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My family has always been artistic, from my mom sewing my siblings and I’s clothes, to beautifully decorated family events. So ever since I was little, I have always made gifts for my family every single year. My brother, being only a year and a half older than me, naturally did the same thing. I just loved pouring my heart and soul out into a gift, knowing someone I love will also look at it and hopefully it will make them happy. My family started looking forward to our handmade gifts so much that they started to request special things. As I grew older and took on more responsibilities in life, I began to have less and less time to put into making gifts for people. So, my gifts slowly went from a painting I spent many many hours of love on, to a cheap card from the grocery store. I hated doing this, because I truly wanted to be giving them nice gifts I’ve made with love and care, because that’s what I know they deserve. But since I only have a certain amount of energy to do things, I prioritize getting good grades over the people in my life who matter, as well as taking care of myself. Therefore these pieces aren't only gifts for other people, but also to myself. I am both the giver and the receiver.
During the creation of these vessels I finally took my first wheel throwing class here, so all of these vessels are wheel thrown from the ccs studio stoneware. After I threw each form, I let it dry until it was just right for trimming. The baby vase form was the trickiest to trim, because the neck was not strong enough to hold it upside down, so I put it in a cup (I secured the cup to the wheel with clay, put the vase in it upside down, and secured the vase to the cup with clay). After trimming, I stamped my logo into the bottom, and sgraffitoed them after painting the body with various green underglazes from Amaco. I then glazed with different combinations of these glazes: Iron Luster, Ivy, deep olive speckle, art deco green, June Bug, Seaweed and Teadust. For a final touch I added Nimbus to the rim of each of the vessels. The color choices and surface design makes them a visual set, and it is a real set because of me.
During the creation of these vessels I finally took my first wheel throwing class here, so all of these vessels are wheel thrown from the ccs studio stoneware. After I threw each form, I let it dry until it was just right for trimming. The baby vase form was the trickiest to trim, because the neck was not strong enough to hold it upside down, so I put it in a cup (I secured the cup to the wheel with clay, put the vase in it upside down, and secured the vase to the cup with clay). After trimming, I stamped my logo into the bottom, and sgraffitoed them after painting the body with various green underglazes from Amaco. I then glazed with different combinations of these glazes: Iron Luster, Ivy, deep olive speckle, art deco green, June Bug, Seaweed and Teadust. For a final touch I added Nimbus to the rim of each of the vessels. The color choices and surface design makes them a visual set, and it is a real set because of me.