Artist name: Kate Van Veen

the medium used for this project was clay, and glaze

I forgot to take photos of my coil pots but I will give you a description

coil pot #1: for this first coil pot it was supposed to end up being a flower pot in the end. I panned to make it in the shape of a skull, as I progressed in making it I realized that this idea wasn’t working because the weight was uneven and pulled down the sides of the pot. the pulled it down because the sides went outwards to create the skull shape. it eventually cracked and fell apart.

coil pot #2: for this next coil pot attempt I tried creating a more “simpler” design than my last. So I did three regular “snake” coils then I did a “coil patch” where you blend a chunk of coils together and make a design in it, then attach it to your pot. Then I put it in cubby for a few days and it molded…. but I scrapped off the mold and in the end my coil pot cracked again…

coil pot #3 I used 3 different techniques, I put a flower design on it, then I made 2 coil swirls on the side, and then last but not least I made 2 coil rainbows. This was my most successful pot yet, after I finished blending everything I smoothed it all over with a sponge then redid the fine details since they got covered by the sponge. After that painted the pot and fired it in the kiln. I will put the rest of the details about this pot in the next blog post where we talk about finishing touches, I will also share a few photos on there.