tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74481456859768290972024-03-17T20:02:59.596-07:00Rachel Dorn Ceramic SculptureRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.comBlogger599125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-12375711269560366702024-01-14T13:53:00.000-08:002024-01-14T13:53:30.194-08:00Before and After Dust<p> </p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqC2-VxZDFpFmNttw_OOoWvRGrS2jwTPWxWCXn7TFRUe1l0tgp-wpkjJyyqIiaRMCqqvj47cyL02Khhe2HcQDB_MH_7JMhbSPeUTfw1dXeCUOPio6awDoTUT7T4dfrFmfvCZDxKj-HSbNSui3HyThDOvuHkMT8RZeCn3CKYJInHvaAEyIzswvF1Fd46vg/s4032/IMG_2456.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqC2-VxZDFpFmNttw_OOoWvRGrS2jwTPWxWCXn7TFRUe1l0tgp-wpkjJyyqIiaRMCqqvj47cyL02Khhe2HcQDB_MH_7JMhbSPeUTfw1dXeCUOPio6awDoTUT7T4dfrFmfvCZDxKj-HSbNSui3HyThDOvuHkMT8RZeCn3CKYJInHvaAEyIzswvF1Fd46vg/s320/IMG_2456.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">some of the stacking pieces on a worktable in my studio in the days before the installation</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now that <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2024/01/dust-yvc-faculty-exhibition.html" target="_blank">our faculty show, Dust, </a>at Larson Gallery has been installed and has officially opened, I am experiencing that funny feeling of being done with a massive project that has consumed a great deal of my mental energy for quite some time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg47i1fJqPwrVCaK1-NqGcw4ZQrsJfGwqxT4ye_7mMVaiVeffdggvdIESuHfIUE5iByV1dZ5wZeqIqDh3xkuSxlL5sqZus6gOIRmEFQO7uvhjBG1sLVgdDOJoi1AFOtawrWuOVIhRkGcntGe51ZCIdBOvkjsLjJsTtClTO6cTvNcfApbREbysyHgWPBnUyg/s3950/IMG_2478.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2612" data-original-width="3950" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg47i1fJqPwrVCaK1-NqGcw4ZQrsJfGwqxT4ye_7mMVaiVeffdggvdIESuHfIUE5iByV1dZ5wZeqIqDh3xkuSxlL5sqZus6gOIRmEFQO7uvhjBG1sLVgdDOJoi1AFOtawrWuOVIhRkGcntGe51ZCIdBOvkjsLjJsTtClTO6cTvNcfApbREbysyHgWPBnUyg/s320/IMG_2478.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I began working on this show in earnest almost immediately after finding out that it would happen. Last May, during the <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2023/04/student-exhibition-2023-opening-tuesday.html" target="_blank">Student Exhibition</a>, several of us asked David Lynx, then Larson Gallery director, for an art faculty show. Though we have had individual pieces in the student show, we've never had a faculty show that allowed us to exhibit a body of work. David immediately said yes and almost immediately gave us a January 2024 date. We discussed locations in the gallery for half an hour and by the time we left the gallery, I was excited to start making new work!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHUiIvNj7jF0rn_vJgFX4pmRCpPdcCItF-IB6sSXmfRso8iaH0X2ATHhte1sr6gIA3-bE6ucEucd598ujsT9ZqGpFNublkX5zb_aFBUeL9n8AC7gXx19xJguXZIxNwF1Vp4GqZUg9ymXikNEczIbWTPdNfDecBblDy1PnYR70pHjfcgvEdA-KKOkubvRd/s4032/IMG_2462.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHUiIvNj7jF0rn_vJgFX4pmRCpPdcCItF-IB6sSXmfRso8iaH0X2ATHhte1sr6gIA3-bE6ucEucd598ujsT9ZqGpFNublkX5zb_aFBUeL9n8AC7gXx19xJguXZIxNwF1Vp4GqZUg9ymXikNEczIbWTPdNfDecBblDy1PnYR70pHjfcgvEdA-KKOkubvRd/s320/IMG_2462.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my work in the gallery during installation</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I started throwing my "stackers" aka tall pieces, which turned into the "Pseudo Equisetum" installations in the Dust show, almost immediately. In fact, I started throwing so quickly, that I didn't bother to think through the eventual plan enough to do some basic things like measure the way the pieces would eventually stack.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBi461LGtcfDeahzL8qjSln45RkpB7FMLquZf0HlFiekdtzkheHbD69z59W6FH80hvzTSCRKZ_sLcYHHzAkYtSbeu1x2Xblt3wmnTg-f1crT7fx51bMd21v1E6BrRJqm_6kzPslUoZsmZH5XOa3l-dws8zlrifm7szYypUmgkA-OqX3BxLRCMUEzVcdoBO/s4032/IMG_1693.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBi461LGtcfDeahzL8qjSln45RkpB7FMLquZf0HlFiekdtzkheHbD69z59W6FH80hvzTSCRKZ_sLcYHHzAkYtSbeu1x2Xblt3wmnTg-f1crT7fx51bMd21v1E6BrRJqm_6kzPslUoZsmZH5XOa3l-dws8zlrifm7szYypUmgkA-OqX3BxLRCMUEzVcdoBO/s320/IMG_1693.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my stacking pieces in September, before glazing</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By April, I already had my <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2023/04/throwing-prescription.html" target="_blank">"throwing prescription"</a> from my Occupational Therapist, so I was already in the habit of daily throwing. Once we decided on the show I changed what I was throwing (I was already looking for something more interesting and conceptually challenging than dishes). I <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2023/06/spring-and-early-summer-studio-frenzy.html" target="_blank">produced a ton of work during the spring and into the summer </a>and based in the quantity of pieces I was making and firing, was able to work through quite a few of the logistics of throwing, stacking, and sizing during that time. I ended up with a of pieces that didn't fit, as I worked through the measurements and design, but also a lot of pieces that did work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vYcca4eerxyHW7TqnGys3aK5Q_1sfrdi0u6YbsNmgBRiS4y_O6TgPRvUvoxJNgZZLYIl5AxkqNglqcqDn1P18dl1aSUjUyt7bF0xXz47Sqc9XBOkDauhH-HpcU1D7tRyXw3n1guRHWjiAHQoeS2GR7C6wFXGBrIlxH_wSrdNh4hp5D7XlP1ewk3XcIa2/s4032/IMG_2461.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vYcca4eerxyHW7TqnGys3aK5Q_1sfrdi0u6YbsNmgBRiS4y_O6TgPRvUvoxJNgZZLYIl5AxkqNglqcqDn1P18dl1aSUjUyt7bF0xXz47Sqc9XBOkDauhH-HpcU1D7tRyXw3n1guRHWjiAHQoeS2GR7C6wFXGBrIlxH_wSrdNh4hp5D7XlP1ewk3XcIa2/s320/IMG_2461.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">stacking pieces and wall pieces on the floor during installation</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During the summer, I also worked on other sculpture, including stand alone sculpture, and individual pieces for the other two installations in this show. I knew I wanted to revisit both a gridded wall installation and a more organic arrangement of unmatched forms. I wanted both to be heavily composed of new works, though the exact plan, especially for the organic wall installation, changed throughout the course of building, glazing, and installation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RUURFPZDwN5RaC1OFApZ4aKr-BEFlivTBGRt8YkmbwAdBS6F9GLvSpH2Pkw_qKT3qFoAerKPtg2RBsJbOrR9Yi2WBEHa1a4HfH9iR8XcEDAU7hoKXKoVRo_wkexOmR2GWNm0n3dYC5GTBHnrJEIukTniWK8-kHtdZWZgEJkxFb78j-1rDCCUShLu8Se9/s4032/IMG_2466.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RUURFPZDwN5RaC1OFApZ4aKr-BEFlivTBGRt8YkmbwAdBS6F9GLvSpH2Pkw_qKT3qFoAerKPtg2RBsJbOrR9Yi2WBEHa1a4HfH9iR8XcEDAU7hoKXKoVRo_wkexOmR2GWNm0n3dYC5GTBHnrJEIukTniWK8-kHtdZWZgEJkxFb78j-1rDCCUShLu8Se9/s320/IMG_2466.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kekino Motes installed at Dust</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I spent most of fall and winter break glazing, testing fit, firing, and building a few replacement parts for those that warped during drying or firing and for those that weren't measured to begin with. Classes restarted at YVC on January 2nd and I basically put a pause on most of my union work during the first two weeks of the quarter so I could get the work finished, packed, delivered and installed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMe9WZhrgh48JpMsODb-O-jpyu86XOwGNSzJla4PIDX2MvbzPS9MTd77K2PcYUXUkUfZV9ZFFpvollvjZWsb4v_LVB2Vf4jjdEDgjyuG_auxTUQlT_YbR6UxoZXx_0wGOClHF8FPluXy3S88B752oJcPoXVlu2h-3gm_4JsuYaFknsQ4pbsWfX2u6UjRx5/s4032/IMG_2457.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMe9WZhrgh48JpMsODb-O-jpyu86XOwGNSzJla4PIDX2MvbzPS9MTd77K2PcYUXUkUfZV9ZFFpvollvjZWsb4v_LVB2Vf4jjdEDgjyuG_auxTUQlT_YbR6UxoZXx_0wGOClHF8FPluXy3S88B752oJcPoXVlu2h-3gm_4JsuYaFknsQ4pbsWfX2u6UjRx5/s320/IMG_2457.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a far too heavy box of stacking pieces before I realized I needed to repack</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did most of my install myself on Wednesday, then Kate, in the gallery, finished installing the work on Thursday when I had to go to class. When I got home Friday evening, I unpacked my car (I had a bunch of boxes of packing material, as well as the pieces that didn't make it into the show). Saturday morning I walked into my frosty home studio (there was literal frost on the inside of the window) and started unpacking and organizing the towels, bubble wrap, foam, and other materials I used for transporting the work to the gallery. I don't want to have to take two trips when the show comes down in February, and I'd like to be able to use my studio between now and then.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kK7BwO2Gr577pV9iw2CZvXIqY70OZSj16Gy_DV_ezXtff3wTF94qpBcVm3pwsge9VAf-NW1IoBZZvgScUyzRcmd0fjVQx1zhXZEJSHBoEoRTX686aiPtFU0gu2oB2prOyU9PFGmNfhdUk2_iKaTtj5I-fSvhUTwABiKC7z8S9ApuMJWjE1DZRa_JjI6R/s4032/IMG_2491.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kK7BwO2Gr577pV9iw2CZvXIqY70OZSj16Gy_DV_ezXtff3wTF94qpBcVm3pwsge9VAf-NW1IoBZZvgScUyzRcmd0fjVQx1zhXZEJSHBoEoRTX686aiPtFU0gu2oB2prOyU9PFGmNfhdUk2_iKaTtj5I-fSvhUTwABiKC7z8S9ApuMJWjE1DZRa_JjI6R/s320/IMG_2491.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my studio Friday night</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I went looking for my paper installation template for the gridded installation, I found an older box of wall installation pieces packed away, some of which I used for the Dust installation. However, this box included work from a few years ago (some of which I think I never showed as an installation) as well as older pieces. Some of older pieces had small holes for hanging (because I learned something from those earlier installations). I opted not to install that older work in the gallery because the small holes made installation annoying. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXHUub1WkdY_kTjPlT6zOu4-12BCy7PP9sNaTS65B_ZmsbJ_6aNlO4s1pb242jC3zxSLgH8hAbg93pu631twI0yfMNXPVHMCF7ig-YPF4qAKDwNHk2AFiGW-rAdXt3Zm0GeNhYNOxeDL1J03YN8cx3K16BsIfvEf6gQ9gKdlDH3RnqqO_X_RU_Mfu7JBI/s4032/IMG_2495.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXHUub1WkdY_kTjPlT6zOu4-12BCy7PP9sNaTS65B_ZmsbJ_6aNlO4s1pb242jC3zxSLgH8hAbg93pu631twI0yfMNXPVHMCF7ig-YPF4qAKDwNHk2AFiGW-rAdXt3Zm0GeNhYNOxeDL1J03YN8cx3K16BsIfvEf6gQ9gKdlDH3RnqqO_X_RU_Mfu7JBI/s320/IMG_2495.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the older (small holed) pieces above our oven</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While I was unloading at home, I decided to prevent myself from ever bringing this work to an installation again by installing it at home. Some of it is now above our oven in the kitchen. I also opted not to show any of my peapods, just because I feel more distant from the creative process of making that work. I hung some of them above the door to my clay studio, in place of some bulbs that are in the Dust show. I have had this installation here for years, but I tend to change out the bulbs based on what I am making now or most recently, or what I choose to put in shows. This is the first time I've mixed in the other work with it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDuKdRs3jSXdJ8e_vtmvpxzOqdAORgJNOC5zLGWueXN6oulUJg2LW5gKrb1oEbqIlflEhI5Po4LVVlC3Pb8enyrlz9JQ-NRus7YsHC__sLHbppzkGHgm7PYGTJZia4k7nUH9o0qEZa_YYttAmGR7W-OI3q7lw8jN5BNWNUJaC8nde_dPjY1p24O81buch/s4032/IMG_2494.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDuKdRs3jSXdJ8e_vtmvpxzOqdAORgJNOC5zLGWueXN6oulUJg2LW5gKrb1oEbqIlflEhI5Po4LVVlC3Pb8enyrlz9JQ-NRus7YsHC__sLHbppzkGHgm7PYGTJZia4k7nUH9o0qEZa_YYttAmGR7W-OI3q7lw8jN5BNWNUJaC8nde_dPjY1p24O81buch/s320/IMG_2494.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the bulbs and peapods that didn't go to the show</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This morning I finished putting away glaze brushes and tools I had been using in the studio and started getting out some of the pieces of unfinished projects I haven't had time to get to. Though arguably I should make some progress on some other work that has been on hold during the show install, I feel like the transition between a much anticipated show and a particular body of work is a good time to clean, refresh, and set up my studio so that I'm ready to work on the next idea.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-x-g0jKMB4x4XykBnCf-913vxDL1lw_fd2t634Yhtlx5hBZq49tE_yI1X9tQhWKPWNPKauT4FQIgEUgorxCj563bTrVqPpIlwl8iWMUpyidBM73fiw8cDjXk9Mu4N21j0qkE1WhAXT58KzfwkAk0J2ADIlUp0VSfp03Lj3wt6f8lkJLBPEBLGrztwN0RU/s4032/IMG_2514.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-x-g0jKMB4x4XykBnCf-913vxDL1lw_fd2t634Yhtlx5hBZq49tE_yI1X9tQhWKPWNPKauT4FQIgEUgorxCj563bTrVqPpIlwl8iWMUpyidBM73fiw8cDjXk9Mu4N21j0qkE1WhAXT58KzfwkAk0J2ADIlUp0VSfp03Lj3wt6f8lkJLBPEBLGrztwN0RU/s320/IMG_2514.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">very old pieces and a new piece that I considered trying to finish before Dust (I didn't get to it)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-4230019306641844612024-01-12T18:55:00.000-08:002024-01-12T18:55:57.815-08:00Dust: YVC Faculty Exhibition<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1eHb1LnRt7B_hDTjtTdhyyLsSZKUmUl-i3svLzoCuhwwhnSEmu7tHtFoH-Y93DmudOrMvf1oeVBPDiUsk7cq1u9p6xMEndburCXZsfUcZxItThRDhzBCK6ixJVV9xe3701NevP70Y2WTDe_sVz0Wvyy_L3f-buN1DbAzdpMQOTWBvEfZ-SKW3-9rdkuq/s4032/IMG_2466.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1eHb1LnRt7B_hDTjtTdhyyLsSZKUmUl-i3svLzoCuhwwhnSEmu7tHtFoH-Y93DmudOrMvf1oeVBPDiUsk7cq1u9p6xMEndburCXZsfUcZxItThRDhzBCK6ixJVV9xe3701NevP70Y2WTDe_sVz0Wvyy_L3f-buN1DbAzdpMQOTWBvEfZ-SKW3-9rdkuq/s320/IMG_2466.