would have a passion for and enjoyed it deeply. I was able to take some thoughts away and the majority of them were about effort, if I put more effort in and really focused, my art and my skills thrived rather than if I were to just be messing around. Putting in that effort made me want to throw more, and I hope that my projects are used until they all break.
6/8/2015
This is my second year of ceramics. How ever my first time taking it was my first semester of high school ever, on top of that I had a broken wrist and couldn't really do anything, But now I'm a senior in my last semester of high school returning to the wheel with almost no skill what so ever. A theme for my projects would be that everything I create is for a functional use. Although my projects don't look similar and there's no real pattern I do eat out pg my bowls and drink from my cups. I chose this theme because my projects don't have a physical theme, I never was driven to make any two pieces a-like. I always just kind of got out there and tried to make something nice. Most of the time with failures but eventually I learned from my mistakes and stuff started to turn out okay.
This theme was made possible through me and my mom needing more bowls. So after my first cylinder i tried to make something that i could use at home, and I did. The first ones were ugly and my glazing skills are less than poor but they held value in use. I learned that trying to just bust out projects was not how to go through the class, so I started to take some time and put more effort into my throwing. Still projects came out sideways and obscure but never the less still able to hold coffee in the morning.
I chose this theme because I do love eating from my own bowls, the satisfaction of holding something that's in use and know that you're the reason for it and you made it is pretty sweet. I think that this feeling is the most important part of ceramics, because if we were to just make stuff all day and have no reason to take pride in it than what would be the point? From the beginning to the end my entire semester of being on the wheel, my only thought processes was how and where am i going to be able to use this, and my art went from being random stuff to more accurate shapes and things that made scene for there use.
While being in this class I found something I didn't think I would have a passion for and enjoyed it deeply. I was able to take some thoughts away and the majority of them were about effort, if I put more effort in and really focused, my art and my skills thrived rather than if I were to just be messing around. Putting in that effort made me want to throw more, and I hope that my projects are used until they all break.
Final Draft
June 10th
This is my second year of ceramics. How ever my first time taking it was my first semester of high school ever, on top of that I had a broken wrist and couldn't really do anything, But now I'm a senior in my last semester of high school returning to the wheel with almost no skill what so ever. A theme for my projects would be that everything I create is for a functional use. Although my projects don't look similar and there's no real pattern I do eat out of my bowls and drink from my cups. I chose this theme because my projects don't have a physical theme, I never was driven to make any two pieces a-like or to glaze everything the same, because what is the use in art if it always expresses the same idea. I always just kind of got out there and tried to make something nice. Most of the time with failures but eventually I learned from my mistakes and stuff started to turn out okay.
This theme was made possible through my need of dishes. So after my first cylinder I tried to make something that I could use at home, and I did. The first ones were ugly and my glazing skills are less than poor but they held value in use. I learned that trying to just bust out projects was not how to go through the class, so I started to take some time and put more effort into my throwing. Still projects came out sideways and obscure but never the less still able to hold coffee in the morning. I found my self experimenting with different speeds of throwing and putting my hands in different places, and I also found my self really caring about my work.
I chose this theme because I do love eating from my own bowls, the satisfaction of holding something that's and okay piece of work and know that you're the reason for it and you made it is pretty sweet. I think that this feeling is the most important part of ceramics, because if we were to just make stuff all day and have no reason to take pride in it than what would be the point? From the beginning to the end my entire semester of being on the wheel, my only thought processes was how and where am I going to be able to use this, Ice cream, cereal or coffee, and my art went from being random stuff to more accurate shapes and things that made scene for there use.
While being in this class I found something I didn't think I would have a passion for and enjoyed it deeply. I was able to take some thoughts away and the majority of them were about effort, if I put more effort in and really focused, my art and my skills thrived rather than if I were to just be messing around. Putting in that effort made me want to throw more, and I hope that my projects are used until they all break.