Monster Pot Reflection

Throughout this Ceramics class, our class worked on our first project. The project we worked on was the monster pot. Considering the fact that this is my first time producing a ceramic object, it was moderately hard for me to follow the process of making a monster pot. Despite my experience, I kept on going and just went on and made my pot.
          The first step was altering the wet plastic clay, during this process I was able to create the monster I invisoned. As I went on, I decided to put horns, and wings. One of the techniques that I used to secure the body parts to the body was the slit and score technique. This certain skill made the body parts stick to the body and won't dismantle when it dries up. As the picture shown below, the monster held its base when it transferred to the 'bone dry' Stage.

Bone Dry

During the bone stage, I took advantage of the sturdiness of the surface and did the black slit technique. I used this technique to emphasize the white surface of the monster. First, I covered some areas of the surface with black slit and used tools to carve out textures for the body and to outline the teeth. After putting it in the kiln, the monster went to the bisqueware stage, in this stage my monster showed space and contrast all around, this is the picture.
                                    

Bisqueware 

Finally, after I glazed the mouth red, I realized that using the slit, score and black slit technique it really brought my monster together, and created unity throughout the piece. Also, since I created contrast on the back my monster, the pattern of the textures really stood out with the blackness of the surface and the redness of the mouth. One thing that frustrated me the most while doing the techniques, was when I did the score, slit skill. I get frustrsted because once in a while the part that I scored and put together sometimes falls off, and I have to redo the process again. In the end, redoing the techniques really enhanced my monster after it went out to the glaze ware stage, and made me feel good about my first ever, clay project.

Glazeware