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kekino Motes, installation 2024<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;">I am excited to announce “Dust” the Yakima Valley College art faculty exhibition at Larson Gallery. The show opens Saturday, January 13, 2024 with a reception from 3-5pm</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvGf655Ga12VjxXNRo3iyaQcOsNucRayDqcUytXkJlWZC0bWaKQjEYKhYGLoiJEd2cvOK2aGoEJMFm7UplbDATfUqmiOgFethp-98-RyU8pGxqFsw3xktspIeW8L6XRl_gie6_1WySMKCkpk91YbNwmrwcIN2xXy8tUCx5Ft1j2Fhr4IZjVAWGDBzFbDO/s4032/IMG_2478.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvGf655Ga12VjxXNRo3iyaQcOsNucRayDqcUytXkJlWZC0bWaKQjEYKhYGLoiJEd2cvOK2aGoEJMFm7UplbDATfUqmiOgFethp-98-RyU8pGxqFsw3xktspIeW8L6XRl_gie6_1WySMKCkpk91YbNwmrwcIN2xXy8tUCx5Ft1j2Fhr4IZjVAWGDBzFbDO/s320/IMG_2478.jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">This is the first faculty exhibition in my 17.5 years at YVC, and it comes at a great time, when our campus gallery, Larson, is in a beautiful large and still new space and our art program is bigger than ever. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhQEPGQLKmthoRqzYYFQuSfP3522eWWCaKYLlCr1utm8a08aq4sNmIA_4uMFLxZKa14iIv0IjGsStMFzn-QeLBuiC13oE89BcK0rGDfzIAIJXm6io-hQiLRlyWCe4Fw4OmNgWnnG5dlbBusKO0knnypegYgZyc7Ofiee6vd5OAf_m7BdY-wU3T_5FoJ4C/s4032/IMG_2479.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhQEPGQLKmthoRqzYYFQuSfP3522eWWCaKYLlCr1utm8a08aq4sNmIA_4uMFLxZKa14iIv0IjGsStMFzn-QeLBuiC13oE89BcK0rGDfzIAIJXm6io-hQiLRlyWCe4Fw4OmNgWnnG5dlbBusKO0knnypegYgZyc7Ofiee6vd5OAf_m7BdY-wU3T_5FoJ4C/s320/IMG_2479.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The show features works by our four full-time faculty: Chris Otten (photography and Digital Design), Kayo Nakamura (drawing, painting, and printmaking), Monika Lemmon (drawing and painting in Grandview), and me (clay, design, and various other classes over the years). It also features artwork by part time faculty Timm Wauzinski and David Lynx, as well as research by our part time (and occasional full-time) art historian, Robert Millard.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9yX7TPqRld-4NtF6PP67MYYHuY08R4ZzaKKYyBW-rNUlMFMaSuY84QSbJ1YbgsOO7K0Z3c-Xtv5ymaE-gDG6TuENE8LDsQRLLOtn5Pr6MhhV69ac01_E-SIIrla5djLYKUjb83liTt5DSuvuIFT_xanTeAKcfGPFq0AELWwSmO6v9ri0wfiosqFoKt83/s4032/IMG_2463.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9yX7TPqRld-4NtF6PP67MYYHuY08R4ZzaKKYyBW-rNUlMFMaSuY84QSbJ1YbgsOO7K0Z3c-Xtv5ymaE-gDG6TuENE8LDsQRLLOtn5Pr6MhhV69ac01_E-SIIrla5djLYKUjb83liTt5DSuvuIFT_xanTeAKcfGPFq0AELWwSmO6v9ri0wfiosqFoKt83/s320/IMG_2463.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am thrilled to have this opportunity to show together locally. This week I spent about 5-6 hours delivering and installing my work, as well as a few more packing and doing inventory and pricing.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPnM-a9ifhzWPF3_46SgH7IW0-iXf0S0INkTae8a3I_wntb0Kb4IaID-pSv3il9_4eDC9zDEy6J7FCZvqeIEe66G6tmzonEzQiqb4wmXdHSjZhjclGlk1XAN3yQISWk2mMbfCHf2c8Ri-rSoLlX6avOtZ_i79MMmOU9CMu4O0l-XZVmhlhzJ3KYKNv4rE/s4032/IMG_2473.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPnM-a9ifhzWPF3_46SgH7IW0-iXf0S0INkTae8a3I_wntb0Kb4IaID-pSv3il9_4eDC9zDEy6J7FCZvqeIEe66G6tmzonEzQiqb4wmXdHSjZhjclGlk1XAN3yQISWk2mMbfCHf2c8Ri-rSoLlX6avOtZ_i79MMmOU9CMu4O0l-XZVmhlhzJ3KYKNv4rE/s320/IMG_2473.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">“Pseudo Equisetum East”</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I’ve started working on this show back in May, as soon as then-Gallery Director David Lynx agreed to the show. (David has since accepted a position running the Kirkland Arts Center).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBn9oBFCTTa4P0Crt-046EAhZUI15s1bTCayrkY_oHDwAPmRJxXj6drPgrzxRd09L3Kc55mLcRTdeQVbEWgSEcZQAM7IwGD2G5McsMPykE45ybyRpNLChm0d-gJyWNmMeM9CwdOnldW-DOSPQAbz1hKEYu8ofWANVtJK0AWIIocoAoF4tml3trVbM3OggM/s4032/IMG_2464.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBn9oBFCTTa4P0Crt-046EAhZUI15s1bTCayrkY_oHDwAPmRJxXj6drPgrzxRd09L3Kc55mLcRTdeQVbEWgSEcZQAM7IwGD2G5McsMPykE45ybyRpNLChm0d-gJyWNmMeM9CwdOnldW-DOSPQAbz1hKEYu8ofWANVtJK0AWIIocoAoF4tml3trVbM3OggM/s320/IMG_2464.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Psuedo Equisetum West</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The newest group of work is my installation of standing forms. I call these “Psuedo Equisetum” after the horsetail or puzzle grass plant that partially inspired them. <div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhKfCLh69YgRLu_7EwLyKIogN1woiaZpopsBJNfwasO0NoQaOaIXVczXPY7ArIoXjGez4dFnLXMt8Tr5u0ZAwI4GieSymqfcnuCXU3oF7FL_a31Y4tPkdbS5f1bQ4IGHMUtHhFx4x0Wg5te7ml_eCfbfr5vOU4E68n8uHl6ln5GI0-3D06l8N68X1pq57/s4032/IMG_2461.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhKfCLh69YgRLu_7EwLyKIogN1woiaZpopsBJNfwasO0NoQaOaIXVczXPY7ArIoXjGez4dFnLXMt8Tr5u0ZAwI4GieSymqfcnuCXU3oF7FL_a31Y4tPkdbS5f1bQ4IGHMUtHhFx4x0Wg5te7ml_eCfbfr5vOU4E68n8uHl6ln5GI0-3D06l8N68X1pq57/s320/IMG_2461.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the gallery Wednesday wondering if I brought enough stuff</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made a ton of these stacking Equisetum forms (and learned a lot in the process), but I didn’t end up showing all I made. I narrowed it down to just 21 pieces or stacks for the show.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGoeYNEJjdWLo0Kt9fIU0Mh1BaolEgFKjxu0UBjVINI3SFgXL_bVnThxdeZDVp9plXV182IVIHNUVbEgsT-QwAOID5hda4_iUi_9WHYbkSe0QYpR6sg5idN5aS4biyC_4uYAQVBjDO02cSOJUlqATeWkdGwDv9XNvQPaMqP43aLdyzMEFOv3vJ_OZQuNpE/s4032/IMG_2444.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGoeYNEJjdWLo0Kt9fIU0Mh1BaolEgFKjxu0UBjVINI3SFgXL_bVnThxdeZDVp9plXV182IVIHNUVbEgsT-QwAOID5hda4_iUi_9WHYbkSe0QYpR6sg5idN5aS4biyC_4uYAQVBjDO02cSOJUlqATeWkdGwDv9XNvQPaMqP43aLdyzMEFOv3vJ_OZQuNpE/s320/IMG_2444.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The most directly lymphedema inspired new sculpture</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also created a bunch of new wall hanging sculpture, much of it wheel thrown during my OT prescribed daily throwing time in spring and summer. I ended up installing this work with a mix of older wall pieces and some that I think I never got around to showing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWeXlxZg_Sjfd6aa5hYlTL3zXGgkAxpH1epQ3YuOUcP0DsYKNgdHrWLQEIbAfq17wzT50bvLe9YANqZJKK837RpVmx15YYvv4o3EMbthv1ZZDtssOc7F_fEwFrnY7JXtBzOCGK-pUcgzhVxYiRK_L80gw5h4effnSUcM1rAZZdzxEsIGjEwIAjBbKPWENq/s4032/IMG_2452.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWeXlxZg_Sjfd6aa5hYlTL3zXGgkAxpH1epQ3YuOUcP0DsYKNgdHrWLQEIbAfq17wzT50bvLe9YANqZJKK837RpVmx15YYvv4o3EMbthv1ZZDtssOc7F_fEwFrnY7JXtBzOCGK-pUcgzhVxYiRK_L80gw5h4effnSUcM1rAZZdzxEsIGjEwIAjBbKPWENq/s320/IMG_2452.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The title that made me giggle “Etreudamine Hirsuta” </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Besides these two installations I have an installations of my familiar bulb forms, including my chemo port bulbs started during my cancer treatment in 2022. This is a gridded installation of 100 bulbs, both abstract and cancer-related, the newest ones just out of a kiln this past weekend. I haven’t even seen this installation because Kate at the gallery finished installing it while I was in class.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqty9P_-9uYx0EhvOkPS23tS6lGkFHVZKfUa4Higdaw4wpYPvTWYbWqUEuJEIxsbRZqfPM4eclZbNbFdUZf0Sl5ItJ13AW4Z2byUGIdpX9Yi8SVrJdcXf7G8rStQzy3Ez8hDwIo-JLxDcGVWz8fagLkBZ1bL3Ui5DSxMrcRDbl-XK9XSDfkpL8CCeoPSRp/s4032/IMG_2454.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqty9P_-9uYx0EhvOkPS23tS6lGkFHVZKfUa4Higdaw4wpYPvTWYbWqUEuJEIxsbRZqfPM4eclZbNbFdUZf0Sl5ItJ13AW4Z2byUGIdpX9Yi8SVrJdcXf7G8rStQzy3Ez8hDwIo-JLxDcGVWz8fagLkBZ1bL3Ui5DSxMrcRDbl-XK9XSDfkpL8CCeoPSRp/s320/IMG_2454.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The name that made me laugh the longest: “Duosenes Magnamassa”</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Thought I’ve already described at least 145 ceramic objects, I also have several (11) individual sculptures, too, all of them new since the pandemic, and several new this year, in case you were wondering what I’ve been up too.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjclr6wJyhyphenhyphengHmwaTQ2pg3RMuvJH4916REefVcreshrVfs_KaBe9XmGPTVpNqb4x2GNZCQ2dMfPyQEmx-PtXmfB0REQKVFF1MgmH0um_YcUw_Ut8Xcq9gCQlQ7utOMNwgloFJ6stjpZWBEhMlEryAXLHriRmp_CHFKtCTTubD7CNG1D0AMwcKeKAwbwhzdK/s4032/IMG_2367.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjclr6wJyhyphenhyphengHmwaTQ2pg3RMuvJH4916REefVcreshrVfs_KaBe9XmGPTVpNqb4x2GNZCQ2dMfPyQEmx-PtXmfB0REQKVFF1MgmH0um_YcUw_Ut8Xcq9gCQlQ7utOMNwgloFJ6stjpZWBEhMlEryAXLHriRmp_CHFKtCTTubD7CNG1D0AMwcKeKAwbwhzdK/s320/IMG_2367.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Psuedo Equisetum in my home studio</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It should be pretty clear why I’m so excited for this show, did I mention there are 5 other artists and an art historian with work in this show? It’s gonna be great! I hope you can join us for the reception on Saturday. If you can’t, Larson Gallery is open Tuesday - Friday 10-5 and Saturdays 1-5. The show runs through February 24. I hope you are able to see it. For my distant friends, I’ll plan to get good in-gallery pictures this month.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qFyByjoyvqS5lUCZ6R-EpFxRkxrRVPXuYvdbzjTmbk_w7_r8Ykbn9D3WcZ7FptbkZ-3myPkTNIhz5lFTAgRWKIEj-k3XzvMwyZlLsuEfsC3D5AsDU5xa1jWUoWoQT7DW9aI7SiLVWMPauDAGtWsGTH7HjsYHsBEPc8qmEPlYzYH9jRS4YXj0Os4jpYBY/s4032/IMG_2322.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qFyByjoyvqS5lUCZ6R-EpFxRkxrRVPXuYvdbzjTmbk_w7_r8Ykbn9D3WcZ7FptbkZ-3myPkTNIhz5lFTAgRWKIEj-k3XzvMwyZlLsuEfsC3D5AsDU5xa1jWUoWoQT7DW9aI7SiLVWMPauDAGtWsGTH7HjsYHsBEPc8qmEPlYzYH9jRS4YXj0Os4jpYBY/s320/IMG_2322.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Obligatory cat/glazing photo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-37731539588783270942023-11-26T20:31:00.000-08:002023-11-26T20:31:00.763-08:00Pottery Sale, Evening Pottery class in Winter, and last class week at YVC<p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Last class week: Raku, firings and Pottery Sale</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This week is the last full week of winter quarter and a busy week in the clay studio. Tomorrow we will be running a raku firing for both classes and Tuesday is our pottery sale.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhuzMZTasQPl1jHL8H_K1-eVvdhxPZGv_gTd5jkZGpfbMdflf74-kjAai5q-YlznNw4hdHK-hKDFX94jwD4EVmkogRBQ6O0sPV4NEpdM80c3m5oENLIiJlHdei9qz3dvrQlVJxMW8YxDYBXU5rfp2zic6UJasP8XWzPNwLcKtaEzv7RGSQ5K4FI_nx4sK/s4032/IMG_2203.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhuzMZTasQPl1jHL8H_K1-eVvdhxPZGv_gTd5jkZGpfbMdflf74-kjAai5q-YlznNw4hdHK-hKDFX94jwD4EVmkogRBQ6O0sPV4NEpdM80c3m5oENLIiJlHdei9qz3dvrQlVJxMW8YxDYBXU5rfp2zic6UJasP8XWzPNwLcKtaEzv7RGSQ5K4FI_nx4sK/s320/IMG_2203.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pottery sale poster for this fall</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Pottery Sale Tuesday</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Pottery Sale features pottery and sculpture made by myself and Yakima Valley College clay students and employees over the past year or years. All work is for sale and very moderately priced, so it’s a great opportunity to pick up some handmade gifts for the holidays.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIX7gQ8ZaIl0NBGHxyF4cvElddiqldrICQ13LS3Xi5AlglCceEmisdIrVVhZeI1fZQd60P-ZqP7ZV2xy0rTD4zUGjzrotv0k0LZdJiIPy9-bm6oAcD-4PZof1XjU__-q_Q-w1CkREcWrdJAyu5QsO8ppCMvp4Z3quLNfS6LlcMcT2-yo7FKU3UjnOCyJS/s3834/IMG_1784.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3834" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIX7gQ8ZaIl0NBGHxyF4cvElddiqldrICQ13LS3Xi5AlglCceEmisdIrVVhZeI1fZQd60P-ZqP7ZV2xy0rTD4zUGjzrotv0k0LZdJiIPy9-bm6oAcD-4PZof1XjU__-q_Q-w1CkREcWrdJAyu5QsO8ppCMvp4Z3quLNfS6LlcMcT2-yo7FKU3UjnOCyJS/s320/IMG_1784.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The clay sale features lots of bowls, mugs and vases and many one of a kind items</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All proceeds from the clay sale go to support YVC clay studio operations, including paying our hourly worker and allowing us to purchase equipment and supplies not covered by studio fees. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80w-DCgiAn8B-hb82e7lKPfl3ua3wUMIsi1HCayjjJbnkfEngWqqufW6dn7bIHgWVLkpu-GRZjClpeocuKV8Lt65kzJ8ri1_1Ldr-cAW-Thi3NFlvjXHxiDzQk9Sl4rfDWRdrrYfG4vSS2xXf-OFmczy-ZbOnvHVJ2AR6YL0U60PRSAqP1WQzcru1Gid2/s1600/IMG_2249.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80w-DCgiAn8B-hb82e7lKPfl3ua3wUMIsi1HCayjjJbnkfEngWqqufW6dn7bIHgWVLkpu-GRZjClpeocuKV8Lt65kzJ8ri1_1Ldr-cAW-Thi3NFlvjXHxiDzQk9Sl4rfDWRdrrYfG4vSS2xXf-OFmczy-ZbOnvHVJ2AR6YL0U60PRSAqP1WQzcru1Gid2/s320/IMG_2249.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Palmer Martin Hall at YVC</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The sale will be Tuesday, November 28 from 11-6pm in the lobby of Palmer Martin Hall (building 20) on the south side of the Yakima campus. We take cash, check, card, and even Apple pay, so put us on your schedule for Tuesday and stop by and see us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4VFcpGio-8k9AMSKlhy9FQqRLl7YzOkccARRcIH2DqoilFjY42Ir1WKOdGjyy5sxz5rex1TOlLLsa_uSDm046ULp9DijUszmIeprn3w6er0KGwEUfrSHD059jiC-cF6EyroJGBIehCGhxWAcpipXV-T-x3oe_eN5-ZLgVJeEW_iYBazvNAl4zSB89s6e/s4032/IMG_2269.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4VFcpGio-8k9AMSKlhy9FQqRLl7YzOkccARRcIH2DqoilFjY42Ir1WKOdGjyy5sxz5rex1TOlLLsa_uSDm046ULp9DijUszmIeprn3w6er0KGwEUfrSHD059jiC-cF6EyroJGBIehCGhxWAcpipXV-T-x3oe_eN5-ZLgVJeEW_iYBazvNAl4zSB89s6e/s320/IMG_2269.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some tumblers from my home kiln that might end up in the clay sale</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Evening Pottery Class in Winter</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">I’m also hoping to talk to visitors about the evening pottery class that I will be offering in the winter this year. I hear from students and community members who work during the day that they’d like to see an pottery evening class, but this is the first quarter in a long time when I’ve been able to offer it. I am hoping to reach those who don’t already know about it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQg25wTMw3KNfEjWNmyBvSMYycbZ9OE5Q0yoZUuV3SJdy_1s8596CPBGoVt2uJE6-8j5ha0zqx74ExVzAtMXYU9qMlvmQHM9C9vEo7ypq5Pb9h1qW2lxWXG-ECfcGA8z7pWHP7n_ACepw93iX2ny7wwbTsMIbdkge3flxZEWk5LkiMna2tPBz01q6qccKL/s4032/IMG_1713.