In Arts 3D, we were assigned to make a Monster Mug; a mug that is dish safe, has a foot, and notably, has a unique facial expression and characteristics. For my mug, I chose to recreate the upper body of a frog.

-As of March 7th, I have an idea of what to make; a frog mug. I plan on making two hands for it, along with a goofy facial expression and maybe (?) a butt. Here are some inspirations for my mug:

-As of April 1st, I have tweaked up the mug after letting it slow dry throughout the break. all I have to do is to wait for it to come out of the kiln for me to underglaze it 🙂 (sorry I forgot to take a photo).

-As of today, April 4th, I have been through many hardships with this little fella, and whilst I only remembered to “document” a few. For one, the cracking of the inner body on April 1st (quite the sour joke, for that, ‘s how it came out of the kiln) there were quite a few others. For one, the whole left, or right in the picture, handle broke off into two neat little pieces. I also found it relatively difficult to assemble the actual mug, for it took me about a week to decide on one of the many models that I made, all just for the base or body. Lastly, it also took me some time to figure out why the mug was so heavy, and how to solve it; merely by lightly trimming out the inner wall of the mug, which as I found, was relatively easy and did not require the hassle I thought it would be. Luckily though, so far I’ve managed to overcome and problem solve through most of my obstacles, although I do hope that the cracks that I believe are now gone do not reappear once my mug comes back from being in High Fire range (overglazed)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-It is now the 6th of April, and my mug has finally come out of the kiln (post-overglaze). Overall, it looks really good, other than this one stubborn crack that is visible but not too indent, therefore not posing a bacterial hazard. There is also this one VERY thin layer of glaze on the tongue, and more below the eyes, but there is really nothing I can do to cover it now, other than learning my lesson.