cups/ tumblers

last class i threw three potential cup forms, right now i'm working on size and shape of these. i was using about 1.25 pounds of clay last class which seemed to be a little too big, at least for the shape i was going for, i'm not sure if i'm going to continue too far with that shape though. I definitely want to experiment with other cup/ tumbler forms, here are two that i would like to work with (basically a concave form as well as a convex form:

art retreat reflection

This year the art retreat was pretty cool. I really enjoyed the guest artist and her style of work! She made unique things with a flair of her own, and i enjoyed created things in her style. I may actually explore her style in the future and even perhaps put some pieces based off her work in my portfolio. I had a little more trouble with the Andy Goldsworthy porject this year than i did last year. I ended up making a sphere based sculpture out of sticks with a hole in it at the base of a tree. here's a picture:
This was my first attempt at this form and i think it was fairly successful. It really boggled me to see how much work went into the creation of these. After i photographed this piece i tore it down and attempted to create a better piece of the same style. unfortunately right now i dont have any pictures of that uploaded, but i will put one on my blog by next week. I was rushed on time to finish the second one, but i think it turned out better than the first. In the end it was a good experience and i would gladly do it again. The art retreat was a great way to kick off AP 3d this year and i'm really excited for the class and for creating a portfolio even better than last years.

main blog!

amy wants us to post a link to the main class blog, so here it is:

http://lakeridgeap3d1011.blogspot.com/

free time

so this week has been pretty sweet as far as art class, because we had guest artists don and cindy hoskisson come in and show us some stuff. i really like cindy's wheel thrown forms and dons creativity with glazes, lusters, and mixing colors with clay. i would like to experiment with some of their textures, patterns, and ideas. i threw an orb form a while back and was thinking of making a lid for it, but i never got around to it. anyways, heres the orb.

so i havent updated my blog in a while becase of our AP showcase and for the fact that i havent made anything new in a while. earlier this week i threw an orb form which i'm going to add on to, and last class i began a little handbuilding project for the first time in like two year, haha. well we'll see how that turns out.. anyways we have our AP bbq today! that should be really fun

hooray, woodfire!

so the woodfired stuff was unloaded last weekend and i had nine pieces in it! only two of my pieces had anything tip onto them and the other seven look awesome. so heres a couple of my favorites, and a quick note, ignore the crappy green pot that is off to the side...:

woodfiring last weekend and more stuff

last weekend was a woodfiring which was super awesome but unfortunately i couldnt stick around the whole time. today i glazed 6 or so pots that will hopefully be in my portfolio. three of which i used ilya's green glaze for the reduction kiln, and the others i glazed for a traditional kiln. this week i've been working on a form similar to the last one i posted pictures of, however this one is a mug for tolley! sorry i didnt take pictures of it, but yeah. too bad. haha. anyways i'm excited to see how the woodfire stuff turned out because i put 9 pieces in that!

as for a picture this week i have and older piece that i made and woodfired that i'm most likely going to put in my portfolio!