I've been slacking with my posts, I know. I can't help it! We were in Virginia all weekend, and I was really busy trying to catch up on the work I missed. Now we've got a four-day weekend (thanks to the Jewish holidays, something unheard of in Kentucky...), so I'm going to make up all my work and maybe even get ahead in some things!
Well, that's the plan anyway. We'll see if it works out.
Let me see, where did I leave off? I guess I'll start with ceramics.
I am REALLY behind in my ceramics class. Every time I try to make something and I don't like how it's turning out, I just smush it all back together and try to start over. The problem here is that I don't like anything I'm making! So I have nothing really to show for my work. The only thing I have is this, my "manipulated slab:"
I do like this one. I like the texture, how it kind of looks almost rocky. And I was happy with how the changes in the profile turned out. My only problem here is that it dried soooo quickly. When I tried to make a bottom for it, the top part cracked off! I had to put strips of wet newspaper on it to get it a little damper so I could reconnect the pieces.
Today I caught up on our last project, which was making a piece with slabs again. We had to cut out a profile and then connect all the pieces so it's like a little box/vase thing. If I'm gonna be honest, I don't care about this specific project. I'm just doing it so I don't get an "Incomplete." Instead, I'll get a check mark. Hmm...I guess this is one of the reasons why I'm feeling more and more like I'm in elementary school.
Tuesday we're starting on the wheel! I'm really excited for that. I used the pottery wheel once in high school but the pot I made just looked like a giant egg, it wasn't nice. So this time, I'll make it count.
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