Ceramics: Design and Create Self-Watering Pieces

Ceramics: Design and Create Self-Watering Pieces

“We have reached the end of this journey that we have traveled together. I hope you have enjoyed and learned a lot to be able to create your projects. Before we say goodbye, let's review the key phases of the final project. It would be great if you briefly explain what you have done in each one and accompany the explanation with one or more images. Creative vocabulary Start by developing your creative vocabulary. To do this, choose four or five elements from among your inspirations and draw them on paper, as a style manual. This will help you give cohesion to your pieces and never lack inspiration! Next, select the elements of your creative vocabulary that will be present in the design of your set of self-watering pieces.

Watering pot Using the pinch technique, make your watering pot. Remember that the tip must be hollow, so you can help yourself with a toothpick to empty it. Next, make the lid with a clay plate. Self-watering pot The next step is to make your self-watering pot using the plate technique. You will have to prepare the plates in advance, cut out the different parts following the template and join all the plates with slip. Don't forget the lid and the plate. Decoration When the pot and pot have dried a bit, you can go over them with a damp sponge. Then decorate them with colored slips taking into account your creative vocabulary. Firing and enameling Pack your pieces very carefully and take them to cook. The first firing is called biscuit and it will leave the pieces ready for enameling. If this service is not offered in the studio where you take your pieces to be fired, you will have to enamel them yourself. Remember that you should only glaze the outside and, in the case of the pot, leave the tip unglazed. Then they will have to go to the oven for their last cooking. And they will be ready! Now share your final project with all of us by clicking on "Create your project". Remember to share both the final result of your pot and the steps that have led you to it. I am looking forward to seeing your project and giving you feedback. Although I ask for your patience, I will try to access the forum as much as I can and what my professional projects allow me. Finally, I want to invite you to actively participate in the forum, not only sharing your progress, but also giving advice and trying to help the rest of the community. See you on the forum!”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final project Hello again. First of all, thank you very much for having made this trip with me. But this is not the end, it is only the beginning. Now show me what you can do with pottery and dare with self-watering. The first thing is that you investigate what you like for you to make your creative vocabulary. Try to create your designs with a style that matches your tastes. Dare and show me the result in the Forum. Your creativity is sure to shine. Then, buy all the necessary materials and prepare your workplace. Remember that to work with ceramics you will need an unvarnished wooden surf...”

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Course summary for: Ceramics: Design and Create Self-Watering Pieces

• Level: Beginner
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