Seems like a year since I touched clay. Usually I have a more complicated semester plan, but my plan for this fall is really simple:
YVCC, Fall 12/ plan
- Fire clay slabs, finish with paintings
- Seek collaboration
Tokamari, Porcelain:
-Cups X 10
-Large bowls X2
-T-Pot X 2
-Mid size bowls in
variety
Dakota jars
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Several midsize jars with panel emblishment
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A large jar for smoke fire or drum
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Work on surface designs
Sculpture:
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Bust
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Abstract form
Glazes
- Continue to work
with glaze combinations on table ware
- Continue with
earthenware surface decoration
- Try a
combination of Earthenware decoration and smoke fire
I hope to add to this plan as the quarter progresses. I am focusing on quality this quarter, trying to produce fewer unsatisfactory pieces, and better individual pieces. By better I mean more balanced, better workmanship, higher finish. I am trying to work with fewer tools and simplify my processes. I also want to nail down some new glazes and earthenware surface treatments. I picked up some new slips last summer, hope I can remember what it is I was going to do with them.
The large plates I started last spring are all slipped with a ball clay slurry. I want to try and reduce breakage (that I've experienced in the past) and simplify and improve my brushwork coverings? I hope to help with firing the kilns and am open to new projects that don't take away from the work I plan to do with Larson Board this fall.
