Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Fall Quarter, getting started

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
-       Several midsize jars with panel emblishment
-       A large jar for smoke fire or drum
-       Work on surface designs

Sculpture:
-       Bust
-       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.  

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