Zoya's SAS Blog

For my final this semester I made a really long list to figure out what I was going to use for my greatest fear and joy. It was only after making those lists did I figure out exactly what it was. I'm terrified of deadlines, most people are rushing and you're unsure of the quality of your work and you just wish there was more time to keep working. When I'm super stressed about deadlines, I find solace in a good book, or 10. That's where my greatest fear and joy came from. I know Time management was a big issue for me because of Ramadan but I'm happy that I was able to complete it. I used mixed media: A combination of rapidograph, color pencil, and watercolor to achieve the effects that I wanted. I really like the composition of the piece and I'm glad that the colors ended up being as vivid as possible. I do think though, that the composition of the calendar could be improved upon as something to maybe add on in the future if I decide to revisit this piece. ...

ORIGAMI BOWL Construction photo: Describe your process of creating the cuts and shape of your bowl: I decided to make two bowls that would be from the same template but of different sizes. The cuts I made were from a square shape rather than my original idea of using an octagon after I saw some more flower types of bowls. That was how I decided to make diagonal and straight cuts to achieve a more petal like look that I think I achieved during construction. Insert Pre-fired Glaze Photo: Insert Post-fired Glaze Photo: Describe the reaction between the glaze and glass effect or your glaze combination: PIECE 1: MEG-100 White - 3 coats The glaze was white so there wasn’t much color change in the glass but the amber glass does stand out really nicely. Three coatings didn’t seem to be enough though ad the glaze seems slightly patchy and not that great. PIECE 2: Western Smoke Blue - 3 Coats The glaze melted into the glass turning it blue along the edges...

Ceramics 2 Final Planning and Construction Insert your sketch or plans: Insert your Construction photo: Describe your thoughts or idea and the construction techniques you planned to use. At the start of the process my ideas were to use slab and mold it to the shape of a bowl after using a roller on the slab.  That didn’t go so well the first time so I spent a lot of time trying to make it work. Then I attached them to another slab and started coil work. That was how I did the foot and the neck. That was my original idea for them. One of the criteria is for you to be able to create what you have planned out.  How accurate were you in trying to create your idea from sketch to clay? I think that I was able to get a pretty good rendition of what I set out to do. The design pattern matches and so do the foot and neck and that really was the base of my project.   How would you plan differently next time? I did go over the time limit a little bit s...