My theme is emphasis. I want the glaze, footing, or shape on each project to emphasize a different part of each project. I achieved this by using a darker glaze on certain parts of a project to make that part stand out, footing a project to enhance the shape by either rounding it or making it narrower, and shaping a lip or making it wider or narrower in certain places.
I have many examples of this, including, but not limited to, my 3rd bowl project with the white and blue glaze on the inside, my set of three vases, my first vase with the tiered shape, and my latest vase with the blue on white drip. To begin with, my third bowl with the white and blue glaze shows my theme of emphasis because it is a simple project so I decided to highlight its depth with a running blue glaze on top of a white glaze on the inside. Another example are my set of three vases which are each are all emphasized by their flared lips at the top and the glaze that runs down the lip to highlight it. The lip emphasizes the vases by flaring out from the bottom shape instead of just having one continuous shape. My first vase with the tiers is another good example of emphasis in my projects. The tiers are each glazed a different color so one can clearly see the dynamic differences between each tier. My last example is my latest extra credit vase with the blue drips down the outside. This shows emphasis with its narrow top, because it makes one realize how wide the bottom of the project is. I did this by choking the top in.
I made these projects by trying to figure out what to focus on first then executing that goal. For example, with my latest vase with the narrow top, I realized how wide the bottom was and decided that a narrow top would bring that out even more so I choked it in.
Without emphasis projects would be very boring to make or look at. Projects always need something to contrast them or bring their eye to a certain part, otherwise it isn’t a piece of art, it’s just a piece of clay.
I have many examples of this, including, but not limited to, my 3rd bowl project with the white and blue glaze on the inside, my set of three vases, my first vase with the tiered shape, and my latest vase with the blue on white drip. To begin with, my third bowl with the white and blue glaze shows my theme of emphasis because it is a simple project so I decided to highlight its depth with a running blue glaze on top of a white glaze on the inside. Another example are my set of three vases which are each are all emphasized by their flared lips at the top and the glaze that runs down the lip to highlight it. The lip emphasizes the vases by flaring out from the bottom shape instead of just having one continuous shape. My first vase with the tiers is another good example of emphasis in my projects. The tiers are each glazed a different color so one can clearly see the dynamic differences between each tier. My last example is my latest extra credit vase with the blue drips down the outside. This shows emphasis with its narrow top, because it makes one realize how wide the bottom of the project is. I did this by choking the top in.
I made these projects by trying to figure out what to focus on first then executing that goal. For example, with my latest vase with the narrow top, I realized how wide the bottom was and decided that a narrow top would bring that out even more so I choked it in.
Without emphasis projects would be very boring to make or look at. Projects always need something to contrast them or bring their eye to a certain part, otherwise it isn’t a piece of art, it’s just a piece of clay.