Maddie did not come into the art. This was the first time I centered the clay by myself. I also
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Maddie and I finally got our schedules to work out. I wanted to go work multiple times this week but Maddie had some test to take. I decided that I'm going to go on two times a week even if Maddie cant is there to assist me. I know the basic stuff and I'm sure Ms. Allen will help me if I need it. Last week I was not able to go into the art room. I was not at school one day and had to do my makeup work during my smart lunches. Maddie and I also have been struggling to find a time that works for both of us because we both have different work to get done. I am going to find a way to make up the time I haven't been able to work on the project.
This week I made a second bowl. I centered the clay by myself for the most part with a little assistance from Maddie. I also pulled the bowl better this time. I feel like I did a lot of things better this past week than I did before. Even though it's difficult I enjoy doing pottery. I remembered to take a video and I will be uploading it next week when I get all the editing done.
This week I didn't get a video of us in the art room. We worked more on learning to pull the bowl. I haven't gotten that good it yet but next week I will remember to take a video of my progress. Maddie also said she would let me center the next bowl we do since she did the first one for me.
This week I was able to go into the art room and work on my project. I knew pottery was difficult but it was harder than I expected. There's a lot of different techniques in order to shape the clay into whichever item you are trying to make. Maddie centered the clay for me and taught me some basic things. I learned how to form the bowl and widen it. At the end of the video she was trying to show me how to pull the bowl in order to make it taller but I kept messing up. We decided that next week will work more on how to pull. This past week I was not able to go into the art room and work on potter. Ms. Allen was supposed to help me originally but with her having to do some of Mrs. Ledbetter's work she told me she would not be available. One of my close friends, Maddie Tellup, is experienced in pottery and agreed to be my new mentor. We agreed to go to the art room and work on pottery at least twice this upcoming week. Ms.Allen approved of this and I'm looking forward to starting this project.
Introductory Hey everyone ! This first blog is to explain the project I will be doing for the next few weeks, Below I will explain my goal for this project. Over course of this project, I would like to learn pottery and gradually improve in different bowl styles. My mentor is going to be Jessica Allen. I plan to go to her classroom and work on the wheel at least two days out of the week. She will teach me how to use the wheel and how to do different hand placements to shape the bowl a specific way. I will take videos of me working on the wheel and take pictures of the bowls I finish. Hopefully, the video and photographs will show my progress. My goal is to improve in pottery and possibly be able to sell the bowls if they are good enough. The past two years I had art I never focused on pottery work just painting. I'm excited to try a different type of artwork.
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