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQg25wTMw3KNfEjWNmyBvSMYycbZ9OE5Q0yoZUuV3SJdy_1s8596CPBGoVt2uJE6-8j5ha0zqx74ExVzAtMXYU9qMlvmQHM9C9vEo7ypq5Pb9h1qW2lxWXG-ECfcGA8z7pWHP7n_ACepw93iX2ny7wwbTsMIbdkge3flxZEWk5LkiMna2tPBz01q6qccKL/s320/IMG_1713.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My work at Larson gallery (sold)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">Last weeks of Central Washington Artists Exhibition at Larson Gallery</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">While on campus, please consider stopping by the Larson Gallery to check out the Central Washington Artists Exhibition, which is open 10-5 on Tuesday. I have two pieces in the show, including an award winner. I also have some pottery for sale in the front gallery at Larson.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Raku Firings Monday</h2><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAv83eInj9kUyqfVVebShKsiPg4gbxvCqg0sbZ8o_XbFY6RekkJ0slLvj_kCJ4Kv5VWzXwyw3qeAZPGnHNE_0b02Yk8Tjs1sn1S3E-J5zvDIe6oD0XkO9yvTNmstMJmLjbor5eXsoQoAzVo7mpDGACFVAitZNw_FKU_O5x8s2YMZs0IO7RbCe8EzwdLmL/s778/IMG_7744.JPG.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="520" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAv83eInj9kUyqfVVebShKsiPg4gbxvCqg0sbZ8o_XbFY6RekkJ0slLvj_kCJ4Kv5VWzXwyw3qeAZPGnHNE_0b02Yk8Tjs1sn1S3E-J5zvDIe6oD0XkO9yvTNmstMJmLjbor5eXsoQoAzVo7mpDGACFVAitZNw_FKU_O5x8s2YMZs0IO7RbCe8EzwdLmL/s320/IMG_7744.JPG.JPG" width="214" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hot pot being put in a combustion bucket</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tomorrow is our raku firing for both clay classes. This firing process is lots of fun, as well as lots of work. Tomorrow we’ll be unloading three kilns we fired last week and loading up three more firings to make sure everything can get finished in time for their final critique next Monday. Those who choose to participate will load and unload the raku kiln throughout the day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6q9S01y1gmMWmTj6aWs5t6CZHhqbpdwcyAbAQPMsC_ElEz3j8MNEjZvQaARC-4K3CjFVR6RgfNhYKLtoNHtcjPHTGDVIxAd-kKxPQRKBRm6XigHgEAbaBX70SfOyJ7wgTeiHqTEhkq0HuUEUhqTwWfmS6EIX4TBzqC88grNj_PTMzw-eFPdMPO6547Vfc/s429/HPIM0760.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="425" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6q9S01y1gmMWmTj6aWs5t6CZHhqbpdwcyAbAQPMsC_ElEz3j8MNEjZvQaARC-4K3CjFVR6RgfNhYKLtoNHtcjPHTGDVIxAd-kKxPQRKBRm6XigHgEAbaBX70SfOyJ7wgTeiHqTEhkq0HuUEUhqTwWfmS6EIX4TBzqC88grNj_PTMzw-eFPdMPO6547Vfc/s320/HPIM0760.JPG" width="317" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hot pots ready to come out of the raku kiln</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Western style raku is a fast firing where we take the work out of the kiln while it is hot (the glaze is literally molten when we first open the kiln) and put it into a bucket of combustibles. Alternatively, we take it out when it is hot and burn horsehair onto the surface. It’s a fun process to watch, but I’ll smell like a campfire when I get home.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div></div>I hope to see lots of folks at the Pottery Sale on Tuesday!<br /> <p></p>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-75431901317341219062023-11-07T08:33:00.001-08:002023-11-07T08:33:10.052-08:00Central Washington Art Exhibition 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-pnYPMfNoXDxnDXEXIn0sV8uiNn2E4Wfah91Qlr9WHdyjG-z_kKzrQ-HIwKjcZqteR8iMLwKIWmL1-fB20_KmGi9Vi1GCmHj9YUeRob13mroHBa3uAUCEngKbFP-OOdQroQ_znAd6Vk27EwTdO8ICTI_yk1i_retWb0ny-VMhBAkE0JLo57-Z0knCaDKY/s4032/IMG_1713.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-pnYPMfNoXDxnDXEXIn0sV8uiNn2E4Wfah91Qlr9WHdyjG-z_kKzrQ-HIwKjcZqteR8iMLwKIWmL1-fB20_KmGi9Vi1GCmHj9YUeRob13mroHBa3uAUCEngKbFP-OOdQroQ_znAd6Vk27EwTdO8ICTI_yk1i_retWb0ny-VMhBAkE0JLo57-Z0knCaDKY/s320/IMG_1713.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The award winning (and sold) Opuntia Verde, 2023</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The 68th Annual Central Washington Artist Exhibition opened this past Saturday at <a href="https://larsongallery.org/" target="_blank">Larson Gallery</a>. The show runs through December 9, 2023</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1xU4Zy3bRbMvphHxS7sf1QTupVOj7RI2W0RkI56J_NyKbDJ-KF7fCXe_PH7VMmvGeEtr4OJyEZdt37gh4XpXIGuR9Dp30UyBTkckt70EZe_XTjCJoPRS7Gli6oCulfwX4TZW4MocMIovB1UYgu_Xq0iQA1dAoSWjJXKoEDan7CuIDCfUPPYI4mkmO2-S/s4032/IMG_1720.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1xU4Zy3bRbMvphHxS7sf1QTupVOj7RI2W0RkI56J_NyKbDJ-KF7fCXe_PH7VMmvGeEtr4OJyEZdt37gh4XpXIGuR9Dp30UyBTkckt70EZe_XTjCJoPRS7Gli6oCulfwX4TZW4MocMIovB1UYgu_Xq0iQA1dAoSWjJXKoEDan7CuIDCfUPPYI4mkmO2-S/s320/IMG_1720.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orange Cactae, 2023, also in the CWAE show</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have two pieces in the show, and I won an award on Saturday for the green one. The award is the Lilian Adamns and Muriel Adams Memorial Award, sponsored by <a href="https://www.monamuseum.org/leo-adams-biography" target="_blank">Leo Adams</a>. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTFIWIRHSQ_rvOQZM-Q9PxtStgETQRkQJawUqFjvjZ-AHMJ5Ki6GCPN7UYr_sLix_UybuHIaYavrN9tv09ukxNzMBeWGqBINX36IKDocXbmcgmf16nnXiIZuL96QjmdgsZJD3wR6VmlMaBRScP3eAIkhFG7DT0UQxznddFZWTnBtSw2EJCnfyzo66IlQEr/s4032/IMG_2195.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTFIWIRHSQ_rvOQZM-Q9PxtStgETQRkQJawUqFjvjZ-AHMJ5Ki6GCPN7UYr_sLix_UybuHIaYavrN9tv09ukxNzMBeWGqBINX36IKDocXbmcgmf16nnXiIZuL96QjmdgsZJD3wR6VmlMaBRScP3eAIkhFG7DT0UQxznddFZWTnBtSw2EJCnfyzo66IlQEr/s320/IMG_2195.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my award from Saturday</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>The Larson Gallery is open Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm and Saturdays 1-5pm. Admission is always free and open to the public. Larson Gallery is located on the southwest corner of 16th Avenue an Nob Hill Boulevard in the newest set of Yakima Valley College buildings, behind Taco Bell.<div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDZTGdkN9CzUO-b6X9rhD1zyBhf0xKVMGJlzSUxmXzBGNXWC0Zyo7deVr0EkRII5T8mZNq8MZdHYGjGyr_A7DsHenrF7_BSIwfBLWMo9m-kmT8094Jt64IR3vNM04_gHUiScTSi8zyY7ZOuk0QHqeJGwu92h10zMwkUQsgl_l-r-8Z2txZ3KJjYF9cf5m/s4032/IMG_1714.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDZTGdkN9CzUO-b6X9rhD1zyBhf0xKVMGJlzSUxmXzBGNXWC0Zyo7deVr0EkRII5T8mZNq8MZdHYGjGyr_A7DsHenrF7_BSIwfBLWMo9m-kmT8094Jt64IR3vNM04_gHUiScTSi8zyY7ZOuk0QHqeJGwu92h10zMwkUQsgl_l-r-8Z2txZ3KJjYF9cf5m/s320/IMG_1714.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of the green one</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Besides my two artworks in the Central Washington show, I also have functional pottery for sale in the front sales gallery section of Larson Gallery. And if you're in town looking for fun activities, don't forget about the <a href="https://www.yakimavalleyvintners.com/" target="_blank">Yakima Valley Vintner's</a> Tasting Room right next to Larson Gallery. Besides wine brewed by the award winning YVC Viticulture program, they also have non-alcoholic drinks and snacks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOA8NPRdott4N-XWDhlGaGkGjf8BXCyCMucrqk1u6KMqrxnmlBrgW_SxzEfTyviysqZec7_UoMOLvd7AzauZBfo7jB1SD1zZIa0i4CyWK1NFrtC5qBC0Rp1SfYDY1Ga76Gms2jzkhGVBKmtiNOKfDs1bEUj92JheAE-xLgYNlXrVJoBwlKnCu8CMS0eyXw/s4032/IMG_1719.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOA8NPRdott4N-XWDhlGaGkGjf8BXCyCMucrqk1u6KMqrxnmlBrgW_SxzEfTyviysqZec7_UoMOLvd7AzauZBfo7jB1SD1zZIa0i4CyWK1NFrtC5qBC0Rp1SfYDY1Ga76Gms2jzkhGVBKmtiNOKfDs1bEUj92JheAE-xLgYNlXrVJoBwlKnCu8CMS0eyXw/s320/IMG_1719.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another view of the orange one</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-69284307999348860982023-09-10T11:57:00.002-07:002023-09-10T11:57:09.417-07:00Labor Day Artist Tour Wrap up<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJf2jU0ZPX7DxZYcqlqJZnhImGnF946llxLR5duEICoKFYBI2BUZavpSM0R8cUH1pEQ7x8kL9Su-JQg7w-ZEcUKLVBfFRuLIn4uxccbL9hromQ91XB2dSdZlPGXTYdy_FPfBQVfu98Je0sH8azl5f63MMyLxCn7l72F4D6mi3elP_4KUSbdOpjZGQVl7r-/s4032/IMG_1848.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJf2jU0ZPX7DxZYcqlqJZnhImGnF946llxLR5duEICoKFYBI2BUZavpSM0R8cUH1pEQ7x8kL9Su-JQg7w-ZEcUKLVBfFRuLIn4uxccbL9hromQ91XB2dSdZlPGXTYdy_FPfBQVfu98Je0sH8azl5f63MMyLxCn7l72F4D6mi3elP_4KUSbdOpjZGQVl7r-/s320/IMG_1848.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My studio on Tour day</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Last weekend was the <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2023/07/labor-day-artists-tour-2023.html" target="_blank">Labor Day Tour of Artists Studios</a> in Yakima. I hadn't posted here for over a month, in large part because I was getting ready for this. (Though we also took a 3 week vacation and I took a total break for the first time in years!)<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhriaKy8d0kF6800yj3-NltuCHlBwgvipJ45QZ06rruVao8-xaRsJvmL6mKou1C6Z5rXOCO42vf8L_Nx_D18N54ux8-Zd4xNTeonl1gPVlzGSy7rABdqJsYZGoV6ec_tmaWyC7jIVI0u-AS821LNfS8K0ae6YkhbPWkyjzYtAhVV4xT5Vvn02SXCXsJ4Na9/s4032/IMG_1851.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhriaKy8d0kF6800yj3-NltuCHlBwgvipJ45QZ06rruVao8-xaRsJvmL6mKou1C6Z5rXOCO42vf8L_Nx_D18N54ux8-Zd4xNTeonl1gPVlzGSy7rABdqJsYZGoV6ec_tmaWyC7jIVI0u-AS821LNfS8K0ae6YkhbPWkyjzYtAhVV4xT5Vvn02SXCXsJ4Na9/s320/IMG_1851.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sign for our tour</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>My home studio was on the Tour, along with 5 other sites. At my house, Monika Lemmon, Chris Otten, and Kayo Nakamura showed their work this year, too. All four of us have been teaching studio art classes at YVC this year, with Monika teaching drawing online and in Grandview, Chris teaching photography online and in Yakima, and Monika teaching drawing, painting, and printmaking in Yakima.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwsnoY7QZs6Fhq0u_-ubGbTyPLUyZqKwDFQdEE9F0RFYS4pbkru7_qGXOIB8LksvZMu-3zppRD-K2OkWxWbIwFK4MGjT1whUrtToAXM4DlxOOW6_u-5sRfOi6SCjqip0Awlh3ZVkY-_B4X5hbkl4TtuH1lCziagQog01y33-a9LmrgJyZXo7-iGbSAo0_a/s4032/IMG_2802.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwsnoY7QZs6Fhq0u_-ubGbTyPLUyZqKwDFQdEE9F0RFYS4pbkru7_qGXOIB8LksvZMu-3zppRD-K2OkWxWbIwFK4MGjT1whUrtToAXM4DlxOOW6_u-5sRfOi6SCjqip0Awlh3ZVkY-_B4X5hbkl4TtuH1lCziagQog01y33-a9LmrgJyZXo7-iGbSAo0_a/s320/IMG_2802.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drawings by Monika Lemmon</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Monika showed her drawings and paintings and had some prints for sale. Chris showed his photography, and you can tell he's the photographer, because his is the only work display that wasn't photographed (he took pictures of everyones work and I took pictures of mine).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbMbGZ1mO9tpZihZZxFEvrn_h2byxxA686UT_35rGrpl_d819vvhhEPxw5IxPaIlhSnlqdnaugL6W7N1iX0FA50yJCQ50J6Ng-SZvIu_ZLS3xM8KaaKX7VyHl_bibYsQXnQYuLMh1ruXCTHV9qNguKLh--Z8oxZ-unMDsy6ZWkL7BU3YLNnTNuWBqqPhk/s4032/IMG_2786.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbMbGZ1mO9tpZihZZxFEvrn_h2byxxA686UT_35rGrpl_d819vvhhEPxw5IxPaIlhSnlqdnaugL6W7N1iX0FA50yJCQ50J6Ng-SZvIu_ZLS3xM8KaaKX7VyHl_bibYsQXnQYuLMh1ruXCTHV9qNguKLh--Z8oxZ-unMDsy6ZWkL7BU3YLNnTNuWBqqPhk/s320/IMG_2786.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Installation detail by Kayo Nakamura</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kayo was new to the tour this year. She is a versitile mixed media artists and at the show she had prints and drawings as well as sculpture and installation. We also got to see some of her video projects. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhmXQ4-nuGYczJ2ntSuxid3jNZIyoxR8K17nvHrQcAnlwOSmNws0eWO9GtN2T-smP-EstpEVsLswr29zIG3U28aSUKeQKZ4eRyr7Y2P-AsuGTosP5L1zWD51pmHhokYDzCBe0cC-_sTSvvOM47SfItWpDOHvS-s4E2NlRHOG-r8jZ2Cnsq509RnElmbci6/s4032/IMG_1861.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhmXQ4-nuGYczJ2ntSuxid3jNZIyoxR8K17nvHrQcAnlwOSmNws0eWO9GtN2T-smP-EstpEVsLswr29zIG3U28aSUKeQKZ4eRyr7Y2P-AsuGTosP5L1zWD51pmHhokYDzCBe0cC-_sTSvvOM47SfItWpDOHvS-s4E2NlRHOG-r8jZ2Cnsq509RnElmbci6/s320/IMG_1861.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My bulbs on display (see if you can find Kayo's addition)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>It was great fun having these 3 artists at my studio because we all get along very well and we got to hang out and get to know each other better. Though the tour was a bit less busy than last year at my studio, we did a lot of laughing during the down times.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3oY9fKgZOPjcXP8S9tR5RKDSaVIPNIL48C5pK59i3AqrQUTI2NYiI5l3SSUshzHqeUeACI8AULNWjmc86UbbQxTAn8Uh-IlBkst3o7kAir5wqa-ifbSJ80lpyOkxqPNsHLUoEYgUIRz6vbUoJWFtR6dmxtSP6k6rLFCvO-ThUgjJHCQyPbTHAm_BXg8Mz/s4032/IMG_1856.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3oY9fKgZOPjcXP8S9tR5RKDSaVIPNIL48C5pK59i3AqrQUTI2NYiI5l3SSUshzHqeUeACI8AULNWjmc86UbbQxTAn8Uh-IlBkst3o7kAir5wqa-ifbSJ80lpyOkxqPNsHLUoEYgUIRz6vbUoJWFtR6dmxtSP6k6rLFCvO-ThUgjJHCQyPbTHAm_BXg8Mz/s320/IMG_1856.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my bulbs with a Kayo sculpture joining in </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As with the past two years of tour shows, my daughter and her friends (Dezignosaur) also showed their jewelry. The older girls are now in high school and the younger in middle school which changes their dynamic a bit. They started making jewelry during the pandemic when they didn't have much school, but they are a lot busier than they used to be now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskQsabobH-N3hdvJVBSziHrOjIRozIuL-s5cGgI41yzMOzzK6CBFVpUNbZMwtcYwSGuNoSzXuqJBxNEgPU1LfQSl1DtJYyvP5lM9gMUSdCyaZxQ0a54TnanKiwr9tJNp9LuVI9VQA_B9HRp53LXuZUgRmvKmk-EBjgQVL7s3VNE5ihf4sJGmscw3tHWPu/s4032/IMG_1778.