While doing this project I learned how to use slabs of clay to make something. I also learned that were the clay is joined becomes weak spots. They make it so that you have to be careful on how much clay you put on top of them; so that the weight doesn't make them cave in on it. I had to start over once because it caved in. I had a hard time making the weak spots better. They had to be able to support the weight of the clay on top of it. While doing this project I had a hard time getting rid of the lines that happen when you slip and score the two slabs together. On this inside you can see how I wasn't able to get some of them because they were weak spots on my vessel.
If I could change my project any I would make the decoration on the outside better. I don’t really like how it turned out. The stripes were one of those ideas that I get that are better in my head than when they turn out. I thought that they would be straighter, but because my vessel curves outwards I had a hard time making them line up right.
If I could change my project any I would make the decoration on the outside better. I don’t really like how it turned out. The stripes were one of those ideas that I get that are better in my head than when they turn out. I thought that they would be straighter, but because my vessel curves outwards I had a hard time making them line up right.