Matching cup:
This is the matching cup for my final. It also hasn't been glaze fired yet. I used all the same colors that I used for my teapot. I can't wait to see how my pieces turn out when they are completed.

Teapot

This is my teapot before it has been glaze fired. I used blue yonder mixed with cotton tail for the base. I used orchid and a light pink for the flowers. I used just froggy for the vines.  I am super excited to see how the teapot will turn out when it is glaze fired!

FEATS OF CLAY TEAM 2014!!!!

Completed owl: I mixed sunkissed and cotton tail together and painted the whole owl yellow.  I painted the inside of the owl gray hare and made it come out through the eyes. I added polka dots around the ears because I felt like it needed something else to it.

Completed vases: The vase on the far left had texture on the bottom. I took a ribbon toon and scraped away pieces of clay to create a texture.  I painted about 3 coats of purple-licious glaze then went over it with seafoam green. The two glazes mixed together and have the vase a really pretty look. The middle vase has texture on the top and I used a ribbon tool for this vase as well. I painted the top with cotton tail and the bottom is painted with spring meadows. This is my favorite vase I love how it turned out! The other vase has a little but if texture at the top done with a ribbon tool. I painted this vase with purple sage an the inside is a dark brown color to bring out the brown speckles in the purple sage.

Vases in progress:
  These three vases still need fired but I love the textures I used on them.  I took a ribbon tool and scraped different parts of the vases. I plan to paint the vases a turquoise and white with purple accents.

Place setting
The artist I chose for my place setting was Mondrian. I chose neutral colors like tuxedo, grey hare, cotton tail, and I also mixed cotton tail and grey hare together to get a light grey. I like abstract pieces which is why I chose an abstract painting style.

First Cup:
So far, this is the best project I've done. I didn't have much help doing this one and I was very surprised by the way it turned out. I did about two coats of rust red and dripped down the sides with blue ridge. I love the way this piece turned out. By far my favorite so far!

 First Bowl:

This was the first bowl I made by myself.  Looking at it now, it's not the best. It's a little crooked on the side and the bottom is not even because of the glaze.  The glaze I used was really chunky which is why it is so colorful. If I could redo this project, I would put less glaze on it and try to make the top more even.

Artwork That Reflects Me

This piece of artwork I would say reflects me the most because I love abstract art.  I loved this project because it's so simple to do yet looks so different and unique.  This project turned out so good and it looks so cool.  I absolutely love it. I also like the glaze colors I chose to use. The mocha marble turned out amazing and it looks earthy. That's the look I was going for.

Biggest Challenge

This project was definitely my biggest challenge. I had a hard time forming the eyes and eyebrow bones. I think it was because I wasn't given much clay to work with and it was very challenging making small coils. Once I got the hang of things I was able to do my lips and nose without a problem. Now that I understand how to do I could do it over again and it could probably look a little bit better than it does now. I didn't think this project was going to be hard but it was honestly the hardest project to do. It turned out okay but knowing the struggles I had with it, I'm happy with the way it turned out.

Helped Me Improve the Most

This project helped me improve the most because it invoked using many different and new techniques I didn't know how to use before.  I had a hard time shaping the body of the vase into a circle and it was time consuming smoothing it all out. I hand-made the feathers on the vase because I wanted them to be 3-D and have a textured affect. At first, I didn't think I would be able to complete this project and make it look good at the same time. In the end it turned out better than what I ever expected it to be.

Favorite artwork

This piece is my favorite piece I have made because it looks the most realistic out of everything I have made so far.  It has the most texture and actually looks like a real piece of cake.  I tried different techniques and I didn't really know how it would turn out in the end.  I used a pin tool and scratched the back of the cake to make it look like graham cracker crust.  For the sides of the cake I used a toothbrush to give it a rough texture.  Painting the strawberries was probably the hardest part because its hard to separate the white paint from the red paint.  I had to repaint the white several of times.  I was very proud of this piece after I was complete because it looked so realistic and I got many compliments on it.