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskQsabobH-N3hdvJVBSziHrOjIRozIuL-s5cGgI41yzMOzzK6CBFVpUNbZMwtcYwSGuNoSzXuqJBxNEgPU1LfQSl1DtJYyvP5lM9gMUSdCyaZxQ0a54TnanKiwr9tJNp9LuVI9VQA_B9HRp53LXuZUgRmvKmk-EBjgQVL7s3VNE5ihf4sJGmscw3tHWPu/s320/IMG_1778.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">thrown jewelry bowl</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This year I made a lot of new functional work, including some jewelry display pieces for Dezignosaur.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsd3ls60uBLaysH575t_nGXIYtYEI1Da2V6x5nsgIj4KU2pCmJ_aJi4SzXOL9yVB9_vWkg5uGhkJeFTuDSO6wH2urrAlofRYQHIqZeS-Cj4pRECPmubEUpYH0vvYJd0taYSyazux7lenLeZ5rDuFVFQUn-4yhUp2CTrXDszPeGShCRYmsRuaQUcjZcHRhQ/s4032/IMG_1823.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsd3ls60uBLaysH575t_nGXIYtYEI1Da2V6x5nsgIj4KU2pCmJ_aJi4SzXOL9yVB9_vWkg5uGhkJeFTuDSO6wH2urrAlofRYQHIqZeS-Cj4pRECPmubEUpYH0vvYJd0taYSyazux7lenLeZ5rDuFVFQUn-4yhUp2CTrXDszPeGShCRYmsRuaQUcjZcHRhQ/s320/IMG_1823.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">jewelry display vase</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My "<a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2023/04/throwing-prescription.html" target="_blank">throwing prescription</a>" had me on the wheel a lot this summer. By default, and when I'm not thinking very hard, I naturally throw bowls, so I had a lot of bowls on display and for sale this year. Honestly, I might have had too many, as it was hard to fit them on on my shelves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyutg5z68BAws86fI2VexvAky3GILLULX725CQAdw9my8Toe_PDdZtzhBcsF2JqposutX0v3_uiw01kG290aW-X8dl7_xg1m-dSwEkvsQlPL4bL6J32gCGk-U_7lhv92-Ob0lqyV5PYb5OgXsV5HhHui7Y9N4MnWJ68nuPUEG_d0wnkHlQGf3Kwnl3n9xo/s3834/IMG_1784.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3834" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyutg5z68BAws86fI2VexvAky3GILLULX725CQAdw9my8Toe_PDdZtzhBcsF2JqposutX0v3_uiw01kG290aW-X8dl7_xg1m-dSwEkvsQlPL4bL6J32gCGk-U_7lhv92-Ob0lqyV5PYb5OgXsV5HhHui7Y9N4MnWJ68nuPUEG_d0wnkHlQGf3Kwnl3n9xo/s320/IMG_1784.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">new bowls for the tour</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All this throwing, and the required glazing that must follow, also explains my absence from this blog this summer. As Chris put it, I have four jobs (teaching, ceramics, the union, and being a band mom), so some stuff doesn't get done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0FpeanLqCb5qF2sHeIyyk7F4PrVfgNvAtQAWcLNa_ZV3qiAF6yMCqd_IRKR6jq9g6oIahpLFfpUOgSNXMF4hvhGyVQo2wYg9uXthBMoDu5M5Nfi99ZdwOwH-BykjVfgrj9PADO6Vl-YvkGIOTTxUBOor3vR43r8chhCuuloig20fAxpLX3G5mn9JSvNW/s4032/IMG_1767.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0FpeanLqCb5qF2sHeIyyk7F4PrVfgNvAtQAWcLNa_ZV3qiAF6yMCqd_IRKR6jq9g6oIahpLFfpUOgSNXMF4hvhGyVQo2wYg9uXthBMoDu5M5Nfi99ZdwOwH-BykjVfgrj9PADO6Vl-YvkGIOTTxUBOor3vR43r8chhCuuloig20fAxpLX3G5mn9JSvNW/s320/IMG_1767.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">rainbow mugs and bowl </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Besides lots of functional stuff, I've been throwing sculptural forms using the wheel this summer, too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEium0uR_PzCuiETnfcEoHeydAtOd5r8dYVYPNMR8uedr-c27GrWgR334D6xQIkjejZJstauoSsHRR33Oy_t6MZPKHhD5WJpQYztvWvbPOr5vLU0tkTrOKRlAiUVupM55hBR4KnlzcsnNZN0FRCVsP6gguc6qKQxGvQTUxO9vNIloOZOgek8ExsJpwYekAKj/s4032/IMG_1758.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEium0uR_PzCuiETnfcEoHeydAtOd5r8dYVYPNMR8uedr-c27GrWgR334D6xQIkjejZJstauoSsHRR33Oy_t6MZPKHhD5WJpQYztvWvbPOr5vLU0tkTrOKRlAiUVupM55hBR4KnlzcsnNZN0FRCVsP6gguc6qKQxGvQTUxO9vNIloOZOgek8ExsJpwYekAKj/s320/IMG_1758.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">thrown wall sculptures</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The sculptural forms take a bit more time after throwing. I throw them, but then have to alter or combine the thrown forms. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMYODY4hHmBNnnT4mi-BH9yMMYNi_C2NUcu_kUgLoxwSIomfnzm9W6RPTzR38zdQ20a4aE2S1QZOMeVUbunDcrrd0Y0jebvKbcep9uvoRYSt-fC0-304rxKYPti5asYhOeGNvQlBcdeWuqdcq8Fq6P10QZIg18kXFkehiBjmb6p-x8RuukhnnzeInRfAK/s4032/IMG_1713.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMYODY4hHmBNnnT4mi-BH9yMMYNi_C2NUcu_kUgLoxwSIomfnzm9W6RPTzR38zdQ20a4aE2S1QZOMeVUbunDcrrd0Y0jebvKbcep9uvoRYSt-fC0-304rxKYPti5asYhOeGNvQlBcdeWuqdcq8Fq6P10QZIg18kXFkehiBjmb6p-x8RuukhnnzeInRfAK/s320/IMG_1713.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">thrown and altered sculpture</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I made several standing sculptures, as well as some wall pieces that I intend to display at the Larson Gallery for our faculy show in January 2024. However, I also threw some sculptures that are a little more interactivem, where the bulbs can be picked up and moved around.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8erMapgsFhWmh9TZLYxV2rUdYKfCy_wi0-5PJ39MgJjuZd7amp_Ndp3AhT7ITtK_do4nclW-II4vibtqP7BV7fCkQWOmICUfWNsSG2ICCtvK2Cg9aF9D2_sMHMw9ReFD4SHiANIaDO_53Wb4qAHs5WGEIedRvKxhYjIosHZ-zFNzR4mdjpvKve2_QQCPH/s4032/IMG_1734.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8erMapgsFhWmh9TZLYxV2rUdYKfCy_wi0-5PJ39MgJjuZd7amp_Ndp3AhT7ITtK_do4nclW-II4vibtqP7BV7fCkQWOmICUfWNsSG2ICCtvK2Cg9aF9D2_sMHMw9ReFD4SHiANIaDO_53Wb4qAHs5WGEIedRvKxhYjIosHZ-zFNzR4mdjpvKve2_QQCPH/s320/IMG_1734.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">thrown and altered sculpture</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>One of these sculptures sold at my show. When the buyer came back to purchase the sculpture, he asked if he could swap out some of the bulbs for others (I had three sculptures with moveable bulbs and a few extra bulbs on the table as well). <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wehf1HlXg3HsJIxH9NjqQDHqOZxgdGzGQlKF9KQu8GV56lbpM2NTa4KsjXd6QVIN13l8jkEk67AlfptEbcP10mvHLXYN7H79VGqG7Lg-PHuJDfxrDuy0FRes5DuHKtAoFw1jHqg2lJhf6As_wpMi_tbfSYTpvWWkP67elHPXEqWOIdi_UwTwGp2WvwK7/s4032/IMG_1735.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wehf1HlXg3HsJIxH9NjqQDHqOZxgdGzGQlKF9KQu8GV56lbpM2NTa4KsjXd6QVIN13l8jkEk67AlfptEbcP10mvHLXYN7H79VGqG7Lg-PHuJDfxrDuy0FRes5DuHKtAoFw1jHqg2lJhf6As_wpMi_tbfSYTpvWWkP67elHPXEqWOIdi_UwTwGp2WvwK7/s320/IMG_1735.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...with some of the bulbs removed</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today is my last day of summer, as convocation starts tomorrow at YVC. I've got a very full fall, but I hope to still be able to finish more work before the January show. With that in mind, I better post this and get to work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kImBr-SWyL68xmyJSKrUmOXORAEcqhtpknYQYARYunRB35Nu_ZjUwaWG1cHSgI_TV-XIkB1mRIKYoPBoM03qw_5KQp5YTnTxHBe5USmgiSgD7VblF8TMJ7W5m1DeCu8oSvGv3Fe0pz-UVOCcrchkwqWnw_byysom1_S-8Wufrepcf0P7IpmqfTH04Nhc/s3158/IMG_1742.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2871" data-original-width="3158" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kImBr-SWyL68xmyJSKrUmOXORAEcqhtpknYQYARYunRB35Nu_ZjUwaWG1cHSgI_TV-XIkB1mRIKYoPBoM03qw_5KQp5YTnTxHBe5USmgiSgD7VblF8TMJ7W5m1DeCu8oSvGv3Fe0pz-UVOCcrchkwqWnw_byysom1_S-8Wufrepcf0P7IpmqfTH04Nhc/s320/IMG_1742.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another moveable bulb sculpture</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-20084112915091582262023-07-09T11:17:00.003-07:002023-07-09T11:17:25.119-07:00Labor Day Artist’s Tour 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIdGAco6_u0RN8Iqy2TDpss4OreDPBRDuIXjf9bfia9CpGR80BsuRimTHYX9nCzWnJS9qaPLmhrRCz2AgTYXa5-CCnJnsgCR3eW598fj_p4NVT0yghtCdi8tuHxwUjenqIS0CZE7ZEfh8c7HKvT5G8ZV-TSLVhBpbDbmmSmO1zmSLl8SPWTWcSTIrNfxYW/s3694/IMG_1452.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3694" data-original-width="2945" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIdGAco6_u0RN8Iqy2TDpss4OreDPBRDuIXjf9bfia9CpGR80BsuRimTHYX9nCzWnJS9qaPLmhrRCz2AgTYXa5-CCnJnsgCR3eW598fj_p4NVT0yghtCdi8tuHxwUjenqIS0CZE7ZEfh8c7HKvT5G8ZV-TSLVhBpbDbmmSmO1zmSLl8SPWTWcSTIrNfxYW/s320/IMG_1452.jpeg" width="255" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a couple of sculptures out of the bisque kiln this morning, with the brochure/mailer for the Tour</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The <a href="https://www.artebellagallery.com/studio-tour-2023" target="_blank">Labor Day Weekend Artist's Tour</a> in Yakima is coming up in less than two months! I want to invite anyone who is in the area to attend the tour. My home studio is on the tour and I will have lots of new functional pottery and sculpture, as well as new lawn sticks and hanging bulbs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggeeCnrTsSp9EOJmjuuF4nIwD_HkgK3JBRlX-_6vZYNxoUURKyFOO8ORs2Ch9XToO5r12hQflRzsVW1Jz0FGmrQF6CdZEQloHmQq72xJFuPAyv6PnQR8-jO5-XVg6BhTiXE6yumryb8AlWw1zr7XqJSgpI7PZdgg4jxfRYcfGw_FABn2hXG4QCXuswhlcH/s4032/IMG_1438.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggeeCnrTsSp9EOJmjuuF4nIwD_HkgK3JBRlX-_6vZYNxoUURKyFOO8ORs2Ch9XToO5r12hQflRzsVW1Jz0FGmrQF6CdZEQloHmQq72xJFuPAyv6PnQR8-jO5-XVg6BhTiXE6yumryb8AlWw1zr7XqJSgpI7PZdgg4jxfRYcfGw_FABn2hXG4QCXuswhlcH/s320/IMG_1438.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">new lawn stick toppers waiting for glaze</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I will also have the YVC studio faculty showing at my studio. <a href="https://www.chrisottenphoto.net/" target="_blank">Chris Otten</a>, who teaches photography, and <a href="https://www.monikalemmon.com/statementbiocv.html" target="_blank">Monika Lemmon</a>, who teaches drawing, were both at my studio last year, too. <a href="https://www.kayonakamura.com/" target="_blank">Kayo Nakamura</a>, our new drawing, painting, and printmaking faculty will also be at my studio this year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2NgHtEcsrnIpiFInke1LzyyBcqWakOJdWHSn8AfUELspnx5kyFfZYlNx0j1KkPEliTNMrkr6rlP8C5sCtF_eT_4Cn44JiGy6dvFbTlEQKSmsxT_8mUFAr5xC6_cUIQA1rzcS65SZd0gXpJeLi8ir6BE1_I3j9sruwTUL6yQUWLNAF4bLpcIWfpieOJh4/s3806/IMG_1448.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3806" data-original-width="2283" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2NgHtEcsrnIpiFInke1LzyyBcqWakOJdWHSn8AfUELspnx5kyFfZYlNx0j1KkPEliTNMrkr6rlP8C5sCtF_eT_4Cn44JiGy6dvFbTlEQKSmsxT_8mUFAr5xC6_cUIQA1rzcS65SZd0gXpJeLi8ir6BE1_I3j9sruwTUL6yQUWLNAF4bLpcIWfpieOJh4/w240-h400/IMG_1448.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the poster for this year's tour</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've done this tour for the past two years. The tour is great fit for me, because folks can come to my studio, see my new work, and I don't have to cart it all somewhere else for a show. I can also hang out with my friends during the tour and I can take several days to clean up, rather than trying to set up in just one day. I'm looking forward to this year's tour, since I won't be finishing up radiation that week, like I was last year!</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBhGcgSX8BmBWRUmEu-S6yN6BuRgWmA4j-LeD0yB0LSr8kJwLmwm_nu-XVBnr8E9x5Qd3Vr9Jx4tkkM9zxwAvgip49L5GIBmnz-otbEqGb_g2_xOrCx6yvLlIEoYtfJZlvA-eXg027ADbc9baHRM0xv35XZeGCMLHV7znmIx1EC2wdwRU3Bi4u8hnxx9k/s3532/IMG_1449.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2721" data-original-width="3532" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBhGcgSX8BmBWRUmEu-S6yN6BuRgWmA4j-LeD0yB0LSr8kJwLmwm_nu-XVBnr8E9x5Qd3Vr9Jx4tkkM9zxwAvgip49L5GIBmnz-otbEqGb_g2_xOrCx6yvLlIEoYtfJZlvA-eXg027ADbc9baHRM0xv35XZeGCMLHV7znmIx1EC2wdwRU3Bi4u8hnxx9k/s320/IMG_1449.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this year's tour brochure (inside)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tickets are $10 each and you can purchase those tickets from me. I have them at home now and can get them to folks during the summer. I recommend purchasing tickets ahead of time so that you can get a booklet (and so we know we have enough). You can also purchase them at the studios on the day of the tour.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_8tElkfAsy6wok7PclcG_Pw7YYpIZP_cb20sezQyJuw3psZeSR1yYs-4rFK8HNifpgPUB7XyMYXXJ21KahCUFJnEykad7Dxmu9qaFXl37Lq-CqG5sBhxIiuAqWvuZP8FhVgjA2XMCUhSLV9C5ybPpj1GGBQwO2OKCzzu8KKjP99pYhB44qK0ENsA3Ca4f/s4032/IMG_1371.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_8tElkfAsy6wok7PclcG_Pw7YYpIZP_cb20sezQyJuw3psZeSR1yYs-4rFK8HNifpgPUB7XyMYXXJ21KahCUFJnEykad7Dxmu9qaFXl37Lq-CqG5sBhxIiuAqWvuZP8FhVgjA2XMCUhSLV9C5ybPpj1GGBQwO2OKCzzu8KKjP99pYhB44qK0ENsA3Ca4f/s320/IMG_1371.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">new bowls from my last cone 6 firing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are more than 30 artists on the tour this year, at 6 locations. Visitors can come to any of the studios on Saturday, Sunday, or Monday (Labor Day), or spread their visits over multiple days. Saturday and Sunday the tour runs 10-4, Monday 10-12. Artists at all locations have work for sale. The artists' work spans a wide range of media and price levels. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIE6t_QcZsijNLZAuILLdqhf18fiJZ-ZApuOjydQt5xItfK_aSMTYHHQ2dL2twuq_iso_V0bFa7N_O1IomwI2AYbCCEHVvkQ9oglqmcp5kkorzVbm3Q8vBQGcIr-FJ1zEQa7VANf20mutsdApDdD7g8k42jNvn3tUyqG54Mu3Dx_gF_szDoHbP37jWrw5h/s4032/IMG_1453.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIE6t_QcZsijNLZAuILLdqhf18fiJZ-ZApuOjydQt5xItfK_aSMTYHHQ2dL2twuq_iso_V0bFa7N_O1IomwI2AYbCCEHVvkQ9oglqmcp5kkorzVbm3Q8vBQGcIr-FJ1zEQa7VANf20mutsdApDdD7g8k42jNvn3tUyqG54Mu3Dx_gF_szDoHbP37jWrw5h/s320/IMG_1453.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">stacking sculptures in progress</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've been doing lots of new work this spring and summer and I'm excited to share. My daughter and her friends will again have their jewelry for sale again. I'm not sure how many of my stacking pieces (the new work I've been playing with for the faculty show in January), but I plan to glaze and fire about 50 more pieces of pottery before September!