River McCarty-Cameron

I chose Beatrice Wood because i love how eye popping the pieces are. They are just asking for attention.





The glazes she used go perfectly with the piece. They stand out and make a rare look.











 The gazes are different and they look amazing! They are eye catching and colorful.









   Beatrice Wood was born in California in 1893. She died in 1998. She bought a pair of baroque plates with a luster glaze. She wanted to find a matching teapot to go along with it, but was unsuccessful. Deciding to make the teapot herself, she enrolled in a ceramic class at Hollywood High School. This hobby turned into a career and became a passion.

                                             I used the wheel for my cup then i placed a handle on
                                       it. It ended up cracking in the beginning and luckily i was
                                      able to save it. My original intention was for it to be bigger.
                                      i used oatmeal and mottled brown glaze. Beatrice used the wheel
                                      to make her pieces. Her pieces are very funtional. My colors catch
                                     peoples attention because of the way it runs.  

                                          i used a slab and rolled a real leaf on to it. i cut it out and
                                      trimmed it up. the only thing i would change would to make
                                     bigger. My leaf has an earthy feel and its relaxed but pops at the same
                                    time. The green is the perfect ivy.

 
                                            I used a slab and foam slump for my bowl. i made it with the intention
                                   of using it to eat out of. my piece has different colors that attract attention                                              just like beatrices.

I glazed i believe 15 pieces. i chose these because i love all the colors and forms. My leaf is very earthy and gives off a nature vibe. My artist is very functional and pretty. i just wish i made all my pieces bigger. I learned to clean up the edges and make them all smooth. I'd describe my style as earthy, relaxed, and functional. 
                                i used oatmeal and mottled brown.

Hannah Wright

                

I chose George Ohr as my artist because he creates a lot of pieces that are altered forms.
These altered forms still have practical use but they have unique qualities.


His glazes are absolutely gorgeous. They appear to blend, and they look like they "melt" down the piece. I love the choices of glaze to because they look very earthy and natural which is where I found my inspiration for my pieces this year.

 George Ohr was born in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1857. Him and his wife had ten kids, but only five of them survived to adulthood. :(

My pieces this nine weeks were mainly glazed with mottled brown, oatmeal and iron red. I love these glazes because they all vary each time they come out. My pieces were based on practical use with a connection to nature. I feel that when you take the time to create something with your hands and you put the time and effort into it, especially with clay that you appreciate it more,

My piece is similar to a few of his. I made a bowl on the wheel and took the top and created a flower top.

Although my glaze did bubble with this piece, it is similar in the way that George's pieces are formed.

I used mottled brown in one dip all over for this piece.

I created it on the wheel and before i removed it when it was till wet i bent the rim to create a flower like top.

This was my foam slump/ slab set that i created this nine weeks. I created these plated using the foam slump method. I created the mug using the slab method, Before making the forms, I rolled the stamp across the rim of the plate and the top and bottom of the mug.  I bent the sides of the plate to give it an earthy uneven feel to them although the base is still flat and lays flat.

They are glazed with one layer painted on of mink brown and then splattered with oatmeal. I wanted to give these a nature feel to them and to bring out the stamps.

I created this bowl on the wheel and the plate with foam slump. The bowl was actually an accident. I bumped it with my finger as I stood up and thought I had ruined my bowl, but then I thought of a way I could maybe save it and I turned it into an altered form, a bowl that pours.

I glazed both pieces with midnight sky and then splattered oatmeal on them.


All in all I am really satisfied with the way that all my pieces turned out this nine weeks. If I could change something from this nine weeks I would probably have made more pieces for my set. I focused a lot on wheel techniques, I also experimented with my glazes to see what different colors I could create with them, This is my third time taking this class and I can honestly say that this is my favorite class that I've ever taken, this class brings out the creativity in people that they may not have known they had in them. This class gives students a chance to relax and express themselves. I am so sad that I will be graduating this spring and this is the last time I will be able to participate in it, but I am so grateful for the chance to be here at all.

