Vessels Warm Up Project: Slip Techiques 2013

For my vessels class, we were given an assignment that involved using different slip techniques for surface design. Our goal was to make 8 cylinders that were at least 8 inches tall and use various slip techniques including, sgraffito, mishima, paper stencils, and brushed application.

I wasn't very good at throwing, so I knew I had to practice a lot to achieve 8 inches. I ended up throwing about 16 cylindrical forms. After I was able to reach the height requirement, I tried using porcelain for the first time and threw 4 cylinders.

Giraffe cup. I used paper stencils and brushed layers of white slip.

Bird Vase. I used paper stencils and brushed on black and white slip. 

 

Western Vase. Paper stencils with white and olive slip.

Olive Owls. I brushed on olive slip and used sgraffito to create owl designs.

Fairy Vase. I brushed on olive slip and used sgraffito again to make a fairy design.

Lined Cup. Mishima with black slip.

Moon Star Cup. Mishima with black slip.

 

I forgot to take a picture of my last cylinder, but it was a vase-like form with thick strokes of black slip that gave it a feathered or scaly texture.