Slab Construction

 This is my first slab construction, i tried to do a slab of 10 in. the picture above is the template of my slab. I rolled a good amount of clay and brought it to the slab roller. After, I traced my template unto my clay. i measured the sides that i would be using to join my two slabs together. In order for the clay to work with me i had to let it get dry a bit to leather hard, so i left my slabs in my plastic til next class, i then joined the two slabs cutting the sides to an angle, score the clay so and put a generous amount of slip. scoring the clay will bind it together better.

 The picture above shows a bit of design done through pinching the clay

I did a cut out of a star and i tried to shape the clay so that the body bulges a bit just to give the body of my vase curves. It is then put on the shelve for firing.

 This is another slab construction that is still in the making, this is my original shape which i traced and cut out using news paper. I think using newspaper is easier to cut and work with instead of using card board as a stencil.

 This picture shows that i angled the clay and scored it so that it would bind better, after i added a generous amount of slip.

Coil Construction

 First, I placed my clay into the coil machine thing, i collected a good amount to start on making my coil put. I used the coil wheel thing and put a circle of clay on the bottom which is basically the foot of the pot and started spinning my clay pot from there. I took a little water and started smoothing the inside of my pot, so that this coil pot wouldnt have holes or openings so maybe it could be used for carrying water. i used the metal tool and the sponger tool to smooth the inside.

I braided my remaining clay for a little design on the top of my pot.

Pinch Pot

First attempted pinch pot made, i added wavy designs so it could look more presentable. I started kneading the clay just to get the first time feel for the clay then i shaped it into a ball, from there i created a hole and started working the clay with my thumbs and kind of kept shaping it til it looked like a bowl, i tried my best to evenly distribute the clay so that it doesnt look like some parts are too thick or too thin, after that i created the foot of the bowl. After making the bowl i used the sponge tool and the metal looking tool to smooth out the surface of the pot as best as i could. The pot stand was kind of hard to make especially when it would sink, so i tried my best to work with the stand when its in the leather hard stage. After i was done i put the pot out in the open so it could form into a leather hard stage and it is ready to be put into the kilm.

 This is another pinch pot that i made, first i created two pinch pots, same method as i did with the first pinch pot, except i didnt add wavy designs, once i have made both pots, i decided to let it sit for a little bit because it was too wet, and was very hard to work with, i then combined both pots together creating some kind of jar that could hold water, i joined the two pots using slip, basically wet clay that binds and two clay together, it is then smoothed out by the sponge tool and the metal tool so that the surface can look evenly distributed especially the part where the pot joins so it wont show the line where it joined by the next class, the pot became leather hard, shown on the second picture where it was really firm and easy to hold. The third picture shows the hole I've made so that water can be poured in and out of the pot, the heart stamp shows that it is my work.