Today is Wednesday of the last week of school...
All that is left to do is glaze and hope that maybe there are enough things to fire again this year.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
Whooaaaa
This post is long overdue! The art opening went well, apparently my sister did the sin of sloth... (mine was the virtue of sloth).
Art block has been going extremely well! Robert has been immensely helpful in that he doesn't take control of the art block but instead helps get things going, and then leaves. He then comes back to talk with me at the end to see how it went and give me tips etc. I've learned a lot about discipline and I'm glad to be learning it from Robert because from my perspective he has a very simple and efficient way of dealing with 'bad situations' that occur. I'm excited to be able to write reports for each of the students as well. It's something I've never done for my other art blocks... perhaps I should have, but in this art block I really feel like the teacher.
In class time (indy art time), I've also gotten a lot done. More pots came out of the kiln the other day and they seem to be sort of crackly glazed. It had something to do with the way they were fired because some pots had the exact same glaze combination as before (I decided to do more with that same blue color that was so popular at the art opening) yet the look was very different. It reminds me of those pots that have the white cracked glaze where the cracks have dark stuff in them (made by cooling them in woodchips or sawdust I believe) but on a much finer scale. The cracks are there but they are much smaller and there is no black stuff (less noticeable).
Sounds like there is an art class gathering tomorrow at lunch which should be fun! (there is food =D)
Art block has been going extremely well! Robert has been immensely helpful in that he doesn't take control of the art block but instead helps get things going, and then leaves. He then comes back to talk with me at the end to see how it went and give me tips etc. I've learned a lot about discipline and I'm glad to be learning it from Robert because from my perspective he has a very simple and efficient way of dealing with 'bad situations' that occur. I'm excited to be able to write reports for each of the students as well. It's something I've never done for my other art blocks... perhaps I should have, but in this art block I really feel like the teacher.
In class time (indy art time), I've also gotten a lot done. More pots came out of the kiln the other day and they seem to be sort of crackly glazed. It had something to do with the way they were fired because some pots had the exact same glaze combination as before (I decided to do more with that same blue color that was so popular at the art opening) yet the look was very different. It reminds me of those pots that have the white cracked glaze where the cracks have dark stuff in them (made by cooling them in woodchips or sawdust I believe) but on a much finer scale. The cracks are there but they are much smaller and there is no black stuff (less noticeable).
Sounds like there is an art class gathering tomorrow at lunch which should be fun! (there is food =D)
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