I made two different rattles. I made a second one because I didn't like the way the first one sounded due to the bigger balls of clay inside. I tried to make a different one with smaller balls, but it turned out that the bigger ones actually did make a better sound. I created the first rattle by taking 4 small hemispheres, approximately 1.5 inch in diameter, putting in rolled smaller balls wrapped in paper towels and connecting them each so I would have two balls, Then i took a full cylander and connected the two balls.      

     The second rattle is made with two hemispheres, about 2.5 inches in diameter, and small balls wrapped in paper towels, and put together. I used it to make a clown face, and made handls with two coils like that of toddlers sippy cup.

Beehive Coil Pot

This is my Beehive Coil Pot. While creating this pot, I learned the weight of clay is a big part of the piece you are working on and eventually things will sag. Due to this, after I was 5 inches up, I realized that my pot was turning into a coil bowl and i had to start making smaller coils so the pot would curve inward. After the first firing, I was given comments that it looked like a beehive, so i decides to mix low fire glazes yellow and orange to make a beehive looking coil pot. I am very satisfied with the way it came out.

6 inch cylinder

This is my 6 inch cylinder, it is my least favorite piece of all the things I have made this year. It was the class's first project on the wheel and I admit that I had a lot of trouble getting the clay centered even. I think that I would have preferred doing the bowl project first, since everyone seemed to make a bowl instead of a cylinder. After the first firing, I dipped the cylinder into high fire glaze and poured a different color on the inside. I learned that high fire glaze melts a lot in the kiln and putting on a large coat of glaze is not a good idea. I also learned that the color changes a lot in the kiln.