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Zombie is officially done. By council of friends his official name is Dr. Billy Zombie Bones, but the piece doesn’t actually have a title. Since everything was pretty much done with the project last Monday, the only real work done this week was creating the base and photographing Zombie. The base was kind of tricky.Continue reading “The final week: on things being done”

So there was a disaster with Zombie (he’s become personified). After several attempts at attaching his bone antler (literally for almost two hours) and finally thinking it was on, Zombie took a fall off the kitchen counter and broke. I didn’t realize that his center of balance had drastically changed. The antler came off, oneContinue reading “Next to last week: On coming back from the dead”

So the last 3 weeks not much has happened ceramics-wise but a lot has changed when it comes to figuring out the dynamics of how things are going to work. A lot of my panic about how I’m going to finish my half done work and how the rest of the class is going toContinue reading “Week ???: On ‘rona Happenings”

This week was pretty much just a frenzy to finish what I could before the shut down. This meant moving my drying mugs to the bisque shelf and taking the time to glaze my locking box. There’s really not much more to say than that. No complications. I brushed clear glaze over the box asContinue reading “Week Nine: Last Day”

So the mugs. The mugs the mugs the mugs. After all the practicing and planning and hoping they would come together, they are DONE! But before I show a picture of them done I want to talk about the actual process. Monday, I threw like I have never thrown before. I knocked out 4 consistentContinue reading “Week Eight: On OMG so much happened this week and I need to talk about all of it but theres just so much”

I finally feel like I’ve made significant progress on my mug project this week. Really specifically today. I’ve been having some medical issues that have been putting a damper on my mood, motivation, and actual physical ability to do certain things relating to the project. Last week I finally got some things sorted out andContinue reading “Week Seven: On Getting Somewhere!!!!”

So, ceramics has low key been the last thing on my mind this past week even though I have managed to keep up with my work. I’ve been spending time practicing the shape and scale of the cylinders I intend to use for my mug project. Admittedly, some have been better than others. And someContinue reading “Week 6: On things not being great, but that’s okay”

It’s been a bit of a waiting game with my locking box. Waiting for things to dry, waiting for things to get fired, waiting for things to come out of the kiln. But, it finally feels like all the difficult parts are done! Unfortunately, I don’t have photos to show of how it looks nowContinue reading “Week Five: On Waiting”

This week I spent my in-class work time focusing on making the bits and pieces for the lock part of my box. This has included making the visible knobs for the outside of the box (another chance to practice sgraffito), the partial circles that will lock the box, and the pin/column/coil things to connect them.Continue reading “Week Four: On Motivation”

I have officially started on my locking box and have officially made a lot of progress on it! The construction has gone super smoothly for the box and the lid, most likely because of all the preplanning and continually taking measurements while the clay is still wet. I feel like I’m revisiting a lot ofContinue reading “Week Three: On Not Freaking Out”