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO7kPK3STQy6Qe-3lseCnGE9h8hDrW5fWNVzppfM2JdrJb-kBg_Kv0gz2muQ9MMM4DZnaA_bCFBZX8DiaInguYxX4dWhDMSIPjylXxN_aef2zZg3CtC1CtbMXuc6lLfpC6_vZJ8B88b0HbL3aJ8Gi-ldp0zzuEMjis3YLgUCQdGs8S6Vh0lIyH8P7JZp8/s4032/IMG_1393.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO7kPK3STQy6Qe-3lseCnGE9h8hDrW5fWNVzppfM2JdrJb-kBg_Kv0gz2muQ9MMM4DZnaA_bCFBZX8DiaInguYxX4dWhDMSIPjylXxN_aef2zZg3CtC1CtbMXuc6lLfpC6_vZJ8B88b0HbL3aJ8Gi-ldp0zzuEMjis3YLgUCQdGs8S6Vh0lIyH8P7JZp8/s320/IMG_1393.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bowls from the last two firings</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I hope to see you in September. Please let me know if you'd like to purchase a ticket from me, and/or if you'd like me to send you a brochure for the event. I plan to send those out today (once I find my mailing list).<div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_oHXBbmCMAaQYg3sRD5i_takGPyxatZhL3JbYaz2eUyS_b6vPv5mvtkHTe8GXqFyONywyqR07ZcqfmyrPZFVkVrMikpEAUe74A8mpr7j6fqeJXN7J8JmVNGs9f5O_TwG9KZGh4pqwtCPwpvhyDJIrr-LubQ_LJCYOgK89gxWfQhohnRqmuicfx_Y3gLQ/s4032/IMG_1454.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_oHXBbmCMAaQYg3sRD5i_takGPyxatZhL3JbYaz2eUyS_b6vPv5mvtkHTe8GXqFyONywyqR07ZcqfmyrPZFVkVrMikpEAUe74A8mpr7j6fqeJXN7J8JmVNGs9f5O_TwG9KZGh4pqwtCPwpvhyDJIrr-LubQ_LJCYOgK89gxWfQhohnRqmuicfx_Y3gLQ/s320/IMG_1454.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bulbs and lawn sticks waiting for more underglaze</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-45210532425697453362023-06-30T10:23:00.003-07:002023-06-30T10:23:37.380-07:00Spring and Early Summer Studio Frenzy<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BQESjSRekJu-HxwhfQuam-8gSguseKon122_Lvo1Fm6YCHQvApEUKqqaDcoDa-ap_DBk92DFSYEJN71MvG7tVq4LJxDqAnPVbtMJ6lqEnD6WhiTRhzbP-32485MtHRKexKHlM17owdNylqRP3YZ97bPbDtrhsmT8wJXSSlV77y6xuyIMHIh5LInt2m4E/s4032/IMG_1248.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BQESjSRekJu-HxwhfQuam-8gSguseKon122_Lvo1Fm6YCHQvApEUKqqaDcoDa-ap_DBk92DFSYEJN71MvG7tVq4LJxDqAnPVbtMJ6lqEnD6WhiTRhzbP-32485MtHRKexKHlM17owdNylqRP3YZ97bPbDtrhsmT8wJXSSlV77y6xuyIMHIh5LInt2m4E/s320/IMG_1248.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">newly glazed dishes laid out for photographing, inventory, and quality checks</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's been a minute since I last wrote about, well, anything. The end of the spring quarter and start of fall have been super busy and I've been spending so much time in the studio since classes ended (and even before that, really), that I wanted to put all that energy into that work, rather than writing about it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWmEd-2UuuCGbLqi8V-iVocr4LmJY97_ibayL14PFnbOPcUpI1iD5wxSSmml63K8yBC48oQpxo9tzeaZfxPMDr7-xg37ubsuZ7PytNzfmeWScy8WuTwefJ44SB5nEZk-9CKzRVYQckOehcQBBluWFhP8LkVIkJgheU4Cn-IfV46PylVtHKEr4c3ORzdEm/s4032/IMG_0951.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWmEd-2UuuCGbLqi8V-iVocr4LmJY97_ibayL14PFnbOPcUpI1iD5wxSSmml63K8yBC48oQpxo9tzeaZfxPMDr7-xg37ubsuZ7PytNzfmeWScy8WuTwefJ44SB5nEZk-9CKzRVYQckOehcQBBluWFhP8LkVIkJgheU4Cn-IfV46PylVtHKEr4c3ORzdEm/s320/IMG_0951.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a thrown sculpture I started in spring</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I supposed the correlary is that today I feel more like writing than working (so far). </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSlvY7jj_a9Z1PzOZE74Z0UG0TXMZDKnSm1ZKvRmBEH6jWyo5K7OB-jMXWcwETaWCXd-tKrxtJgik6zDr5ORSUq4xLxeG6Nk0B_hkIHT_g5gmN909SQWbhX63RueayuJot20pUoGY8fsR_n1TQYnFRfgO771q2_r39Iuz0OaNZVglk4Io6QLBuHJ0hIcF/s4032/IMG_0939.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSlvY7jj_a9Z1PzOZE74Z0UG0TXMZDKnSm1ZKvRmBEH6jWyo5K7OB-jMXWcwETaWCXd-tKrxtJgik6zDr5ORSUq4xLxeG6Nk0B_hkIHT_g5gmN909SQWbhX63RueayuJot20pUoGY8fsR_n1TQYnFRfgO771q2_r39Iuz0OaNZVglk4Io6QLBuHJ0hIcF/s320/IMG_0939.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Work waiting to be glazed, shoved out of the way while I make more</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2023/04/throwing-prescription.html" target="_blank">throwing prescription</a> is part of the reason that I've been in the studio so much. The other part is a couple of shows that I am looking forward to. First there is the <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/08/studio-tour-2022.html" target="_blank">Labor Day Artists Studio Tour</a> in my home studio over Labor Day weekend. I've done this one the last two years and plan to invite the YVC art studio faculty to show at my place. That's <a href="https://www.chrisottenphoto.net/" target="_blank">Chris Otten</a> (photography), <a href="https://www.kayonakamura.com/" target="_blank">Kayo Nakamura</a> (our new full-time drawing/painting/printmaking instructor), and <a href="https://www.monikalemmon.com/" target="_blank">Monika Lemmon</a> (drawing). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFo1dDRnfKou_Gv-ELvoit6WJpagGvrvOb6zx6YsACqvd1svbQQzeJlniuohS-kpoYYVKeb6oJtPvbqA_MiGiwo_hwYjQb9PO39VCSKSjPutBH11TR3nUQuLeLRjyuSGBfNevgj36y3h8Um7UU-Xm-DERoWJFstlPXEMZtBxByZkP4ShN7wT_ksh1JvYD/s4032/IMG_1268.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFo1dDRnfKou_Gv-ELvoit6WJpagGvrvOb6zx6YsACqvd1svbQQzeJlniuohS-kpoYYVKeb6oJtPvbqA_MiGiwo_hwYjQb9PO39VCSKSjPutBH11TR3nUQuLeLRjyuSGBfNevgj36y3h8Um7UU-Xm-DERoWJFstlPXEMZtBxByZkP4ShN7wT_ksh1JvYD/s320/IMG_1268.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bowls in the process of being glazed</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Labor Day weekend show is, for me at least, a chill way to invite folks to see my work and my studio. I don't have to move a bunch of stuff or set up a tent and I can be sure to be near a fan, shade, and cold drinks the whole time. All I need to do is clean my studio, which, admitteldy, is going to be harder this year.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CLwNIOWz6hZIvrSmWe6RHcpiHzqwHLHGqNX3_SPD6zQjyq8SPOc2wMOfa8AjsRVmubDugfhTQw_EMPM3uxD86GLDNunawwlXz2oFHHdAwRL7fpNAcJS48qP_MYjw0G49LYmeHVtAnASjMM1TngD8uEkemHLGRN4H-uGYZlcYNe6zxYKAw7pGH1ZdRBce/s4032/IMG_1213.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CLwNIOWz6hZIvrSmWe6RHcpiHzqwHLHGqNX3_SPD6zQjyq8SPOc2wMOfa8AjsRVmubDugfhTQw_EMPM3uxD86GLDNunawwlXz2oFHHdAwRL7fpNAcJS48qP_MYjw0G49LYmeHVtAnASjMM1TngD8uEkemHLGRN4H-uGYZlcYNe6zxYKAw7pGH1ZdRBce/s320/IMG_1213.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">stacked forms and some awards, as well as some mugs under plastic on my storage shelves</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next show I'm excited about is the Yakima Valley College faculty show at <a href="https://larsongallery.org/" target="_blank">Larson Gallery</a>. This will be in January of 2024. The gallery is huge and as soon as we confirmed that it will happen, I got really excited about a new body of work. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZYD1SVYR6mLS0kt1hbuRDW0HPnhLeUTpjrihf54kH2Q1XFXyMbb_QL9DT2rRhn3BaqQ2kADvUAyQj_SwuWRfYxXZNJ1pAHcef8CbH0xM1r3Gxkfd9BExo9HdMl3T5LbT7HXkAlUDUhMyvWwyob5oxOrxyK5gSNkLpECrnzKt_1X8bAVtiX0H408dcdJ3/s3399/IMG_1269.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3399" data-original-width="2499" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZYD1SVYR6mLS0kt1hbuRDW0HPnhLeUTpjrihf54kH2Q1XFXyMbb_QL9DT2rRhn3BaqQ2kADvUAyQj_SwuWRfYxXZNJ1pAHcef8CbH0xM1r3Gxkfd9BExo9HdMl3T5LbT7HXkAlUDUhMyvWwyob5oxOrxyK5gSNkLpECrnzKt_1X8bAVtiX0H408dcdJ3/s320/IMG_1269.jpeg" width="235" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the fired stacking pieces, last week, when I checked for fit and size </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I want to make these tall skinny stacked forms. As soon as the show was confirmed in April, I started throwing some pieces to be stacked. Most of them are simple round forms with flanges inside, measured (usually) to stack with others.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2cYgFoB87IVBV5psYliUPKT3phBCUvV5-ZvXHYOCOMq3670kzQMoGW18B9So8h4MvdCMki1SHKVbydu1QGob3xw7LaRlH-t_b-hMwxD-hEhtFZ-Whpwds6_vy1JpgBayc1unZkHruROn2UvnvSlhr6FOLK25Pfm2PvhmOGKckD7ZruB_gHCStwprXKLk/s4032/IMG_0930.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2cYgFoB87IVBV5psYliUPKT3phBCUvV5-ZvXHYOCOMq3670kzQMoGW18B9So8h4MvdCMki1SHKVbydu1QGob3xw7LaRlH-t_b-hMwxD-hEhtFZ-Whpwds6_vy1JpgBayc1unZkHruROn2UvnvSlhr6FOLK25Pfm2PvhmOGKckD7ZruB_gHCStwprXKLk/s320/IMG_0930.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">newly throwing stacking set with flanges</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I first started them in April, I was working on throwing just 30 minutes a day, in between class and grading and union work. I also didn't have a fully fleshed out plan about how these would work, so I threw a lot of short segment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFRyoLP_G55jIUWJlYIL4jfH3k7_EuTsGt3icwCXy2oXCaRCh0ecFMu-WMpFVqdcbyk2ku1OxAqYYEpuHspyEy69b0UKe9MO0Dj1nXyz1XlkDIb7Th1NMvsq-O641cNBxR2MHRh6zPIOlrgZAqa86m7KsIT0RLBLkVamfgHRh50X3hooBx9nyyedBOrY8/s4032/IMG_0960.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFRyoLP_G55jIUWJlYIL4jfH3k7_EuTsGt3icwCXy2oXCaRCh0ecFMu-WMpFVqdcbyk2ku1OxAqYYEpuHspyEy69b0UKe9MO0Dj1nXyz1XlkDIb7Th1NMvsq-O641cNBxR2MHRh6zPIOlrgZAqa86m7KsIT0RLBLkVamfgHRh50X3hooBx9nyyedBOrY8/s320/IMG_0960.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">short stacking sets before firing</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once classes were over (the union work never stops, apparently), I got them all out and measured them and discovered I had quite a few unmatched sizes, so the batch from last week and this week is an attempt to match sizes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLh0ne2mONz9bLy2GOd5Mu-yPe7P18h7txxmqLmJ3dCsmEbIi6jJUDpq-08s21K-ippykWyEq9XQpCT2jlcVBszuof2QHJSUFe9IHZiJqLiP6ajZP0ZzTsipA3ZejNNoaKnZ_eT1DxJZtrhJ3lg24jh0aNDTie_JxVBjBs9cKjwczeyVgYKUEKMx1WoQsC/s4032/IMG_1252.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLh0ne2mONz9bLy2GOd5Mu-yPe7P18h7txxmqLmJ3dCsmEbIi6jJUDpq-08s21K-ippykWyEq9XQpCT2jlcVBszuof2QHJSUFe9IHZiJqLiP6ajZP0ZzTsipA3ZejNNoaKnZ_eT1DxJZtrhJ3lg24jh0aNDTie_JxVBjBs9cKjwczeyVgYKUEKMx1WoQsC/s320/IMG_1252.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">thrown parts of a multipart form in progress</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also started throwing taller pieces by attaching two thrown pieces once they had dried up a bit. I've never been someone who throws particularly large. My teaching demos are often fairly small both because I teach a lot of beginning throwing classes and because I am not allowed to keep anything I make on campus, and on campus is my main throwing time during the year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnyLp-VyBHqDVR6pgtk93yQb1Ic0INPKJtn2kpAw3WJpWlVpB2j2xnoYz2_-rdcjDevP1Lfp6cO65GzyhPkrxXaZcdymajNzCpaytPXcBPn4MuAZSDiSa96-8k-mcmUZwPHG3ldUfF5zfGWfkysGZ2Yr8j0FJh25EyExEmXIWQlCtRPvzGUbvaojbAG9dx/s3088/IMG_1284.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnyLp-VyBHqDVR6pgtk93yQb1Ic0INPKJtn2kpAw3WJpWlVpB2j2xnoYz2_-rdcjDevP1Lfp6cO65GzyhPkrxXaZcdymajNzCpaytPXcBPn4MuAZSDiSa96-8k-mcmUZwPHG3ldUfF5zfGWfkysGZ2Yr8j0FJh25EyExEmXIWQlCtRPvzGUbvaojbAG9dx/s320/IMG_1284.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a multipart form on the wheel (trying to show height, but I think I needed a tripod)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This throwing prescription, ironically, has got me throwing more often and with more challenging forms than I probably ever have before. It's kind of amazing how teaching people to throw (which is, granted, only 1/3 or less of my actual teaching job) requires less throwing than 30 minutes a day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vWTltwqLGG1HKbCoqk68V9X7L3FTkD80MoWDk3D6Hd1PmJYolrraFpIazMT9wYMW2rn7ipFK_5aXeJXmN7DQ0VWMl57ydJfwL_MOSDXq20raqzjwwyV79obnPmhpsjPoEZqi6aEOP9PMU6vtiZZQIatijg8gqC5g_c4vHd5zAiyyl17KR3QLhqejo4GD/s4032/IMG_1276.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vWTltwqLGG1HKbCoqk68V9X7L3FTkD80MoWDk3D6Hd1PmJYolrraFpIazMT9wYMW2rn7ipFK_5aXeJXmN7DQ0VWMl57ydJfwL_MOSDXq20raqzjwwyV79obnPmhpsjPoEZqi6aEOP9PMU6vtiZZQIatijg8gqC5g_c4vHd5zAiyyl17KR3QLhqejo4GD/s320/IMG_1276.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the piece on the floor is too tall for my shelves and wihin 1/4" of the height limit of my kiln</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I realized the other day that my throwing skills have improved just since March. At least my skills or strength for throwing or combining to make tall forms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVqH1LsC0P837Kt2YuyPqL3TDgVsxkz2ZUCyOzePnjCudyW8p4-hPq7yiar99hzGPNwfc9wPdTHLsLDkGwjXMFmOHhZriFMerAb-vzD41Cvcey32jlJ9kzx-TKRnlIGsfOcIzoWgconYbmvHtOg0gcddQmlLuAJdp0WdvJKPHJ9TxnoC2pi934_bTj68a/s4032/IMG_0957.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVqH1LsC0P837Kt2YuyPqL3TDgVsxkz2ZUCyOzePnjCudyW8p4-hPq7yiar99hzGPNwfc9wPdTHLsLDkGwjXMFmOHhZriFMerAb-vzD41Cvcey32jlJ9kzx-TKRnlIGsfOcIzoWgconYbmvHtOg0gcddQmlLuAJdp0WdvJKPHJ9TxnoC2pi934_bTj68a/s320/IMG_0957.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my favorite textured surfaces take a lot of time</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am still more excited about the individual forms that have more going on, but combining forms sculpturally after throwing and working on complex surfaces both slow down the process a lot. My goal right now is really to make enough of the stacking forms for them to make an impact visually or spatially. I am trading off some of the complexity for some of the size and quantity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJosU1CSdyY2N4eaOxTUvNfS0-nrq68XQzs2m8_KA-mWRxlPQnRCPwOfEwGpRHmZmokoiSkl1Z3I7vWW68xWkDFdpiju5rt3-243gZF4cGP0eT88l5xNcz8rPXE9fQiXf0MV7x96QnPxcutxvKdZtPaSFyseNvipAdJ8melrDGkrNpD2RoCqwjZX6oHVd/s4032/IMG_1004.