Ceramics in progress

Above is a picture of my ceramics project in progress. We were assigned to make a place setting paying tribute to someone. My place setting is for my mom. My bowl is going to be representing a flower which symbolizes growth and how my mother turned our broken family into a strong and healthy family. The flower symbolizes growth. The plan for my plate is going to be two hands, symbolizing my moms hands, holding two little flowers, symbolizing me and my sister. I don't have a plan yet for my cup but i hope to be inspired soon.
      Working with the clay is very aggrivating. If you don't "slip and score" a piece of clay enough it will fall off what your trying to connect it to. My problem is that my clay keeps getting to dry and its cracking. I haven't gotten the hang of clay yet but i hope i will soon because im very excited to begin actually making all the ideas i've been thinking of.

Metals

I really enjoyed working with the metals unit. So far it was my favorite thing we have done all year long. I loved how hard it was to cut through the metal but the feeling when completing a piece was just so satisfying. The one thing about my piece that i was not happy with was the fact that when we torched it the pieces moved around and some were not in the right places. I like the way the dirty metal looks. Every piece had its own unique pattern on it which was really cool to see. Overall i am very happy with my work.