Sassy orange

Today I brought home mugs to paint with borrowed paint from Ms. Lutter. I spread out paper towels all over the kitchen table and began making a huge mess. The blue mug will be cumulus clouds on the top and sassy orange on the bottom, I can't wait to see it! It'll be a surprise to me because I'm not positive about the color outcomes. The other will be gold mine...and once again we'll just have to see.

Improvising

The other day in class while trying to trim my final project which was two bowls, I cut into the bottom too far and started to panic because there was no fixing it. Then I figured I'd make it look like it was on purpose by doing the same the around the entire bottom. The same thing happened with one of my mugs because it'd been drier than I should have been trimming with and my hand slipped, so I improvised and also made it look purposeful. I don't love the way the cup looks but hey, it's better than throwing the mug away! Here are the two.

Sketches

I went in yesterday and my two mugs I made before dried out a little faster than I had thought they would, oh well. I also ended up throwing another mug that looks like the one below. It's large and very circular. I plan on making a design on it with wax and then dipping it into a high fire glaze.

I also began painting another mug I made today. The parts that are seen as carved in are painted "nutmeg" which will be a orange/black shiny color while the rest of the mug will contrast it greatly and be black.

I have many mugs to still paint before my presentation but I'm not too worried because I have time and painting isn't the most time consuming part of the mug process. I've made so many more mugs than I originally said I would in my proposal, it's crazy. Granted, I don't love them all but a great majority of them are great mugs and I can see myself using them daily.