Weekly Journal
Week 19, 20/06/2023
This week, I added some texture on my deer and started painting it with acrylic paint.
Week 18, 14/06/2023
This week, I applied overglaze to my yogurt cup and fired it. I have also photo documented it.
Week 17, 07/06/2023 – missing because I was sick for the week.
Week 16, 01/06/2023
I built the neck portion of my chimaera this week and connected the mouth and head using tin foil. The clay teeth I made for my deer are also ready to be bisque fired so I can paint and glue them on next week. Next week, I want to complete my inquiry project and start colouring my deer chimaera.
Week 15, 25/05/2023
This week, I bisque fired my cup and applied the first layer of underglaze. Also, I have glued the head of my chimera together. Next week, I will start creating the teeth of my deer.
Week 14, 18/05/2023
This week I assembled part of my deer and hopefully I can finish assembling my deer. As part of my inquiry assignment, I also made a yoghurt cup. I am waiting for it to be bisque fired and I will begin to apply under glazing on the cup next week.
Week 13, 11/05/2023
I 
completed my palette this week and have added a few more layers of newspaper on my chimera. Next week, I will continue assembling my deer.
Week 12, 04/05/2023
This week, I applied overglaze over my palette and I am waiting it to be fire so I can photo document it next week. I have also created a couple more paper balls for my chimera. 
Next week, I will photo document my palette and create the antlers for my deers.
Week 11, 27/04/2023
I bisque fired my floral palette this week and began my paper mâché project. I decided to make my chimera’s theme – deer. For now, I’ve used newspaper to make four balls and finish the first layer. Next week, I hope to complete the second layer of my chimera and add another layer of underglaze to my palette.
Week 10, 20/04/2023
Part of my passion project, The Cereal Bowl, was completed this week. The colour turned out just as I had hoped, and I am really pleased. Next week, I’ll finish the second component of my passion project, The Floral Palette. My aim for next week is to finish painting the third layer.
Week 9, 13/04/2023
This week, I finished painting and glueing a string to my sculpture. I have also photo documented it so my Life Below Water project is now completed. I also applied overglaze to my cereal bowl, which I am waiting it to be fire next week. Next week, I will paint the second coat of my palette and perhaps start creating a new plate.
Week 8, 06/04/2023
I’ve applied the final coat on my cereal bowl, and I’m halfway done painting the sculpture for my project about life underwater. Before applying overglaze and firing the cereal bowl the next week, I’m waiting for it to be bisque fired for the final time. My aim for the following week is to complete my whale sculpture.
Week 7, 30/03/2023, Life Below Water – Whale
I applied the second layer and bisque fired my cereal bowl this week. I had previously broken my whale sculpture, but I had put it back together and had begun painting it. I’ll aim to finish painting my whale sculpture and add a third layer of underglaze on my cereal dish the following weeks.
Week 6, 09/03/2023, Inquiry Project – cereal bowl
I finished off my whale and started painting my bowl this week. I was waiting the whale to be fire so this week I have been focusing on my bowl. This week’s accomplishment was finish painting the first layer and fire it. After the break, I will apply 2 more layers of underglaze and one layer of overglaze.
Week 5, 02/03/2023, Life Below Water – Whale
This week, I finished the sculpture for my life below water project. I’m waiting for it to dry before I start carving and firing it next week. I was confused about how to create such a big sculpture at first but eventually figured a way to do it after asking my teacher. This week’s accomplishment was removing the newspaper from the whale and reassembling it. Next week, my goal is to finish painting the bowl or palette that I made.
Week 4, 23/02/2023, Rainbowl Bowl
This week, I created the base for my bowl. I am waiting for it to dry so that I can take it off the mold and fire it next week. I struggled to create a bowl using the pottery wheel so I came up with another method to create the bowl. My success this week was finishing the bowl, and my goal for next week is to start painting on the palette I created last week.
Week 3, 16/02/2023, Floral Palette
I started working on my floral palette for acrylic paint this week. I made a clay base and am waiting for it to dry so that I can fire it next week. I struggled at first to get the correct size paint holder, but everything worked out perfectly. My success this week was finishing the palette, and my goal for next week is to finish painting it.
(WEEK 1 AND 2 ARE MISSING BECAUSE I WAS NOT HERE)
Inquiry Project
What would you like to investigate/make as a term-long project?
My long term project is to create 2 different objects that I want to create, as shown in my reference pictures below. For now, I am creating a palette and am planning to make a cereal bowl.
Using a pottery wheel to create the cereal bowl could be one of the challenges I face in completing my project. Despite having some experience with the pottery wheel, I believe I have a lot of room to improve my pottery skills. My other challenge may be time; I started this class later than others, so I have to utilize my time really well.