For my inquiry project I had orginally planned that I wanted to create a watercolour painting but after various attempts I realized that It was not what I wanted to do. Instead I started creating a pottery set, starting with a small espresso cup. My challenges have been struggling to come up with a meaningful project and so I have been neglecting my inquiry project. My success has been finally creating something on the wheel that I am proud of and is meaningful to me. My goals for next week are to create more pieces to my inquiry project.
Here is what I have done so far.
Update 2
For my inquiry project I have been planning on making kicthen wear such as cups, mugs, and plates. So far I have not been able to create something that I am proud of but have learned a lot through each attempt. My biggest challenges have been the underglaze on my project smudging, and creating the lip of my most recent mug. My biggest success has been bettering my skills on the wheel and learning new things along the way.
Here is an updated photo of my work :
Update 3
This week I created a mug for my inquiry project on the wheel. My success of the week was creating a handle that I am proud of after previously struggling to create one. My challenges of the week was using the wheel to create this mug as I prefer to use slabs. I also decided to scrap the purple flower cup that I made because the underglaze smudged and I was not proud of this piece of work. My goals for next week are to begin sanding my new mug and underglazing it.
Update 4
This week I underglazed and overglazed my mug. My success of the week was underglazing my mug and using colours that I find visually pleasing. My challenge of the week was making the underglaze neat around the rim of the mug. My goas for next week are to photograph my mug and continue my inquiry project.
Update 5
This week I fired my mug and had to re apply overglaze where there was cracking on my mug. My success of the week was getting rid of the crack in my mug. I also created a heart shaped crystal platter out of a slab of clay. My challenges of the week were dealing with the cracking and shaping the heart shaped place.
Update 6
This week I added to my inqury project by creating a bowl on the wheel. My success was creating a shape to the bowl that I am satisfied with. My challenge was having to re start my bowl three times on the wheel and not feeling confident. My goals for next week are to underglaze and add fire my bowl.
Update 7
This week I created a design on my bowl. My success of the week was painting on clouds that I think look pretty and simple. My challenge of the week was coming up with a design that I wanted to encorporate on my bowl. My goals for next week are to overglaze my bowl and photograph the final product.
Update 8
Last week my success of the week was finishing the bowl I started and photographing my work. I also created and fired the base to my paper mache project, as well as sanding it down to polish it off. My challenge of the week was dealing with cracking on my mug and attempting to fix it again. My goals for this week are to continue working on my inquiry project.
Update 9
This week I have completed all three parts to my inquiry project. My sucess of the week was finishing these three dishes and writing my artist statements for each of them. My challenge of the week was writing the artist statements because it was the first time that I had written one. My goal for next week is to submit my inquiry project.
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