It’s the end of the semester!! This post will wrap up all my semester research with surfaces and clay bodies. Time for a wrap up in order to kick off the summer.

This past week was a blur—it’s that end of semester kinda vibe.

I have minimal knowledge about formulating clay bodies and no experience with creating new/variant clay bodies. So, I wanted to start with a couple base recipes that I really liked to work with.

I lost my big project due to a silly mistake…not because of thin walls. However, after much review, I will start to build thicker as I go bigger (to the joy of many peers).

Last week is a blur. A lot of are still recovering from NCECA (physically, emotionally, and social battery).

The week started off with a great surface and throwing demo by Stephanie Galli. She went into great detail about how she was able to produce her beautiful color gradients.

The title doesn’t lie.

This past week has been filled with many lows and just as many highs. The soda firing on Monday did not go that well.

This past week was preparing for the cone 6 soda firing. This firing is made up of two tests along with a multitude of glaze experiments.

Deadlines are rearing their heads!! One week for the cone 6 soda and two for the wood. So, what better time to start checking off that to do list that I made last week.

We’re about a month into the semester and that has given me too much time to think of new ideas.

I spent last week finalizing and submitting my last graduate application. Now its only a waiting game.

Over winter break, I discovered a bucket of unused cone 10 sculptural clay. It was still malleable with lots of nice mold growing in it—just waiting to be used.

There is a lot for us to catch up on, I’ll try to make it quick!!

This past week the IUS crew fired off first wood kiln since 2019!