Over the past four years of high school and four semesters of ceramics, I have been working on my style. My sophomore year, my theme for first semester was nature and then second semester it was nature and complex design. Once this year started, I played it safe, making projects that looked pretty ordinary. I made mugs like mugs, vases that looked like vases. Once it was time to start thinking about themes, I thought to myself, I don’t want to do the same theme I have done before. I wanted to start making projects that are way different than what I am used to making. I wanted to make projects that made people double take and get a little confused by the projects. From this, my theme was born. Unexpected scales and fun design.

    This semester, I have made quite a few projects that fit my theme. One example of this includes a mug that is open on the bottom half for cookies. This mug can look completely normal from one angle and completely not from another. Another example of my theme is a vase with a hole in the center. It’s not really functional and makes you look at it in a weird way. It is not your typical vase. Another example of my theme is a teapot that looks crazy all over. In some ways it looks like it is upside down and in other ways it look like it shouldn’t even been standing upright. All three of these projects embody my theme. They all are unexpected scales, looking completely wrong and still having a fun factor to them.

    Almost all of my projects that I made are wheel thrown. But I do have several that are also hand made completely. There are also come projects that are all wheel thrown, but attached by hand, for example my multi wheel piece. My teapot is almost completely hand made, but the spout was made on the wheel. I have several different ways of making my projects, so how I make the project really depends on the project itself.

    The reason why I chose this theme is because I like to make my projects different than your typical mug or vase. I like it when my projects can look normal from one angle, but crazy from another. A the beginning of the semester, I didn’t do anything special with my projects. But as the semester went on, I started to do things different with my projects. I cut pieces of clay out here and added on clay there. I would eve twist the entire structure and stacking projects on top of others. I just started to get out of my safe zone with my projects, and I wanted to create my theme around these projects.

    After playing it safe for so long and nearing the end of my time in ceramics, I wanted to make projects that I hadn’t tried before. I am going to be leaving ceramics proud that I didn’t end playing it safe, making projects that are fun, weird, and mostly non functional.

Over the past four years of high school and four semesters of ceramics, I have been working on my style. My sophomore year, my theme for first semester was nature and then second semester it was nature and complex design. Once this year started, I played it safe, making projects that looked pretty ordinary. I made mugs like mugs, vases that looked like vases. Once it was time to start thinking about themes, I thought to myself, I don’t want to do the same theme I have done before. I wanted to start making projects that are way different than what I am used to making. I wanted to make projects that made people double take and get a little confused by the projects. From this, my theme was born. Unexpected scales and fun design. This semester, I have made quite a few projects that fit my theme. One example of this includes a mug that is open on the bottom half for cookies. This mug can look completely normal from one angle and completely not from another. Another example of my theme is a vase with a hole in the center. It’s not really functional and makes you look at it in a weird way. It is not your typical vase. Another example of my theme is a teapot that looks crazy all over. In some ways it looks like it is upside down and in other ways it look like it shouldn’t even been standing upright. All three of these projects embody my theme. They all are unexpected scales, looking completely wrong and still having a fun factor to them. Almost all of my projects that I made are wheel thrown. But I do have several that are also hand made completely. There are also come projects that are all wheel thrown, but attached by hand, for example my multi wheel piece. My teapot is almost completely hand made, but the spout was made on the wheel. I have several different ways of making my projects, so how I make the project really depends on the project itself. The reason why I chose this theme is because I like to make my projects different than your typical mug or vase. I like it when my projects can look normal from one angle, but crazy from another. A the beginning of the semester, I didn’t do anything special with my projects. But as the semester went on, I started to do things different with my projects. I cut pieces of clay out here and added on clay there. I would eve twist the entire structure and stacking projects on top of others. I just started to get out of my safe zone with my projects, and I wanted to create my theme around these projects. After playing it safe for so long and nearing the end of my time in ceramics, I wanted to make projects that I hadn’t tried before. I am going to be leaving ceramics proud that I didn’t end playing it safe, making projects that are fun, weird, and mostly non functional.