Alex's Senior Project

     In the second week of the Senior Project I performed much better I felt than in the last. I started creating early making two new vases. Then transitioning I created three bowls and three other vases this week. For the large vases, I did not add anything extra as I did not see the need.  As the week got to Wednesday I stopped making pieces so I would have enough time to finish everything. I started trimming much much more. I trimmed the bottoms of the vases, but looking back I may not have attached them well enough. Hopefully, this doesn't become an issue.  Tuesday is when I started creating my website which will be ready either Wednesday at the earliest or Thursday which is more likely as I need more time to glaze. Here I started talking about how I created each piece and my inspiration. I use lots of photos to showcase my pieces. I still need the photos of my finished pieces as I do not have enough photos of my finished pieces to really have a website to ...

Monday, today I glazed. I was able to glaze only two pieces as the rest are still being fired, but they will be ready for express fest Wednesday. Tomorrow I will glaze the second batch of pieces and Thursday I will glaze my vase; vase singular as the other two vases broke. Luckily not the first one though which is the best. I glazed my bowl with scratch marks a clear glaze, the pinch pot I glazed a deep brown and my tile I used a rhustic rusty glaze on. Tomrrow all my mini vases will be glazeable and my bowls which I hope to make into whites, oranges, and blues. My website will be published Wednesday or Thursday whenever I fully finish glazing my pieces and I can get all the finished products on it, than I'll publish it. This senior project was a blast and I can't believe only one day is left of it.  Hours Done Today: 4 Total Hours Done: 51

Friday was a wild day. I got up very early as I had to catch a bus at 9:35 and then a plane at 2:10 to get to D.C. at around 4:10 for my Sister's graduation events. During the time I was traveling I worked on my artist statement and website and I'm proud to say the artist statement will be published Monday at the earliest and Tuesday at the latest. I won't publish my website till I finish glazing all my creations as I want to show what the finished products look like. My website will focus on each piece and the pictures I have of them. I'll be taking quite a few photos these next few days as I want to flush my website out with tons of photos of what they look like before glazing and after glazing. In my artist statement, I talk about the first coil-built vase I made during SP and where I got my inspiration from. I also showcase photos that are also in the website in my statement.   Hous Done Today: 6 Total Hours Done: 47

 Thursday, I did a very similar routine as I did yesterday. I worked in the studio for about an two hours. During which I trimmed may vases more but also started pre-glazing them. Pre-glaze, is basically paint that can be put on clay pieces before they are bisque wear. This will add contrast to the glaze you pick to fire again after bisque wear. My largest mold-built vase that had the mountain range I colored I believe black than the sun I colored orange as I did not like the red/orange mix. Than finally I painted the clouds blue to add contrast though looking back I wish I painted the clay surrounding the clouds and sun blue to create a sky like image. Friday I’ll be leaving for my sisters graduation but i will be working nonstop during the travel to get the necessary hours so I don’t need to be in the studio more than 3 hours either Monday or Tuesday.  Total Hours Today: 3:30 Total Hours Done: 41

Wednesday, the 18th, I trimmed my work for around an hour and forty five minutes. What I trimmed was the three bowls I had made Saturday/Sunday. I than also continued to carve more into my mold-built vases I made. The largest of the three I created a mountain range that circles the vase I than added a sun and clouds. I than went to get lunch and than returned to my room to continue my websites’ creation. I have started writing about each piece individually on my site and the inspiration I had for it to come out the way it did. I worked on my site for another hour and 30 than I returned back to the studio. Back at the studio I choose pieces that I wanted to be bisque wear so I could glaze them. Hours Done Today: 3:30 Total Hours Done: 37:30

 Wednesday, I started finishing up my pieces to get them ready for the kiln and then glaze and fire them again. I have started working on an artist statement and a google site. For my artist statement, I wish to express my thoughts when creating my first vase and the design I finally decided on. I have pictures that I took along the creation process that I will use to share in my artist statement. I will be making a google site that I'll use to display the artwork I created; talking about displaying I will also display my work at Express Fest. During the hour and thirty I worked in the studio I carved into some of my pieces, smoothed some pieces, and started thinking of glazes I would use. I decided that my first vase will be a deep blue. For the other vase, I hope to make a deep black color with blue as well. Total Hours Today: 4 Total Hours Done: 34