TIME LOG 7

i spent a couple hours going though all my old insecurity sheets, images, and 0ld compositions. I talked to a couple new people about being the subject to my "vessel" instillation. I started looking into vessel shapes and looking at specific characteristics of the subject to bring into the vessels "aura" through its shape, designs, textures, ect. I researched more glazes and clays for raku vessels.

TOTAL HOURS = 7.5 hrs.

TIME LOG 6

This week i spent a lot of time debating on what i wanted to focus on throughout this semester. I at first decided that i wanted to step away from the original plan of doing vessels that represent that specific person and move to doing drawings of monsters. I started drawing and thinking about ideas and talked to the BOSS. So the monster idea went out the window and i planned on doing drawing that would stand alone as a complete piece but would be studies for my ceramic "crabs" that i am doing in class. I would drawing different scenes of where they would be displayed. After thinking about it some more and debating on what direction i wanted to take, I ended up making a complete circle and now I am back at square one with my original idea. A whole week wasted on concept ideas.


TOTAL HOURS= 7.5 hrs

TIME LOG 5

This week i spent time going through my insecurity sheets from last semester, collecting all the sheets and images of the subjects, thinking about what attributes or qualities i could use to influence the shape of the vessel that represents them.= 4 hrs

I searched the internet for clay formulas for Raku firings, glaze formulas, and structure and shaping techniques for my vessels= 2.5 hrs

I threw some demo pieces and are letting them dry to then fire them and break them to find out what destruction techniques i wanna use for the post bisque breaks. = 3 hrs


TOTAL HOURS= 9.5

TIME LOG 4

3 hours= talking to Prof Cox and fellow students about my ideas. Talking about other possible solutions, ect

2.5 hours= researching new clay bodies for raku firing and determining if the recipe is for wheel throwing or hand-building and what to do to compensate for that.

3 hrs= looking at the compositions from last semester, talking to the models, and found a couple more models for new solutions. I started thinking of possible "vessel" ideas.

TOTAL HOURS= 8.5

Time Log 3

7 hours= thinking about my direction this year. I have developed my ideas multiple times throughout the week and they maintain the same general theme but changed in the process. Right now i still want to do a blueprint study of a vessel on a large sheet with a heavy wash. This would be mounted on a large wooden panel with a shelf built on the bottom to hold the constructed vessel itself. This would be made from a raku clay mixture, thrown to match the blueprint, bisque fired, broken, raku fired in different parts, and bound back together (displayed with all the cracks, different glazes, different textures shown right up next to each other). I would like for the wash and pieces to uphold the same essence as the portraits i was creating last semester and have them displayed together. The next step is deciding on if or how they can be linked.

4.5 hours= thinking about what it means to write a letter, what exactly does visual mean, and what was the first day of my life?? I noted that letters were normally written to someone from another, that something visual describes a moment in time and one could do it either through visual word play or visual descriptive marks. I knew I wanted to highlight my dad's death as the worst day of my life. I wanted to write a letter to him explaining what happened that day, how i felt, and to bring some closer to the incident. This would be shown with the box i found at his girlfriends house along with the only couple items i have of his.


TOTAL HOURS= 11.5 hours