First little project in clay class.

Friday:

First project in clay class, a pinch pot. Ohhh boy. A little below my ability/ aspiration level, but I'll still have some fun with this. =]

Anyone that went through any sort of art course that even dabbled in clay of any sort SHOULD know how to make a pinch pot. I got the basic shape I wanted here, and waited for it to dry a bit. Then I polished it a bit with the back of a spoon so it'd be nice and smooth. 

The next day, it was a lot drier, so I polished it a bit more with the back of the spoon, and the stone, shown above. It looks pretty sick, eh?

Same day, post polishing, I put some glaze on it. I went with AMACO, because that's all I have access to. Then I used green stone inside. At this point, I'm really excited to see how this comes out =]

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 Tuesday

Well, that's kinda disappointing.  I guess I didn't put enough glaze on it.. oh well. I'll just fire it again. but, I'm STILL excited to see how it looks when it's done and good. 

Thursday

Alrighty, second firing, and I'm satisfied. The inside glaze is still showing some of the clay's color in spots. I'll just put another layer on and call it good. =]