Wheel-throwing blog

My 6 cylinder in order. (1-6)

 "It took me so long just to get this far"

I really like the glaze effect of this pot. I first used a green slip for the outside and then coated the whole pot with a good layer of Celedon. And, I got the blue-ish strips running around. It stands out from the dark background.

"Yesss. I finally got a 2 inch-"uncentered" cylinder" I dunked it in Dark Green and then dipped the rim with Shino glaze.

"I was playing with the form" The Salt Buff glaze gave the nice effect of a wood fired pot.

This is one of my fav. The rabbit shapes came out perfectly the way I wanted to.  I also really like the Robin Egg glaze color.

"My first bowl shape" 

" ♥ this cup!! I got the LUGs for the inside and glaze pencils and chalks for the vines outside. And it's a lil over 3 inch! :) "

• Does this process have potential to be an expressive art form for you?  Yes, not only that I can choose what form the pot to be, the colors that I glaze them and the designs I put on them do represents something. And this process do have the potential to be my one of the way to express things which are inexpressible.
• Ex: rabbit is a symbol of fertility.

• Are you hooked on it for life, or will you let it go after this class?    I would say that I am really enjoying this class and if I have a chance to work with clay (especially throwing pots) in the future, I definitely will.

• What is the biggest challenge and the most satisfying part of the process so far? My biggest challenge is open the clay without uncenter it. It's real hard to keep it center all the time, to me at least. My most satisfying part of this process is when I realize that I have improved so much compare with when I first start to throw.

• What do you want to do most with this skill? After throwing "countless" pots, I really want to use this skill to throw a really tall vase about 15 inches tall because I really want to make this a present to parents.