-Unit 4-
Series of four
I got the idea for my series of four from Pinterest, like I do with most of my pieces. I'm very upset that one of my pieces was broken or magically vanished when it was on the shelf to go in the kiln. I wanted to make four little dishes for my hope chest/future house, and I thought that the fruit theme would be great to match my pomegranate bowls I got thrifting. I made the dishes out of a slump mold from the little white bowls by the sink. I then painted on the fruit designs and then lost one of them which was so sad.
Lidded Box
I had absolutely so much fun with my lidded box. I made it all out of a slab and like cut the pieces of the box. I then took the end of a screwdriver type of tool and made the indents for the sides of the die. i scrapped out all the excess clay and then placed the sides of the box together to make the shape. I added four coils to the top of the box and smoothed them out a bit to make the fitted lid. I then dried it so much and started to put on the underglaze. I would only want to go back so I could add some slip or super wet clay to the corners of the box so it didnt crack when firing.
Handles on a Piece
So I started with a slab, and then just made the base of my mug by making it a cylinder with a bottom. Then I made this swoopy handle and got the fabulous idea to make a cat mug because I have had so many cats. I put my favorite cat where the tail was and then started to paint him orange. I then painted all 8 cats I've had in my life on the other side of the mug. I only wish I spent more time working on those cats because they could have turned out so much better than they look right now.