Found treasures/junk
Well, recently I moved. When you move, you pack. When you try to pack, you tend to touch pretty much everything you own. When you do that, you often organize and try to get rid of things so that you don't have to carry as much when you go to move it all. =)
In this process, many of my very first ceramic pieces surfaced! They are... Interesting. It made me remember how much I did enjoy hand building, and how as soon as I began throwing, I couldn't stop. Part of me misses hand building, particularly slab building. However... I don't think you could PAY me to go back. Maybe a piece here and there but overall, I'm hooked and into wheel building to stay. Note: NO ONE just does one or the other. That's not really how it works. That's like knitting and never learning how to pearl stitch. (Which I actually did for many years... Yeah, I'm stubborn. Nothing new. haha)
In any case, here's some stuff with some explanations/caption-ie things.
Above is one of my first pieces. Yes, that does mean that when I'm a famous ceramic artist someday, (HA!) this will be worth millions. Lucky Dale, since all of these were gifted to him a LONG time ago. =) It is "slab construction" which is basically slapping the clay across the table to get a large, flat, even piece of clay. Then, cut the shapes you want, attach them and... Well, hope it all goes well. I actually don't remember as much about it as I used to know, having not done it since 2006.
This one was a bit later that first semester. I like it better. In fact, I'm pretty sure the only reason that the first one is still around is because Dale was trying to convince me it was good, and said he would just keep it. What a sweet guy. =)
These images are of what I believe was my very first cup to be thrown on the wheel. Often, artists keep them just because they are the first. Again, I'm pretty sure Dale convinced me to. And, I am indeed glad he did. Even though it's straight awful in about 1,000 ways. =) But ya know... It was the first.
I believe I would have called this my first "successful" vessel. We worked on getting this shape for 2 weeks, so this was by far the best of all of those. As you can see, I still had no understanding of how to trim, or finish a piece at all... But overall, not bad for the first 3-4ish weeks of ever having thrown. It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. =)
In this process, many of my very first ceramic pieces surfaced! They are... Interesting. It made me remember how much I did enjoy hand building, and how as soon as I began throwing, I couldn't stop. Part of me misses hand building, particularly slab building. However... I don't think you could PAY me to go back. Maybe a piece here and there but overall, I'm hooked and into wheel building to stay. Note: NO ONE just does one or the other. That's not really how it works. That's like knitting and never learning how to pearl stitch. (Which I actually did for many years... Yeah, I'm stubborn. Nothing new. haha)
In any case, here's some stuff with some explanations/caption-ie things.
Above is one of my first pieces. Yes, that does mean that when I'm a famous ceramic artist someday, (HA!) this will be worth millions. Lucky Dale, since all of these were gifted to him a LONG time ago. =) It is "slab construction" which is basically slapping the clay across the table to get a large, flat, even piece of clay. Then, cut the shapes you want, attach them and... Well, hope it all goes well. I actually don't remember as much about it as I used to know, having not done it since 2006.
This one was a bit later that first semester. I like it better. In fact, I'm pretty sure the only reason that the first one is still around is because Dale was trying to convince me it was good, and said he would just keep it. What a sweet guy. =)
These images are of what I believe was my very first cup to be thrown on the wheel. Often, artists keep them just because they are the first. Again, I'm pretty sure Dale convinced me to. And, I am indeed glad he did. Even though it's straight awful in about 1,000 ways. =) But ya know... It was the first.
I believe I would have called this my first "successful" vessel. We worked on getting this shape for 2 weeks, so this was by far the best of all of those. As you can see, I still had no understanding of how to trim, or finish a piece at all... But overall, not bad for the first 3-4ish weeks of ever having thrown. It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. =)