SKILLS - Coming into this semester, I already had all the basic skills needed for throwing. I improved on little techniques, like compressing the lip, getting rid of as much clay at the end so I don't have to foot as much, and just pulling up evenly. Getting better at the basic skills is important in order to improve all around. Improving on detail stuff just gives the projects an extra touch to make it look even better. Like while carving a design, make it look less like lines and more like a shape.
ART ELEMENTS - Art elements that I have been focusing on this year is shape, form and design. Shape and form are important because with ceramics you are working with a three-dimensional shape. Getting the shape perfect with result in a perfect looking project. Also with design I have found that if the shape is simple, a complex design with either glaze or wheel alters makes the project more appealing, like with a complex shape, a simple design does the same.
CREATIVE IDEAS - Last semester I looked at a lot of other people's work to get ideas from because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. This semester it is a lot easier to come up with my own ideas because of seeing what I liked that I did last semester and what I didn't end up liking. Looking at other people's projects is also fun though because you can get ideas that you wouldn't have thought of on your own.
My effort in this class is always good. I am always working on a project whether it is throwing, footing, detail work, glazing or blogging. I like making lots of projects so I don't waste my time in class.
Next quarter I am going to find a theme and work on that theme to create more creative projects. I have started out the semester with simpler projects but I want to focus more on detail or design to make my projects more interesting and creative.
ART ELEMENTS - Art elements that I have been focusing on this year is shape, form and design. Shape and form are important because with ceramics you are working with a three-dimensional shape. Getting the shape perfect with result in a perfect looking project. Also with design I have found that if the shape is simple, a complex design with either glaze or wheel alters makes the project more appealing, like with a complex shape, a simple design does the same.
CREATIVE IDEAS - Last semester I looked at a lot of other people's work to get ideas from because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. This semester it is a lot easier to come up with my own ideas because of seeing what I liked that I did last semester and what I didn't end up liking. Looking at other people's projects is also fun though because you can get ideas that you wouldn't have thought of on your own.
My effort in this class is always good. I am always working on a project whether it is throwing, footing, detail work, glazing or blogging. I like making lots of projects so I don't waste my time in class.
Next quarter I am going to find a theme and work on that theme to create more creative projects. I have started out the semester with simpler projects but I want to focus more on detail or design to make my projects more interesting and creative.