Ceramics Elective

My third elective was Ceramics. To start we had to take photos of patterns / designs we saw in both the natural and urban environment. Here are a few of the pics I took:

We then used our photos to make some marks on paper. In the studio be got paper and indian ink and created marks. Here are the marks I worked with:

Marks made with a plastic clubcard

Marks made with a brush

Positive and negative copies of marks

We then went to the Ceramics Department and were shown coiling, slabbing and how to make pinch pots. I won't bore you with each step, but here are the final pieces I made prior to firing:

This was done by coiling

Coiling also

These are made by the pinch pot technique

This was done by slabbing and adding in coiling to join the edges

Slabbing also

I then had a go at throwing a bowl!!! Well!!! This didn't go so well. I'm calling it my 'Drunken Bowl'! 'Tis a bit lopsided.