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.

Snake Mug

This mug was the third project given to my ceramics class and took me almost three months to finish. I knew I wanted to make it look cartoonish with a nice glossy finish so a couple weeks went by so I could use the low fire glazes for my mug. This was my first project using low fire glaze so I didn't really know how to make it perfect. after it came out of the glaze firing, I realized that it needed more paint, so I sent it back in but i forgot to gloss the inside with clear glaze so my Snake Mug had to go into the kiln a third time. When it finally came out, I was very happy with what I created and i think it is probably the most useful ceramic piece i have made so far.

Four Seasons Box

Finishing this box took a lot of effort. After the first firing, the lid to this box came out with a cracked handle. My attempt to glaze it backfired when I dropped it and broke it more. After i drenched it with glaze I put it out side to get glazed and everyday before the glaze firing, I saw my lid broken and I had to fix it. Once the lid came out, instead of the handles being broken the whole thing was cut in halfand new pieces were stuck on it, so I super glued it and called it a day. As for the box, I used the low fire glazes to create a different season on each side of the clay. I have some indentations and some clay added on for the flower and the snowman. In hopes of the inside being white after the low fire, I didn't paint the inside. I was surprised that it came out pink. Also, once the box and the lid were fired two different times, the hard work I put into making the lid fit the box was useless because the two did not fit together anymore. I am happy with the way my box turned out but I learned from some of the mistakes I made for future projects.