Supplies/materials, White Clay, Needle tool, Bobby pin tool, Underglazes, Wax resist, Clear glaze, Underglaze pencil Making my dads motorhome took a lot of steps, but I learned a lot throughout the process. First I started by finding some white clay and rolled it out into a big flat slab. Then I made the outline of the motorhome with the tip of my pencil. The clay was soft so if I made a mistake I could just rub out the line and restart. Once I had the outline down I started making the details like the windows, stripe, wheels, and other parts of the motor home. I slipped and scored the edge of the windows to make it pop out. Next I made another slab and mixed up some underglazes. I tested lots of different underglazes out on the slab. I wanted the perfect colors for the motor home so this took a lot of time. After I found the perfect colors I started painting the underglazes on my motorhome. I added two layers of underglazes when I used darker colors and when I used lighter colors I had to do about four layers of underglaze. After I grabbed some wax resist and my test piece. I bruised wax resist on the slab and it was hard to put on because my paint brush got all sticky, the wax ended up being really thick on the clay and uneven. Thank god it was the testing piece though. After the wax dried I carved out random pieces testing out the technique. The wax was thick, so some of it peeled off. Once I finished carving I put black underglaze in the cracks and if I messed up the wax resist kept it from getting on the colors. I then fired my test piece to see how it would turn out. I came out pretty good other than the spots that the wax resist peeled when I was carving. I decided it was time to do my motorhome. This time when I used the wax resist I put two tablespoons of wax and one tablespoon of water. This helped a lot. It really thinned it out and made painting easier. I also used a brush that was more hard so it wouldn't clump. Doing these little things differently made the process much easier. After the wax resistance dried on my motorhome. I started carving but found none of my tools were small enough so I used a needle tool and that worked perfectly. I also carved on the back, “I can’t wait for more motorhome adventures! Thanks for being the best dad ever. I love you.” After I finished all of the carving I put black underglaze in all of the lines I carved. It worked out really good. If I messed up I slippy whipped off the black. Once I finished the long process I set my motorhome on the shelf to dry. I went and grabbed my test piece that was fired. I put clear glaze on it to see if it would change any of the colors on my motorhome. When it came out of the kiln it looked really good and all the colors turned out perfect. I loved the shine effect the clear glaze gave it. I then fired my motorhome and it came up looking really nice. The next step was to put on the horses. I used an underglaze pencil for this and it was somewhat hard because you can't erase it. I just went for it and drew the horses. They look kinda stupid but I still like them. Then I put clear glaze on my motorhome and fired it. It came out perfect. All the colors darkened well so it matched my dad's real motorhome. I am really happy with the overall artwork and I can't wait to give it to my dad for his birthday.
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When creating my relief tile I used two studio habits of mind. The first one that I used was express. Express is creating artworks that convey an idea, feeling, or meaning. My relief tile is my dad's motorhome. I wanted to make him something special because I think he gets jealous when I bring home pots for mom. So I decided to make his motorhome. The motorhome brings our family together because we can drive all the way to Winona and spend time with Ashlyn, me and dad can have sleepovers, it can be a quiet place to work on homework or take naps. I wanted to make an artwork that meant something and this one does. The next studio habit of mind I used was stretch and explore. The motorhome had a lot of fine details and I needed a technique that could help me with those fine lines. I decided to learn how to use wax resist. Wax resist is something that underglazes can be wiped off of. Once I finished the base color of my motorhome. I put a thin layer of wax over the top. Then once the wax dried I carved away fine details. Then I painted in the carved lines. If I made a mistake with the black underglaze I could just wipe it away because the wax resists the underglaze. The underglazes I used were teddy bear brown, ivory beige, deep yellow, white, electric blue, and black. I had to mix different underglazes to get the colors I wanted. Once I fired the motor home with underglazes I then put a clear layer of glaze on the whole thing. In between clear glaze layers I drew on the horses on the side of my dad's motorhome. When creating my coil vessel two studio habits come to mind. The first one is reflect. When I started my coil pot I new that I wanted to make a vase for my grandma. I first started out rolling out the coils, which for me was one of the harder things to do. The coils never really come out how you want them and sometimes they just keep cracking. Once I made the coils I started putting them together in the design I wanted. I was very very hard to keep the pot even. As you can tell in the picture it looks kinda lopsided so I spent a lot of time trying to fix that. After spending way to much time on trying to perfect it I just had to move on. I wasn't sure how I want to decorate my pot so I look up a few things and nothing really sparked my interest. I just decided to make up my own design. I also used a new technique called slip trailing. I thought it was fun, but sometimes the consistency of the slip was hard to work with. Once I finished that I went looking for glazes. I knew that I didn't want it to be to "busy" at the top of the pot because I wanted the flowers to be the main attraction. So I decided to paint the top white with white glaze. Next I found greens, the green glazes I used where new leaf and ivy green . I didn't have a technique when paint my pot I just kinda went with it and put glaze all over. Once all the green dried I put the color brust herb garden over the whole thing. That color burst is probably one of my favorites and I think that it really brings the pot together. The next studio habit I used was engage and persist. I had a lot of problems when making this pot and I took a lot of me not to just pick it up and chuck it at the wall. But I pushed though and kept with it.
When making my slab box I used two studio habits of mind. The first studio habit I used was engage and persist. This is because I had a lot of problems while making my slab box but I learned to embrace them and keep moving forward. The first mistake I made was not pressing hard enough into the clay to make the texture roller design. I had to take a whole day to carve out the design better. Another mistake I made was when I forgot to put a coil role in the inside of my slab box. So I had to try and fit my fat hand in the slab box so I could put the coil in the corner. The second studio habit I used was stretch and explore because I used a new technique when glazing my slab box. I put white glaze all over the vine designs. I was really messy with the glaze because I just wanted the vines to be white (As you can see in one of the slide show pictures) Then I put the box under water to wash off all the extra white glaze I did not want on the box. I just wanted to have white on the vines so that is why I used that technique. After I finished with the white glaze I put on a glaze called blue caprice, which is a color burst glaze. I like how my box turned out. It is going to be used in the greenhouse for all of my moms gardening seeds. |
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