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJosU1CSdyY2N4eaOxTUvNfS0-nrq68XQzs2m8_KA-mWRxlPQnRCPwOfEwGpRHmZmokoiSkl1Z3I7vWW68xWkDFdpiju5rt3-243gZF4cGP0eT88l5xNcz8rPXE9fQiXf0MV7x96QnPxcutxvKdZtPaSFyseNvipAdJ8melrDGkrNpD2RoCqwjZX6oHVd/s320/IMG_1004.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">even attaching things to the side takes more time than a vertical stack</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Additionally, my high production means that I've got a significant amount of glazing that needs to happen and then I need to figure out where to put all this stuff, either while waiting for glaze, or after firing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHgkuUQ8V8FB3G7Q7IHfMVpGMSqwoUBbPjsZRKp-suYy6vV4uZvLHMcxCNXIijmVK-BA13lqPnhkp-Z29ktw44hm72Evvr0RY01hJjwbYhNtk0JTUsG81jeTqsEcjfLeKpJUBhqlUle1mF9p2gpZru3hCw5SIwaH7zmhsnPZ6c0y4ZfeSB8FYWPFII-zN/s4032/IMG_1196.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHgkuUQ8V8FB3G7Q7IHfMVpGMSqwoUBbPjsZRKp-suYy6vV4uZvLHMcxCNXIijmVK-BA13lqPnhkp-Z29ktw44hm72Evvr0RY01hJjwbYhNtk0JTUsG81jeTqsEcjfLeKpJUBhqlUle1mF9p2gpZru3hCw5SIwaH7zmhsnPZ6c0y4ZfeSB8FYWPFII-zN/s320/IMG_1196.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bowls being glazed (and then stacked because I don't have enough surface for not stacking</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I ended up pulling out a card table for glazing space since the functional forms have multiplied so much. The ones that have been fired I'm hoping to sell on the Labor Day weekend show or in galleries locally. I believe my brother already put in a hold on some. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRiyE1sFRkupfnsgOG82wS8--TbagbmJjMJuCuTAaAjncupvzhGgNmXgQPw-EM7YZpzxkd-IvV98LWyo3m3sTE5t4Y2UtUcDB2haNGIyTUYH4LK9rS1nHvqYsSsbNBBcG0yx2i7jeycWRjoOvK9IbVOnVN3aTUY0uvZfrZudfDciJvk6CIM7atheh0nfDc/s4032/IMG_1236.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRiyE1sFRkupfnsgOG82wS8--TbagbmJjMJuCuTAaAjncupvzhGgNmXgQPw-EM7YZpzxkd-IvV98LWyo3m3sTE5t4Y2UtUcDB2haNGIyTUYH4LK9rS1nHvqYsSsbNBBcG0yx2i7jeycWRjoOvK9IbVOnVN3aTUY0uvZfrZudfDciJvk6CIM7atheh0nfDc/s320/IMG_1236.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my glazing space is usually the workbench by the window, but I added a card table this summer</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Starting the throwing prescription helped get me kick started into summer studio mode early this year, but it also has been somehow freeing. I know I have to throw something for 30 minutes a day and I'm nearing saturation on functional forms, so I finally got a chance the other day to throw some forms that I wanted to try for a sculptural form based on some diagrams of the lymphatic system I saw in the room during a <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/07/ot-reading-about-breast-cancer-again.html" target="_blank">Lymphedema</a> appointment. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYeW3YSzgV-yVgIfQxjEfZmEoul-VLCkzUOV-h5juvSyfWwdL6ZKt6Y3M4kEmiY1WaXWE9KJiIWMWU-T9kb98OzgJqvsvwrZOzfMgRZ_mh8B7grYakxojZQATd23Zt2a-xH6H9yxFVO6w-IE3mF1I8u2PC12HozF2whK_YMrrjFwfhp_tfT0gcbVBUqoD7/s4032/IMG_1287.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYeW3YSzgV-yVgIfQxjEfZmEoul-VLCkzUOV-h5juvSyfWwdL6ZKt6Y3M4kEmiY1WaXWE9KJiIWMWU-T9kb98OzgJqvsvwrZOzfMgRZ_mh8B7grYakxojZQATd23Zt2a-xH6H9yxFVO6w-IE3mF1I8u2PC12HozF2whK_YMrrjFwfhp_tfT0gcbVBUqoD7/s320/IMG_1287.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my lymphedema inspired sculpture in progress</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was also able to throw some items on request from my daughter, as well as some forms I'd been meaning to try, like a citrus juicer form I'd never tried before and some displays for earrings for my daughter's projects. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOkCId11a60tTS-M5zUCYZdTVIpe2pbrX-3VDDBDSLtpDMfL_llsVcLbDEItLoppwI1mUJF3ZZfnSb-72tvRV2iieiUHo4gK4OLpwj2kdb6vV6WH95tLyxbuqUPDWjZfHnnx8zgADKK95nuL3FBriaGDjHLXTsxaF-5tL6FCxkRoIOPsw3HgsYWgFQjDx/s4032/IMG_1226.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOkCId11a60tTS-M5zUCYZdTVIpe2pbrX-3VDDBDSLtpDMfL_llsVcLbDEItLoppwI1mUJF3ZZfnSb-72tvRV2iieiUHo4gK4OLpwj2kdb6vV6WH95tLyxbuqUPDWjZfHnnx8zgADKK95nuL3FBriaGDjHLXTsxaF-5tL6FCxkRoIOPsw3HgsYWgFQjDx/s320/IMG_1226.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pierced bowls for hanging earrings</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After two or three rounds of glazing functional forms, this week I got excited about getting some glazing done on some sculptural forms I had started during the spring.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1JoIkF9LY4Xnt2tiW5pWzA7h0dGcyalIKxhV5JvCwckvXtW_HQdOv_kvO_Lc7MqMzbrv_iB6p2xz47sMpQ4pEqa-qWD33ymNhoxLwlH23htqVUdhuoqNag-bSbAgvIZz7PSsB0tbnw7Fy1ySBh--FLphIv8_adokyvPuAqF5mqBVOZDiLpYOj1cb0sjx/s4032/IMG_0952.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1JoIkF9LY4Xnt2tiW5pWzA7h0dGcyalIKxhV5JvCwckvXtW_HQdOv_kvO_Lc7MqMzbrv_iB6p2xz47sMpQ4pEqa-qWD33ymNhoxLwlH23htqVUdhuoqNag-bSbAgvIZz7PSsB0tbnw7Fy1ySBh--FLphIv8_adokyvPuAqF5mqBVOZDiLpYOj1cb0sjx/s320/IMG_0952.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sculpture in progress from spring</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This week I've had trouble finding the time and energy. I had some medical appointments (oncology and blood work and shots) this week and they've put me on something new (because, apparently, you aren't supposed to have 8-12 hot flashes a day, who knew!). We had union stuff scheduled this week as well as some unscheduled concerns about folks not getting paid correctly. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09bJwxUoPZ1vGGvIRCc3xBgbZgbGYkJe6HCBc2bbGluUwpx0FsTUZyCFhbnkNecsaP_zvKtSgVowmIGZHcW2dPNyN0pMUO_VfCdXP7vojgXo_bcYgOKPJs4FwZmpgeyKgE4NIVMejj4vhi1HdLrHu_FHCKI3i8Q_t8rjLX5fOb061RwjrE64ZFydZAYS5/s4032/IMG_1107.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09bJwxUoPZ1vGGvIRCc3xBgbZgbGYkJe6HCBc2bbGluUwpx0FsTUZyCFhbnkNecsaP_zvKtSgVowmIGZHcW2dPNyN0pMUO_VfCdXP7vojgXo_bcYgOKPJs4FwZmpgeyKgE4NIVMejj4vhi1HdLrHu_FHCKI3i8Q_t8rjLX5fOb061RwjrE64ZFydZAYS5/s320/IMG_1107.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one of the first thrown forms for my throwing prescription</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Meanwhile, my daughter was supposed to go to <a href="https://tsaweb.org/events-conferences/calendar/2023/06/28/default-calendar/2022-national-tsa-conference" target="_blank">Louisville for TSA (Technology Student Association) Nationals</a>, but her and the 22 others with her got <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/united-airlines-passengers-day-2-chaos-denver-international-airport/" target="_blank">stuck in the Denver airport for 2 day</a>s (~22 hours before they finally got a hotel!) because United had staffing problems and (I think) because the Northeast had weather or smoke. They ended up flying the kids home yesterday instead of sending them on to Louisville and the kid is obviously super disappointed.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB7glN5dS1ydAz13dcY0nvMXciVpOmzcy61O8TYtxKG8kBNHXy5kD0PC2JzGLADU35JtukRkMOTaRfm8kqc8tiufPlUPeHpXkDQsXZY4KByz8bKgsiJu9afZ_5vjE8dOXjPvFa3Y4T_D_lJwRQkweqp6MqfTxAb6fhmSKGlz1_VA0riaEpWQx1gyDyfR9r/s4032/IMG_1267.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB7glN5dS1ydAz13dcY0nvMXciVpOmzcy61O8TYtxKG8kBNHXy5kD0PC2JzGLADU35JtukRkMOTaRfm8kqc8tiufPlUPeHpXkDQsXZY4KByz8bKgsiJu9afZ_5vjE8dOXjPvFa3Y4T_D_lJwRQkweqp6MqfTxAb6fhmSKGlz1_VA0riaEpWQx1gyDyfR9r/s320/IMG_1267.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">thrown and textured sculpture in progress</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was almost suprised how much it impacted me. Apparently I worry, but having her stuck in a different city and I can't do anything about it doesn't make for restful nights and calm days (also, see above, 8-12 hot flashes in 85 degree weather). I know I didn't need to worry, but my body didnt hear that message. Yesterday, with her on the ground in Seattle and after 4 in a row union meetings, I literally lay down on my face on the computer room floor for 30 minutes to ease my pounding head. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mxezolenxvG4ywbvuzrKEVr6XQdOBRuTrWs_TndAv8IYmcYhi6X5L8iGGy-a3f9uyI1Srh0VpXSTMNy9N16YSYtkITmdiiukt-Y4memr1Br6TYGjG2S8HgwVv_SYhou1yv3E2AY7aCHmO3q-WA9JmVqfQN2T1Nm-bF_xc48iZAr-jNm6tq4ZVQuu5laW/s4032/IMG_1211.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mxezolenxvG4ywbvuzrKEVr6XQdOBRuTrWs_TndAv8IYmcYhi6X5L8iGGy-a3f9uyI1Srh0VpXSTMNy9N16YSYtkITmdiiukt-Y4memr1Br6TYGjG2S8HgwVv_SYhou1yv3E2AY7aCHmO3q-WA9JmVqfQN2T1Nm-bF_xc48iZAr-jNm6tq4ZVQuu5laW/s320/IMG_1211.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My June trip to Clay Art Center necessitated by the need for more clay and more kiln shelves</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I feel like I've been all over the place in what I'm working on in the studio this summer, and also this post. The other thing we did this week was replace the aluminum barrel of my pug mill with a stainless steel one, a surprisingly labor intensive process. But that's a topic for another day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVEBxn5-sVmUIgfmpIeRc2o4mC8ADj-RjSKPYy1cYYBq3qC-W7_eKoeCb8JcS6sa_7hbnlJDwSntCQFFAE2ugZG5iOM9pZawSky3ZY8s5vljNb4m62oPw7VmRP7XMlQRXzg_E3lfR0bnOSfoSdDAWiscrDD4YZQvvRdXGd87ixK_LYtdnF1T84vrEmhDM/s4032/IMG_1186.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVEBxn5-sVmUIgfmpIeRc2o4mC8ADj-RjSKPYy1cYYBq3qC-W7_eKoeCb8JcS6sa_7hbnlJDwSntCQFFAE2ugZG5iOM9pZawSky3ZY8s5vljNb4m62oPw7VmRP7XMlQRXzg_E3lfR0bnOSfoSdDAWiscrDD4YZQvvRdXGd87ixK_LYtdnF1T84vrEmhDM/s320/IMG_1186.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my studio assistant daughter texturing a small form</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>For today, I'm glad to have my studio helper back, even though I also feel super terrible for her having to miss nationals. She's sleeping now after a trip that included all the worst parts about air travel (excessive turbulence, long delays, unboarding because of those delays, trying to sleep in an airport, trying to arrange for alternate flights--with a group of middle- and high-school students who were required to stay with their advisor, long --like 8 hour!-- customer service lines, food vouchers that didn't work, and finally lost luggage) without any of the good parts (like getting to your intended destination). On the plus side, she said that its better in some ways to be in this situation with a big group because some people can always stay with the luggage while others walk around or, apparently, race on the moving sidewalk. <p></p>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-55196898129021020122023-04-29T12:30:00.003-07:002023-04-29T12:30:18.320-07:00Student Exhibition 2023 Opening Tuesday <p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4PHUhLDPVatri1aBBOgnpDBUPAFM8j_CDviYZf7ujzc4SPATMixwQxH7eSA-TgJZ_hVBtNq1ez-97NRqyvXvZz5s7PHwybUG2R7UIOTpy-0u_n0yK2Z1dVg3PY6YtoegPdglMpfcz--2DW5x6nNqxGnqysghSGw5erwIpKfcrIIb5-pLI56Gp79tGtQ/s3907/IMG_0876.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3907" data-original-width="2595" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4PHUhLDPVatri1aBBOgnpDBUPAFM8j_CDviYZf7ujzc4SPATMixwQxH7eSA-TgJZ_hVBtNq1ez-97NRqyvXvZz5s7PHwybUG2R7UIOTpy-0u_n0yK2Z1dVg3PY6YtoegPdglMpfcz--2DW5x6nNqxGnqysghSGw5erwIpKfcrIIb5-pLI56Gp79tGtQ/s320/IMG_0876.jpeg" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DoVA post card featuring student work <br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Yesterday the YVC art and photography faculty got together at Larson Gallery to choose award winners for this years student exhibition, which opens Tuesday, May 2, with a reception from 5-7pm.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEYMOr_GOLiJRQd5PAV1K-aB0Kz9oBwmBFeHky4nXY6_YyJu6PBZjDwUb9CE1zyT5kIyqemJubhlK55txUHX9ST_elmm7R9ynkB9RgpX1HU0ULCum-L1AuTaDZ3vqsYQxmQFRUi2HzRjpO8WV1Y1p5nBg15fH1ha6J6QAASVEvo37B-zKxSMzWH-BWQ/s3544/IMG_0877.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3544" data-original-width="2806" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEYMOr_GOLiJRQd5PAV1K-aB0Kz9oBwmBFeHky4nXY6_YyJu6PBZjDwUb9CE1zyT5kIyqemJubhlK55txUHX9ST_elmm7R9ynkB9RgpX1HU0ULCum-L1AuTaDZ3vqsYQxmQFRUi2HzRjpO8WV1Y1p5nBg15fH1ha6J6QAASVEvo37B-zKxSMzWH-BWQ/s320/IMG_0877.jpeg" width="253" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back of the postcard</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Choosing awards is always a blast. It’s great fun to see the work we’ve seen in the classroom on display in the gallery and to see the work of our colleagues’ students. This year we awarded over $500 in awards, including best of show. President Kaminski chose the winner for her sponsored award and Tuesday student government is coming to choose their awards.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48CLmcGwmpMWW1YWY1bo_E7vWfaY9MySCqKNfXrmDHvaat2Kkzr0lVZiHWzVR5hO9t8bwE4lCrmjsoW1Umqpb_c9j_Hb27UJaBCF817b_NNDoo5yj3Ecj37b6mwP7kYWajHmTmv_xxO-ifIu4F1nqMCawj9v8RlThDvUYfA2N8gMR9MeW8PmCy7Kqyw/s4032/IMG_0858.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48CLmcGwmpMWW1YWY1bo_E7vWfaY9MySCqKNfXrmDHvaat2Kkzr0lVZiHWzVR5hO9t8bwE4lCrmjsoW1Umqpb_c9j_Hb27UJaBCF817b_NNDoo5yj3Ecj37b6mwP7kYWajHmTmv_xxO-ifIu4F1nqMCawj9v8RlThDvUYfA2N8gMR9MeW8PmCy7Kqyw/s320/IMG_0858.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Work in progress by Amy Matson</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Of course each of the faculty like to brag on their own students, and it’s fun when we share students, too. I always love to talk up my clay students, here on the blog and in person and I think this show has some particularly impressive sculpture and pottery, much of which I’ve shared here before (but none of which I remembered to photograph on Friday).</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyN4P0N_zPHw0TvNTr63kXqz78wPtSVhBb2Zcbo3JsG7SrmWBam37wxBvltYEUL9nycquDRfHXgw6yTC2ilKcTj-hldzFA-Yrc9_gy600qgdNOO9GYaciZnJajLPyMb3AjvYxtTBDqg6I-njCqm9WdRLMhuMfBQryU6RR8NWETUX8_oD3iHBINXM80g/s4032/IMG_0511.