#coil pots

[hypocrisyjam]

I HATE coil pots so much 😔 that's why I literally hid the fact this was a coil pot with a giant butterfly because it was so ugly. I know back in thy olden days people would make could pots and then carve them into a shape and I don't comprehend how. Coil pots are actually the bain of my existence, and yet people were able to not only make them wonderfully but then carve them so well they looked wheel made before the wheels were even a thing!

[nemisisnemi]

Guess whos doing pottery in class :3

We're making coil pots

[createjam]

Excited for these pots to come out all glazed and pretty in a few days 😍😍

[shorelinesandshippery]

I did some smoke firing projects with my pottery classes last week :-) They have the look and feel of polished stone, after they’ve been buffed up with a spot of beeswax. 

[createjam]

Stay safe, stay comfortable

[createjam]

Erosion pot 😍 so happy with this

[varietysculpture]

[coilsofclay]

creating my pattern

I started the process of creating my pattern the same way that I did when I created my trial tile. I used the modeling tool to press a scale like shape into a thin piece of clay. After, I attached the small shapes on the pot by using the scratch and slip method.

After I while I started to become frustrated because it was taking a long time to attach each shape individually. I overcame the frustration by finding a quicker method of attaching the shapes. Instead of scratching where just one shape was going to go, I scratched where a whole strip of the pattern was going to go. Although it looked a bit messy I knew the opaque black glaze that i would use in future would cover the scratches. This made the process a lot easier.

Eventually the uneven shape of the pot caused a problem - the pattern wouldn't match my design. I decided to change my design because of this. Where there was empty patch, I attached longer shapes to imitate the underbelly of a snake.

I used small templates to help me make each shape the same size. Firstly i placed two shapes of the same size next to each other. After checking my reference photo of the underbelly of a snake, I realised that this didn’t look right so I connected the two shapes to create longer shapes.

This is the reference photo i used to help me create my pattern successfully.