Robert Lee

These are three of my accomplished pieces that I have created during this nine weeks of advanced ceramics. These pieces all show different forms of construction and glazing methods.

 The first piece acts as a functional cup and was crafted using slab formation. The glaze on this piece is particularly unique and personally my favorite combination of glazes I've discovered. Iron red, dark red, and a clear coat created a very unexpected result.

The next piece was wheel thrown and although a tad too thick, turned out to be a very smooth and pleasantly functional form. It could be used as a cup or pot for holding pens, pencils, etc. I dips the piece in two different glazes. Coral pink first, and a second layer of teal.

The final piece is rather small but still one of my favorites. A simple rugged pinch pot was formed to look like a flower. To keep the piece organic, I partially glazed the pot in mink brown and moss. I left parts of the pinch pot unglazed for texture and the natural color of the ceramic piece.

Throughout the semester I studied an all American ceramic artist Hugh Robertson. Robertson co-managed a ceramics shop in Massachusetts with his father and eventually manufactured most of their inventory. Hugh Robertson largely used wheel and coil construction to for functional bowls, pots, vases, and more. Robertson had a very clean method of throwing and building so that his final products look elegant and pristine. My work differs in that i don't strive for perfection but prefer in some instances the rugged quality of hand made pieces.

Advanced ceramics has widened my horizons pertaining to different forms of construction such as coil, wheel, pinch, and slab formation. I have learned knew methods of glazing, and gained new appreciators for the art of ceramics.

Brenda Powell

When I created my piece, I used the stick forming method to make it. My first intention was to  make a big bowl to use as a cereal bowl or soup bowl, but I soon found out I didn't have enough clay. When I finished sculpting my piece, I was happy with how it turned out regardless of the fact that it wasn't how I wanted it to be at first.
My piece is glazed with iron red and oatmeal. I first dipped the iron red on the piece then poured oatmeal on it. I decided I am going to use the piece for a sauce bowl. The form of the piece is functional for this because it is small but deep enough to hold the sauce.
Over the nine weeks, I made 8 pieces. I chose this piece because I love how the glaze turned out and I like the shape of the bowl. This piece is one of my final pieces so I wanted to show how I improved as the class progressed.
My favorite part of this piece is the glaze. I would however probably make the walls thinner or have a larger bowl. This particular piece taught me how to do stick forming.

Kaycee David

This 9 weeks I have made a total of 15 pieces. My inspirations were Hanna Wagner and Madison Staub. Hanna inspired me to make my pieces more "perfect". Madisons techniques with her glazing helped make mine turn out better. At first I focused on hand building like pinching, coil, and slab work. Towards the end I used the wheel a lot more, I enjoyed seeing myself improve, especially with centering. I chose these pieces to be my final project because they turned out the best in my opinion and they are most appealing to me. This year I feel that I have improved the most on the wheel, even if most of my pieces were small. If I could change or made anything better I would have made more mugs and focused more on glazing. I struggled with pinch pots the most this year, I could never get them to be even everywhere. Several other students in Ceramics helped me with centering on the wheel, and giving me different ideas, especially with glazing.

Tatiana Lawson

This nine weeks I would like to say I made about 15 items.Throughout the course my time was equally separated by doing hand and wheel work. These three pieces were chosen out of the other ones because they came out the nicest. Slab would was very easy for me to work with and I had successful pieces when doing it. If I would get the chance to take this class again i would spend 80 percent of my time of the wheel so I can get really good at it because I believe that was my biggest struggle this time around. From this class I learned that glaze works best with a few thin coats instead of one thick coat.

Crystal Bryson

I completed 18 pieces this nine weeks. The things that inspired me the most would be the tutorials and the glaze demonstration that Madison did. I chose these pieces because I think these are the best. I feel most successful in slab construction and glazing. I focused more on slab construction than anything else. I did slab constructions the most because I feel like I'm really good at it. If i could change or do anything differently it would be to have made more pieces on the wheel. I struggled with centering on the wheel this nine weeks. I learned how to glaze really good by watching a fellow class mate. I used her technique on some of my pieces but I also mixed it up by using different colors.