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyN4P0N_zPHw0TvNTr63kXqz78wPtSVhBb2Zcbo3JsG7SrmWBam37wxBvltYEUL9nycquDRfHXgw6yTC2ilKcTj-hldzFA-Yrc9_gy600qgdNOO9GYaciZnJajLPyMb3AjvYxtTBDqg6I-njCqm9WdRLMhuMfBQryU6RR8NWETUX8_oD3iHBINXM80g/s320/IMG_0511.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up texture of Gicelle Hernandez’s in the gallery (for your scavenger hunt on Tuesday)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>This year is my first fully participating in an in-person show in the new gallery. Last year the show was in the new Larson Gallery, but I was on medical leave for most of the year. This year most of the classes were back on campus and we were delighted to have a larger space in which to share more work!</p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjek8vuhOPJ_plU2kWPWYKsCTXpBHafCMgLUG5I6KS5uUSSCtTqDcjUNfJStkoOzcKOcvTEMJcSBIagnsBZ5y_aH36UDhEu-qtdURiN6RMSefG5vs_gv5Faqt08BYUj2qQrdIp3E7IkMYwE3JEjqPtqpi5UkMmnEJxx4MyktVsBeNRyVMwE3hUoDuQOJg/s4032/IMG_0455.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjek8vuhOPJ_plU2kWPWYKsCTXpBHafCMgLUG5I6KS5uUSSCtTqDcjUNfJStkoOzcKOcvTEMJcSBIagnsBZ5y_aH36UDhEu-qtdURiN6RMSefG5vs_gv5Faqt08BYUj2qQrdIp3E7IkMYwE3JEjqPtqpi5UkMmnEJxx4MyktVsBeNRyVMwE3hUoDuQOJg/s320/IMG_0455.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Work in process by Rubi Leyva</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The show features pottery and ceramic sculpture from my beginning, intermediate and advanced students, and one student from last spring’s clay classes with Jeff Kent. There’s also photographs, scan-o-grams, and digital art from students in Chris Otten’s photography and digital art classes, drawings from Kayo Nakamura and Monika Lemmon’s drawing classes (and my design class), as well as paintings, woodblock and monotype prints from Kayo’s printmaking and painting classes.</p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstQUNxKCJpm-3s5N8qqagiIocFpQ6cpiFM_h20ZLkOF6EGI9uixwGulAH-CjERWbY8OjXIptiEqdUeHTKNV438QMfdonT-eLs5iF8_9tbop8j4kAdHcyQ6ge0b4UfEd_mj07u9BmHqYqvQqMNxlHXVt1BHllv1kmppitqydmVvlTf57E5xdkGEsIdhw/s1480/IMG_0102.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="964" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstQUNxKCJpm-3s5N8qqagiIocFpQ6cpiFM_h20ZLkOF6EGI9uixwGulAH-CjERWbY8OjXIptiEqdUeHTKNV438QMfdonT-eLs5iF8_9tbop8j4kAdHcyQ6ge0b4UfEd_mj07u9BmHqYqvQqMNxlHXVt1BHllv1kmppitqydmVvlTf57E5xdkGEsIdhw/s320/IMG_0102.jpeg" width="208" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Duck by Carlos Garcia Alcantar</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The exhibition opens Tuesday, May 2 with a reception from 5-7. Award winners will be announced during the reception. We hope to have a big crowd of artists, students, family, friends, and others from the YVC and Yakima community. The gallery is always free and open to the public and during the reception there will also be snacks.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVA4IqMQU23oISTYbejWnAtgIjii_uR6mwzR9GpcMJXUaNuaIjqI-7GPk0hMODf6e9HewaELi_Ym8ImKWMIsB50N54B_jlhW7weuMxrE3DxLA4RkeETQOlVFFeWMZLlT0kRkYuqbmBh-qajns2TOIoTshV93QIm3AZV32F0HVuoJypHzP7njXwm-TeQ/s4032/IMG_0020.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVA4IqMQU23oISTYbejWnAtgIjii_uR6mwzR9GpcMJXUaNuaIjqI-7GPk0hMODf6e9HewaELi_Ym8ImKWMIsB50N54B_jlhW7weuMxrE3DxLA4RkeETQOlVFFeWMZLlT0kRkYuqbmBh-qajns2TOIoTshV93QIm3AZV32F0HVuoJypHzP7njXwm-TeQ/s320/IMG_0020.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kahula, in a kiln, by Yarelli Sanchez</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>The show will remain up (with artworks for purchase) through the May 27. Larson Gallery is on the new West side of campus, on the southwest corner of 16th Ave and Nob Hill Boulevard, behind Taco Bell. The Gallery is open Tuesday - Friday 10-5 and Saturdays 12-5. Admission is always free and the Yakima Vintner’s tasting room is conveniently located next door and features award winning YVC wines, as well as food and non-alcoholic beverages as well. We hope to see you there!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOtVg15pv-XkWMJ1GU22ytal-qhiX5cBfp21JGe34LGNKsxT5iZgk4wf9_L-9E3tUUq9rNdpTD7RklbARgwsR8pdsgfgFVw_jqitSqPvmgQY5sBu0Tt6yP2XdDKoKkrIhCm6Wjc4PUUIgBRvv3uCr3QdYKMsur7YOtARDDrVZCljzo_0jZS_FWaV-tg/s4032/IMG_9015.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOtVg15pv-XkWMJ1GU22ytal-qhiX5cBfp21JGe34LGNKsxT5iZgk4wf9_L-9E3tUUq9rNdpTD7RklbARgwsR8pdsgfgFVw_jqitSqPvmgQY5sBu0Tt6yP2XdDKoKkrIhCm6Wjc4PUUIgBRvv3uCr3QdYKMsur7YOtARDDrVZCljzo_0jZS_FWaV-tg/s320/IMG_9015.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nearly half the art department, during the Yakima Artists Studio Tour in September</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-30718768744361960822023-04-03T20:08:00.005-07:002023-04-03T20:08:35.737-07:00Throwing Prescription<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Spring quarter started last week. We're nearly a week into this funny shaped quarter (funny shaped because it started on a Wednesday, which makes the first 5 days feel short and long at the same time). I've got a relatively light quarter, with just two classes (or four, depending how you count) as well as my union duties. With the break and a new "prescription," I've gotten into the studio every day for about two weeks.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3g1mGRZj4U8Ghcww3KkcNrwMRjwU8VhoLukY83RqBREvRv2onGA6vToF9jQtfQ00xcz1fIV08legmN5rBbyNqiA_yuAiXmYZA4zT63C4SRRHsEN4EuSGFc6ayBuicAtif_eGlHSXhjWaWPaJxjJ5Wydme5R02_ae-Gzx5xb74sbNPLj-Yc7AXWUezUw/s4032/IMG_0579.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3g1mGRZj4U8Ghcww3KkcNrwMRjwU8VhoLukY83RqBREvRv2onGA6vToF9jQtfQ00xcz1fIV08legmN5rBbyNqiA_yuAiXmYZA4zT63C4SRRHsEN4EuSGFc6ayBuicAtif_eGlHSXhjWaWPaJxjJ5Wydme5R02_ae-Gzx5xb74sbNPLj-Yc7AXWUezUw/s320/IMG_0579.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apparently this many pieces is too many pieces for me to throw on one day (with stiff clay)<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div>Over spring break, I divided my days between firing, glaze, building, and throwing, as well as class prep and union work. On the day I devoted to throwing (and trying out my new Garrity tools), I threw 25lbs of clay, using up the rest of a box of porcelain. While I was throwing the slightly stiff clay, I looked down at my left thumb and noticed that it was very round and puffy, with a little dent in the middle emphasizing how much it had blown up.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCyX0tf8jLZoeCMk3Am0_km3FtKurPIADPfIQHpTGCkF5CYelxZiARebFPiRZ-cVnW8z5ln3tzFFS7ZWYHX3MiXerY-HNgQk8GRnpv8GOV3u32CgShHMFc4truX0jGwtcjoJdOhAXLATK-wrDMVTImS4YJjkxA5ZyvGabLNfSgFnFwruECccG3EEd2A/s4032/IMG_0581.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCyX0tf8jLZoeCMk3Am0_km3FtKurPIADPfIQHpTGCkF5CYelxZiARebFPiRZ-cVnW8z5ln3tzFFS7ZWYHX3MiXerY-HNgQk8GRnpv8GOV3u32CgShHMFc4truX0jGwtcjoJdOhAXLATK-wrDMVTImS4YJjkxA5ZyvGabLNfSgFnFwruECccG3EEd2A/s320/IMG_0581.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lymphedema sleeve I've been wearing to try to help with the swelling</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Of course the "blow up" was from lymphedema, itself a result of all those <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/06/surgery-recovery-getting-back-towards.html" target="_blank">lymph nodes taken out last June</a>. Without as many lymph nodes, my body's system for removing extra fluid, from a cut or injury or infection, is impaired. Straining or working muscles too much can also, apparently, result in the lymph fluid collecting in the body because it can't get moved out quickly enough. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiohVAPYy6hUqYQh13X-DJrzBQmZws2j644p2sun3LX14aWr7H7zuh4BHhfrtxskwhept4BrbnkKuuoy6g1cqJEhx24hnx6Ke-Xl4hQMPUeojGQCSifJjVpxsk2M9uW4Y6hoZJ_BFaWb1ZUViq6oIV_7USzPhYMW1LXICqaXBYXRBJfJ7EuN3n5cB_GQ/s4032/IMG_0574.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiohVAPYy6hUqYQh13X-DJrzBQmZws2j644p2sun3LX14aWr7H7zuh4BHhfrtxskwhept4BrbnkKuuoy6g1cqJEhx24hnx6Ke-Xl4hQMPUeojGQCSifJjVpxsk2M9uW4Y6hoZJ_BFaWb1ZUViq6oIV_7USzPhYMW1LXICqaXBYXRBJfJ7EuN3n5cB_GQ/s320/IMG_0574.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I used these "love birds" throwing ribs from <a href="https://www.garritytools.com/pottery/tool-of-the-month-club-monthly-payments-" target="_blank">Garrity Tool's tool of the month club</a> to make the textures. </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I've been working with an <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/07/ot-reading-about-breast-cancer-again.html" target="_blank">occupational therapist at the Lymphedema clinic since July</a> to try to reduce the swelling that has collecting in my arm, chest, and breast. OT for lymphedema is pretty great, actually. The main thing, besides wearing a compression shirt and sleeve, is lymphatic drainage massage. I have a series of moved I do myself, but when I go in to the clinic, she has a whole bunch of things she does and it's basically just like getting a massage. Very relaxing, with the benefit of improving the swelling, too.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1X0E8LI8d--SleiY46Pv9mJHOVUBzHLITD8hLUwhXXNQAYR9SeCYtnqIzZOWyGnXri1Wve_sqZYV93Ga3Jj9W3o7Q9CUzkhID9H0LCykOTr0yWNGIl0tmgAQlc0N46NqMrChq76q3me6ap_GTeSYht9zN6wrxyI2R4K8eKBAVy93DTMhTCK7wMeCDg/s4032/IMG_0580.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1X0E8LI8d--SleiY46Pv9mJHOVUBzHLITD8hLUwhXXNQAYR9SeCYtnqIzZOWyGnXri1Wve_sqZYV93Ga3Jj9W3o7Q9CUzkhID9H0LCykOTr0yWNGIl0tmgAQlc0N46NqMrChq76q3me6ap_GTeSYht9zN6wrxyI2R4K8eKBAVy93DTMhTCK7wMeCDg/s320/IMG_0580.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another Garrity throwing rib made these textures<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div>When I visited the lymphedema clinic after throwing during break, my therapist told me that I needed to spend more time throwing, but for shorter periods of time. So instead of infrequently throwing 25lbs of clay, I should spend about 30 minutes every day throwing. Basically, the idea is to get me back up to where I can handle more throwing. She also ordered me another compression sleeve, because if I throw in it, it gets messy pretty quickly. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7y_wJuqnBtJ1mLzSkO-CpJrqpx2Ba0Wv3DHXaga4ax6Bcc1jCvs5zICFDNm78d8FRhwewH0Mb1dhgpXjPGe_x_TVlso-WXlgNebX3Kcgbn4y8zuY7-2Pkmdpq6ZySO-WtE6DukSDyRoLWFzL85EO3pgixXxW5p91bsQIV4FR4BN_1bufYy-eEY6wxTA/s4032/IMG_0667.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7y_wJuqnBtJ1mLzSkO-CpJrqpx2Ba0Wv3DHXaga4ax6Bcc1jCvs5zICFDNm78d8FRhwewH0Mb1dhgpXjPGe_x_TVlso-WXlgNebX3Kcgbn4y8zuY7-2Pkmdpq6ZySO-WtE6DukSDyRoLWFzL85EO3pgixXxW5p91bsQIV4FR4BN_1bufYy-eEY6wxTA/s320/IMG_0667.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some small forms I threw with my sculpture clay (not a great throwing clay body) <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div>I operate better with specific directions, or maybe I just prefer them. If I'm told to "take it easy" or "not do too much" I feel frustrated about how to define "easy" and "too much," so I really like this clear and specific direction: throw 30 minutes a day. And, it has the added advantage of telling me to do something I want to do anyway (but don't always make time to do).</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhpYq5jIbHYISI8Av7URQt0QaI1spew2r5gfOUaUyI4avu5CXVEqdJvI4kkGQqhzZ_DUeyRgBxDXxqgB3rs6l1ETqPGRKFRrZHLjg58VUc40RgE5rfO36R9R-6kbx1U3k0ceEkxbfofODf8IF2lIEyRJBh-HLIpwh8LsRstZKsDnXxsyDXm2tkvs48EQ/s2861/IMG_0669.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2861" data-original-width="2774" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhpYq5jIbHYISI8Av7URQt0QaI1spew2r5gfOUaUyI4avu5CXVEqdJvI4kkGQqhzZ_DUeyRgBxDXxqgB3rs6l1ETqPGRKFRrZHLjg58VUc40RgE5rfO36R9R-6kbx1U3k0ceEkxbfofODf8IF2lIEyRJBh-HLIpwh8LsRstZKsDnXxsyDXm2tkvs48EQ/s320/IMG_0669.jpeg" width="310" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some small and large forms I threw with the sculpture body<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div>I started last week Thursday, the first day of my clay class(es). It's a 3 hour class, but I don't throw the whole time in any of those classess, especially not on the first day. I threw at home on Friday and over the weekend, using some recycled scupture clay. The clay includes nylon fiber and grog (ground up fired clay), which makes it a good sculpture body, but a fairly annoying throwing body. This time around it also had bits of metal in it. I need to figure out if that's coming from the pug mill or somewhere else. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgulZi5-BIeCcXN3SZAzQpsBDaH0i5Sg3Ky1WJVOXUtAQkEeBa0cKEaFbSox7yfIP18xYeJPWpjKeB07xvjh2OTub6gCCmSDJrODViqKcAFBeMusL-sOv2vAuxU1h_jUHrh44BVPj6GeIy5MqaAkVmeOEIaqUxWtQJ2i_91i0VV0frHQnMNB2GD9JYVIQ/s3471/IMG_0621.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3471" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgulZi5-BIeCcXN3SZAzQpsBDaH0i5Sg3Ky1WJVOXUtAQkEeBa0cKEaFbSox7yfIP18xYeJPWpjKeB07xvjh2OTub6gCCmSDJrODViqKcAFBeMusL-sOv2vAuxU1h_jUHrh44BVPj6GeIy5MqaAkVmeOEIaqUxWtQJ2i_91i0VV0frHQnMNB2GD9JYVIQ/s320/IMG_0621.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a thrown and hand-build sculpture in progress</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br style="text-align: center;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>The nice thing about throwing at home is that I can work on my sculpture. On the three days I threw with this body, I threw small pieces that I plan to combine into larger sculptures. Because I threw a bunch of sculpture pieces, that gets me back into the studio the next day (or days) to build with those pieces, so that's a good motivator to get me into the studio in general. Because the pieces are small, I don't necessarily need to commit to more time than I have.