I sketched my ideas for my tea set and used this tea set and the shape of this tea pot for inspiration. I'm happy with my outcomes!
I'm going to glaze all the designs because I am really bad at carving. Also, the red color for the flowers and the tray will be less red and more plum-ish. Well, actually, I will have to see what Ms. Lutter has first. The background color for everything will be white, just like the picture.
I'm going to fire my two tea bowls tomorrow and make the other two this week. I probably won't glaze anything until I finish constructing all of the elements.
Because I missed class today, I wasn't able to share my piece of research I found for a classmate. I might as well just post it here! +Emma Preston, I found this article about banjos that I think you would enjoy. http://entertainment.time.com/2013/04/05/the-banjo-ification-of-pop-why-the-instrument-is-everywhere/
For those who don't want to read it, it's basically just about how the banjo has become a prominent part of pop music over the last decade or so. I hope Emma brings her banjo in some time and plays us a sweet, sweet song!
バンジョー
Banjō
Banjo
Maja, I like your sketches! I have some questions though: Why these designs? These shapes, these flowers? I wonder how these particular choices connect with or run counter to your research about traditional Japanese teapot and bowl design? What (if any!) significance is there to matters of size, shape, decoration and volume in traditional tea bowls? What cultural or traditional values guide the choices about these things in Japan? Are you seeking to imitate these values? To seek values and design principles in your own culture that are parallell to the way traditional potters in Japan work, or are you making different choices, and if so, why? So that was more than just a few questions, but I want to nudge you to think more about the choices you are making. If you have chosen the shape and color and design of your above sketches because you simply like them, what do you like about them? What are you noticing about what you are drawn to artistically/ Push yourself to complete the thinking process behind your choices.
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