Been a while.

I've been falling back with making posts. This isn't to say that I haven't been working, because I have, I've just been hit with senioritis and have been procrastinating with my blog. But I'm back!

I've been drafting my ideas in my sketch book with the colors I want, handles I want, and designs I would add.

  

 Above is a mug that I've already made. This one was successful is handle attachment at which I tried to draw below the mug. In the picture, I show that I want to dip the top half in paint (probably twice) so that the paint will drip down the other half and have a nice drip effect once fired. Color wise, I'm thinking about using a light blue but have yet to decide on the huge variety of blues that are available to me. 

The "Egg" as I call it because of it's shape was a fairly successful mug. The squares are carved into the clay and I'm painting them very bright colors to contrast the black background I plan to have. Unfortunately, by the time I got back to the mug the day after I made it, it was too dry to add a handle and I had to cancel that idea. 

Here are the colors I'm planning to paint with: 

 

It's really great to see my own progress from mug to mug. Today, I lined up all my mugs from the very first one to my most recent and it's incredible to see how far I've come. The first few were very short and sloppy and now I'm able to make tall mugs that hold a lot and can add handles! I also managed to center my clay faster and with more ease than I've been able to, ever.