My theme this semester is movement through glazes. By using glazes, you are able to show movement. You can achieve this by mixing glazes, creating patterns, dripping glazes, and also putting glaze on your project and then moving it in order to have the glaze dry the way you want it to. Also you can use gravity in order to have the glaze run so that it shows movement.
I have multiple examples of projects that emphasize movement through glazes. My tall frankenproject shows movement through the glaze. It has dripping glaze that drips down from the top and shows how tall the project is and how it moves downward. Another example is a big bowl that I mixed white, blue, and black glazes together in order to show how the bowls movement goes toward the center of the project. A third example that I recently made was a giant seamix bowl. I glazed the whole thing white, and then but lavender glaze in the middle, and blue stain on the outside. The lavender glaze in the middle dripped towards the center and emphasized how the bowl moved toward the center. The blue stain on the outside showed how the bowl was a little off center, but the glaze still moved with the project. My final example is a vase that I glazed black, and then poured white on top of it in order to show the buldge of the vase. In order to get this effect I poured the glaze on while holding the project, then moved the project around to make the glaze run with the project. I glazed all these projects in different ways in order to emphasize how the projects moved.
How I made these projects is relatively simple. I threw all of these projects on the wheel, with either Vashon clay, or sea mix clay. Then once they were bisque I would think about how to glaze them in order to best show the movement of the project. I then would glaze them by mixing, dripping, painting, or creating patterns.
Many projects must include movement in order to make it effective to the viewer. Glazing is the final step in the process of making a project, so this step must emphasize the movement of the project in order to complete the project.
It is important to think while glazing and to show movement in projects. While throwing on the wheel, the project is moving the whole time, so it only makes sense that the glaze should emphasize that movement. Showing the movement of the project also emphasizes the shape through the glazes. This semester I have come to realize the importance of glazes, and how they can be used to show the movement of a project.
I have multiple examples of projects that emphasize movement through glazes. My tall frankenproject shows movement through the glaze. It has dripping glaze that drips down from the top and shows how tall the project is and how it moves downward. Another example is a big bowl that I mixed white, blue, and black glazes together in order to show how the bowls movement goes toward the center of the project. A third example that I recently made was a giant seamix bowl. I glazed the whole thing white, and then but lavender glaze in the middle, and blue stain on the outside. The lavender glaze in the middle dripped towards the center and emphasized how the bowl moved toward the center. The blue stain on the outside showed how the bowl was a little off center, but the glaze still moved with the project. My final example is a vase that I glazed black, and then poured white on top of it in order to show the buldge of the vase. In order to get this effect I poured the glaze on while holding the project, then moved the project around to make the glaze run with the project. I glazed all these projects in different ways in order to emphasize how the projects moved.
How I made these projects is relatively simple. I threw all of these projects on the wheel, with either Vashon clay, or sea mix clay. Then once they were bisque I would think about how to glaze them in order to best show the movement of the project. I then would glaze them by mixing, dripping, painting, or creating patterns.
Many projects must include movement in order to make it effective to the viewer. Glazing is the final step in the process of making a project, so this step must emphasize the movement of the project in order to complete the project.
It is important to think while glazing and to show movement in projects. While throwing on the wheel, the project is moving the whole time, so it only makes sense that the glaze should emphasize that movement. Showing the movement of the project also emphasizes the shape through the glazes. This semester I have come to realize the importance of glazes, and how they can be used to show the movement of a project.