Concentration

I'm quickly realizing that chosing a concentration is not easy. There are way too many things that I still want to try in ceramics that I don't feel like I'm really ready to create a million of the same thing. But I have a ton of ideas...
These are just images I found from googling coil pots that really inspired me for some of my possible concentration options.

Completed Family Project!

Basically, after way too many days of staying after school and working until I was falling apart, I finished my family project. The five huge coil pots are done, and I have to admit that I actually could use a break from coils. As I progressed through the project, I realized that I was putting less and less love into each pot because I was getting bored of coiling. So, the first and second pots that I made definitely turned out better than the last couple. (a lot better actually... I almost want to try and remake the last one or something) But here are the five completed pots to the greenware stage:

Guest Artist Supplies

This amazing person named LEXIE WILKINSON was referred to the Rebuild it store in Portland over the summer, and I'm so happy she made me go with her because we went there today. I got this entire drawer full of knick-knacks for $10 and I would have paid a million at home depot. So, thank you Lexie for making me go with you to the junk store :)
Here's my drawer...

Family project progess

So I've been coiling like crazy, and believe it or not I'm actually getting a little tired of it... but just a little. It's been going really good, and the parts that I've completed have turned out well. I'm excited to see what it's going to look like when I'm done with all five pots.
These are the three I've done so far...

Progress on family project

this is the beginning of the first, biggest pot:

Family Project

This family project sounds really open-ended, and so, I'm going to take this opportunity to make what I want :) My plan is to make five coil pots similar in shape to the photo I posted on my last post- the bottle by Jim Lux. However, they are going to be considered vases in my book, have a slightly different shape, and be finished at the top. So, it won't look like the opening at the top of the vase was ripped off or something. But anyway, the five vases will be representative of my family. One will represent my mom, another me, and the other three will represent my three dogs: Missy, Maxie, and Lemon.
The one representing my mother will be the largest, then mine will be the next biggest, and the three representing my dogs will be smaller than mine but all the same size-eventhough my dogs aren't all the same size. It will be a nice little family of pots, and I'm excited to get working hard on it.