Final Project (teapot) principles of design

• contrast - light colored body (white) with darker handle, spout, and feet
• form - created a donut-like shape teapot with a hole in the middle
• emphasis - emphasized the unique shape of the teapot and its hole
• texture - aimed to create a smooth texture like real teapots
• pattern/lines - created an assortment of lines/swirls on the body to make the pot look less plain

Sgraffito principles of design

• proportion - tried to make the sgraffito world map as proportionate as I can to a real globe
• form - made the mug as circular as i can to imitate the earth
• contrast - dark colored underglaze contrasts greatly with the light color of the clay; white handle also contrasts the dark underglaze of the main body
• space - space when of continents carefully measured

Hard Slab principles of design

• texture - imprinted a flowery texture onto teh slabs of clay using a texture tool; makes the surface uneven
• emphasis - emphasis on the large flower handle; glazed it pink
• balance - overall balance of the hard slab, everything in good proportion
• color - used under glaze to glaze it many different colors
• harmony - everything is nature-related or flowery, makes it seem unified

Soft slab principles of design

•  form - overall shape of the ceramic piece makes a head
• emphasis - attempt to emphasize the nose and tongue by making it a contrasting, light color compared to the rest of the mug
• balance - the parts of the mug balance each other to form a proportional cartoony face
• value - used different color glazes

• form - made the mug a slanted shape
• emphasis - emphasized the handle (much lighter color)
• proportion - the leaves were in proportion to the vine
• rhythm - lines and vines (haha rhyme) creates a unique rhythm or movement in this mug

• pattern - made small and large circles, made thick and thin coils, and repeated that throughout the entire mug
• proportion/size - made a smaller mug inside the larger mug to create a contrast in proportion and size
• texture through applicay - the surface of the mug is uneven
• space - space between the mugs one inside of the other

Pinch pot principles of design

Some principles of design used

• Balance - entire elephant proportions balanced, nothing too big nor too small
• Form - overall shape of the elephant (animal) carefully thought about
• Texture - i wanted to make it to have a smooth texture, so I used a sponge
• Space - area between ears and between front legs relates to the emotion i tried to have the elephant convey

Coil Pot principles of design

The principles of design influenced my project. For some of the layers in my coil pot I used the pattern design. For example, I made balls of clay of different sizes and repeated it as a pattern throughout the layer of the coil pot. Also, to balance the coil pot design out, I made thin coils and thick coils. Another principle of design I used was emphasis. I wanted to emphasize the squiggly coil layer, so I made it larger and put larger gaps in between the spaces to make it stand out more compared to the other coil layers. That also related to the principle of design of space

Hard Slab Process

Originally, for my hard slab piece, I wanted to make a design using the glazes. However, I realized that we had to put texture on it, so I ended up not doing it. First, made a paper model of my hard slab. I made it a cube shape. Then,  I rolled out slabs of clay and imprinted my texture on with one of the texture tools. Then, I traced a square piece of clay out using my paper model. Next, I left it out to dry between pieces of newspaper (newspaper would absorb the moisture from the clay). I repeated the same process for 6 more slabs. I stacked them up between pieces of newspaper and left it in a plastic bag over a one week holiday. When i came back, the newspaper was stuck on the clay and it was all gross looking. So, I restarted my project. However, this time, after making the slabs, I still would leave them between pieces of newspaper, but I would also blow dry them with a blowdryer to prevent the newspaper from sticking onto the slabs of paper. When i attached the hard slabs of clay together, I used metal knife and tried my best to cut at a 45 degree angle on the edges of the slabs. Then, I scored and slipped the slabs while they were leather hard (ceramic golden rule) and attached a strip of clay on the inside for support. I did that until I formed a cube. Then, to cut the box open to make a lid, I made a curved cut with a knife to make the lid stay in place. Then, I added support again to the lid. I used small pieces of clay and atttached them together to make a flower. I also made a lily pad and used the applicay technique and put it on the top. Then, I also scored and slipped the flower on top to make the handle. I incised a little pond around the lily pad. Then, I set this piece of greenware out to dry until it reached bone dry and fired it in the kiln.

Before glazing it, I rinsed it with water to remove any dust stuck on it (ceramic golden rule) (did it with my other ceramic pieces too). Then I used underglaze to glaze it. Pink for the flower, green for the lily pad, blue for the water, and the rest was blackish. For the body of the box, I tried to make more of the black come of when I wiped it down with a sponge for the design to show, but the black was kind of stubborn and stayed on. So, I stuck with that "newspaper" kind of design. Then, I put on 2-3 layers of clear glaze over everything to give it a glossy look.