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0zDEQ2f97Q-keIgiOtH2LiPdaui22VCGub-M0DNg4r5NIWKMjNg_k8CuVwzjHs03Jg9HHraV_1vHcVF6rCe7l2mTgbHkXASVUBOn4XQVACsImqCLUWG4FO_IOibHrszVEs15qLmyWMhNzWHlDRu2mewNXpv-NlDPDnIcObJJfUgyaxXR5u6Qu9PkLA/s3471/IMG_0622.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="3471" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0zDEQ2f97Q-keIgiOtH2LiPdaui22VCGub-M0DNg4r5NIWKMjNg_k8CuVwzjHs03Jg9HHraV_1vHcVF6rCe7l2mTgbHkXASVUBOn4XQVACsImqCLUWG4FO_IOibHrszVEs15qLmyWMhNzWHlDRu2mewNXpv-NlDPDnIcObJJfUgyaxXR5u6Qu9PkLA/s320/IMG_0622.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one of the small sculpture forms I threw with the sculpture clay</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Today I threw at school, both because I don't have any throwing clay ready, and because I wanted to have more bowls ready to trim tomorrow during class. The nice thing about throwing at school is that other people are around. I chatted with some folks in the studio and generally just enjoyed being in the space. The clay is also a lot nicer for throwing and didn't have any bits of metal (though I did find a bit of rock, which is fairly unusual).</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ANpKnfIeIL_byOdGMaqb5VLk7Eaec1VeB-J3wHIo63B65XnTHGpUZz05kv_wthfIoPsxoiWP3phNoA_WXlybCUG32e-n7rHzcAv2G19ZolItrjWLy1vKo_Hli7s440pKpwemlfm9_FlfUSsVO0TdRvxzFPmYH3va2ouKYdQWGaN6PstCXkcQoA15gA/s3021/IMG_0662.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2515" data-original-width="3021" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ANpKnfIeIL_byOdGMaqb5VLk7Eaec1VeB-J3wHIo63B65XnTHGpUZz05kv_wthfIoPsxoiWP3phNoA_WXlybCUG32e-n7rHzcAv2G19ZolItrjWLy1vKo_Hli7s440pKpwemlfm9_FlfUSsVO0TdRvxzFPmYH3va2ouKYdQWGaN6PstCXkcQoA15gA/s320/IMG_0662.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the March Garrity tool makes a good paddle for small work</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>It's also kind of nice to have a time limit. I'm supposed to throw for 30 minutes, which I was able to squeeze in between meeting a student and attending a Teams meeting. But I also didnt' feel like I needed to commit to a huge undertaking. I was able to setup, wedge, throw, and clean up in about an hour. Because the time has been prescribed, I feel like I can just do it and be done.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg__GmJvDsp5daivOia7cJILSi4bLUV9LKj_vNF3_NTm-3nxisZ_3ffaDOyicduVyuM0t9gvuVMoCse1nzBJNW8RZaJM6X1pYSVdrjurzyLXA5bdnD0gvu7k3F4s0ZT8GnjxwxQ4VW1muw0LIp7v5DraObrvtO2JZjZKskaCe9rGRGVeiLBMYHCuG8Eg/s4032/IMG_0664.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg__GmJvDsp5daivOia7cJILSi4bLUV9LKj_vNF3_NTm-3nxisZ_3ffaDOyicduVyuM0t9gvuVMoCse1nzBJNW8RZaJM6X1pYSVdrjurzyLXA5bdnD0gvu7k3F4s0ZT8GnjxwxQ4VW1muw0LIp7v5DraObrvtO2JZjZKskaCe9rGRGVeiLBMYHCuG8Eg/s320/IMG_0664.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the Garrity arm tool (full view)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Having a time limit it nice, sometimes, for something that could expand to take up any amount of time--Like writing a blog post. I could let it expand to take up several months of editing and perfecting (like I've done with the last two posts I haven't actually published) or I could set myself a limit, keep it short and be done.</div></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-38635394191324390122023-02-12T19:31:00.006-08:002023-02-12T19:31:35.773-08:00Cancer updates<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Last year about all I wrote about was cancer. I realized this weekend that it’s been a long time since <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/10/cancer-year-in-review-whats-next-for.html" target="_blank">my last cancer treatment update (in early October)</a>. Part of what got me thinking about it is that twice this past week a colleague didn’t seem to recognize me. I wonder if it’s because my hair looks so different. <div><br /><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmSYUwHiNDt9D4oiiZV12Kaj42uSwVctXZNMaNw96rFbePEasvbqcEqyr1KZ_Mg0UWdj9UyAO3Y9pweYRJABb476MzMzH-UkvzbrxPHCkldxDazv8DIeHdXUdn_y_7qW8WgtM3-nl6V0fAyBdRSTkxwEcO_08sp0zqO14_pFpkt0_ROmPsKTRX0C6FA/s3088/ADFCF126-8637-479B-8136-3D94074AE169.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmSYUwHiNDt9D4oiiZV12Kaj42uSwVctXZNMaNw96rFbePEasvbqcEqyr1KZ_Mg0UWdj9UyAO3Y9pweYRJABb476MzMzH-UkvzbrxPHCkldxDazv8DIeHdXUdn_y_7qW8WgtM3-nl6V0fAyBdRSTkxwEcO_08sp0zqO14_pFpkt0_ROmPsKTRX0C6FA/s320/ADFCF126-8637-479B-8136-3D94074AE169.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My curly hair this morning</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>For a while I'd been posting regular selfies during my treatment, in part because I didn't have all that much else to do, and in part because I kind of wanted to track the visual changes, which, aside from the hair were relatively minor. After I finished chemo, my hair started growing back, but at first it was a lot whiter than when I'd last seen it. Now I think the new growth is darker, but I didn't trim the white, so it has kind of a frosted look. It grew back slower on top, which makes for some weird length, but the most unusual part is the chemo curls.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis45AY0wigcxb14bnjxxKov-PPBsRPgr9k_zQtN_aFmeU0VdjgMI52t7envaaFAA81yZWn335jn_21aQcIhQzPs79FLs8glzWE63mYItii-HdquMR-Rd68RwAwZ81qTUiVw1msV3m-SsjE79MZ0t_wr2x2dvLSKZUjasVL_bAoXGyXapuQEKjR1CtzeQ/s2182/DBAFBD79-5FF6-459D-A161-9EA84EAA34DE.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1163" data-original-width="2182" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis45AY0wigcxb14bnjxxKov-PPBsRPgr9k_zQtN_aFmeU0VdjgMI52t7envaaFAA81yZWn335jn_21aQcIhQzPs79FLs8glzWE63mYItii-HdquMR-Rd68RwAwZ81qTUiVw1msV3m-SsjE79MZ0t_wr2x2dvLSKZUjasVL_bAoXGyXapuQEKjR1CtzeQ/s320/DBAFBD79-5FF6-459D-A161-9EA84EAA34DE.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this, apparently highly toxic, soft pastel from my daughter's drawing kit is taunting me</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>Apparently chemo damages the hair follicle, twisting it, which results in curls. That’s the explanation I’ve found, but it raises questions for me about naturally curly hair. Regardless, the curls are pretty normal for folks who’ve had chemo. They last 6 months to a year but can last longer. As someone whose straight hair never held a curl before, I’m enjoying having natural curls and even though the length is all over the place (thanks to the hair delayed regrow the on top), I’ve decided to keep everything I’ve got and enjoy it as long as it lasts.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRVvRL7xVR9Kmhd52r0nrDv_iGVQnU1eQuokhk6c9m2O_nVgdLjyVNsSuEB8fM2xrb6bXpmWN2KkiESE2xuI2UdwSbP1_Ouhiq8v_hMml5e69oWRCTHVKFL2PRhtxJIvcxLy38G-bAdff5-dG35KfH3L2y63APFN2LMtIhTtqX0-hXeip32hQQ0Ey7w/s3088/7E6A9F6F-3D78-4003-B488-E9B47FF77268.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRVvRL7xVR9Kmhd52r0nrDv_iGVQnU1eQuokhk6c9m2O_nVgdLjyVNsSuEB8fM2xrb6bXpmWN2KkiESE2xuI2UdwSbP1_Ouhiq8v_hMml5e69oWRCTHVKFL2PRhtxJIvcxLy38G-bAdff5-dG35KfH3L2y63APFN2LMtIhTtqX0-hXeip32hQQ0Ey7w/s320/7E6A9F6F-3D78-4003-B488-E9B47FF77268.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">boing boing curls</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>The curls have just reached the point where they make little spirals, or, as I would have called it when I was a kid, “boing boing curls.” If you wish for “boing boing curls” as a kid, you might just get that wish fulfilled after chemo 30 some years later. I'm pretty sure that as a kid I would have specified long "boing boing curls," but, as chemo ended in April, I may be getting close to the end of that type of growth.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizutk2fKHKKS_T_7YO9WIKrIatwWKy9zG9YPCbNjPlarnTVao6A1QvSJYKxtnKgAYWYq_7W_Tvtv6mvmbrmGjz_GGBmpdXWbuAQ_WZqDKCO46sHXbqrAp2q13nVlZ5Jx92BQWGljzCB1eLSXdrO9avIlEhbsF1FH3szyvUwyCnpzonJSZkXCCfZlwXYg/s4032/1BB5666F-AD62-48E6-98C5-9C971A9746DB.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizutk2fKHKKS_T_7YO9WIKrIatwWKy9zG9YPCbNjPlarnTVao6A1QvSJYKxtnKgAYWYq_7W_Tvtv6mvmbrmGjz_GGBmpdXWbuAQ_WZqDKCO46sHXbqrAp2q13nVlZ5Jx92BQWGljzCB1eLSXdrO9avIlEhbsF1FH3szyvUwyCnpzonJSZkXCCfZlwXYg/s320/1BB5666F-AD62-48E6-98C5-9C971A9746DB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the sculpture (right) as I left it at Christmas</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>The fact that I'm most interested in the hair, and I've been writing almost exclusively about <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/search/label/Fall%202022" target="_blank">my students' work for months,</a> now, probably tells you what you need to know about my health (boring is good). I have been done with “active” treatment since September. In January I had my last meeting with my radiology oncologist who seemed to think my radiated skin looked good. She officially "released" me from her care, surprising me because I didn’t realize I was still under her care. The only hiccup was that I complained about some joint pain and that worried her (which worried me).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYL3KGCNRzdWML5W8Sr0kzLR5Fe0nKMAtyPgtE4_mCPUyMCtlAjFjWsO2VfJ8tfZe6gJVdso0LAX7t3Mhp7PZapdJcxvAJYVMUiCOnvo8DOeXF57aiYObrAtYCbHRzI8CtweUjz95keYp4Ubx8syknyO2mw2hOdxXxvS-5SM2shT0cSK0xfVgxbVUgQ/s4032/C276CBAA-5909-4F12-A15E-210091F85528.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYL3KGCNRzdWML5W8Sr0kzLR5Fe0nKMAtyPgtE4_mCPUyMCtlAjFjWsO2VfJ8tfZe6gJVdso0LAX7t3Mhp7PZapdJcxvAJYVMUiCOnvo8DOeXF57aiYObrAtYCbHRzI8CtweUjz95keYp4Ubx8syknyO2mw2hOdxXxvS-5SM2shT0cSK0xfVgxbVUgQ/s320/C276CBAA-5909-4F12-A15E-210091F85528.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the other sculpture that I left even less complete over Christmas</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>In January I had my first post-surgery mammogram and that came back clear (about which I am much chiller now than I was then--when they didn't call with the results the next day I called them and told them they had to tell me or I'd worry all weekend). I also had my last weekly lymphedema appointment at the end of January. Which means that in February, I have no scheduled medical appointments of any kind! This is the first month <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/12/my-world-is-strange-now-and-thisthi.html" target="_blank">since August of 2021 when I haven't have a medical appointment</a> (or lots) related to my breast cancer!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjXUTfqXTJ7kxHPqOY1mYZNYipJIdabqL-rzmEBin-OASLM5fSLn_j0JgI4n3QdUTgLG7CkaFNLR1jQg4pAVzTzWVOINkdzXsvrlg-3vAml6kK12HPaadf66rsEBZRQsEi105Vf0Q0uIKY61agXxzKiBMPcudQltqHH6058DVFoG_htdqAmeAfLJEnw/s4032/10038446-ECB6-4A48-A5C9-C879CD2ABAD6.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjXUTfqXTJ7kxHPqOY1mYZNYipJIdabqL-rzmEBin-OASLM5fSLn_j0JgI4n3QdUTgLG7CkaFNLR1jQg4pAVzTzWVOINkdzXsvrlg-3vAml6kK12HPaadf66rsEBZRQsEi105Vf0Q0uIKY61agXxzKiBMPcudQltqHH6058DVFoG_htdqAmeAfLJEnw/s320/10038446-ECB6-4A48-A5C9-C879CD2ABAD6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">both sculptures finished (and trying to keep the cats out at this point)</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>I‘m not done with treatment or appointments. I’m on five years of a daily pill and a shot every three months to stop my hormones. I have more lymphedema check ups, but they're spaced farther apart. At the start of March I have a pair of appointments my new oncologist and to get blood work to make sure the hormone stuff isn't causing major trouble. (Just the normal trouble of hot flashes and all that unfun menopause stuff.) Though some of them are decidedly not fun, I think that the symptoms have been fairly manageable. I can work just fine, I'm sleeping fairly well and I’ve gotten back into a sort of exercise routine of running with my daughter and doing some video workouts. I even went to yoga twice this month. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaLLwFwbOq_iZ6q-fgMST12ahRCtkwytbh_o4g_7C7wqzCDRBJhUtS__18VOwM3lk-piL92asI0vzIPBC5BBycDzc4uQZhFjzJ3-KSF4fewVMSKU7VPuBxpw1p06QLFf-g6sos7koYH87QRIj7ZZcgRgQJjj3mITaaLw0fckqj351YWXu8PPKplpmtg/s4032/46F024D6-B9D1-464E-880E-3B32AC413FC4.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaLLwFwbOq_iZ6q-fgMST12ahRCtkwytbh_o4g_7C7wqzCDRBJhUtS__18VOwM3lk-piL92asI0vzIPBC5BBycDzc4uQZhFjzJ3-KSF4fewVMSKU7VPuBxpw1p06QLFf-g6sos7koYH87QRIj7ZZcgRgQJjj3mITaaLw0fckqj351YWXu8PPKplpmtg/s320/46F024D6-B9D1-464E-880E-3B32AC413FC4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">old work and new work before and after glazing/firing</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>Mostly I’ve been focused on teaching and union work. In December I started some sculptures in my home studio that took ages to finish, not least because I got COVID when I was visiting my brother’s family at Christmas. But I finally finished building them and they are ready to fire whenever I get around to loading a kiln. This weekend I finally glazed a batch of functional work from who knows when. And that's all I've got, because between the glazing and the union and the classes I've told myself I'll squeeze in some rest this weekend!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-89205928908209146802023-02-05T12:47:00.002-08:002023-02-05T12:47:30.506-08:00Expressive Portrait, Glazed & Finished: Fall 2022<p>Last week, students in my Winter quarter class started building their solid portraits. I've been pretty busy so far this winter, so I had not gotten around to posting the finished sculptures created by my fall quarter class. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSO_wKx_DvrHEXqWrogOUbPl3qLHTkKBQadxazJ5vnpAPafocpYKXuWsIjgkLrXjCrDPOyppLVWqV2_9mP3VO52ZsZdqLxZt8luFHdQTIvgAvvRkNNBsfqf_KTOvWrceP8VQVA_mMR2TczsPuLsv-iaVCKrnhxPSmo5ZJjafWLtWZBbFhCEQ6haO1Oiw/s4032/20221205_121938.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSO_wKx_DvrHEXqWrogOUbPl3qLHTkKBQadxazJ5vnpAPafocpYKXuWsIjgkLrXjCrDPOyppLVWqV2_9mP3VO52ZsZdqLxZt8luFHdQTIvgAvvRkNNBsfqf_KTOvWrceP8VQVA_mMR2TczsPuLsv-iaVCKrnhxPSmo5ZJjafWLtWZBbFhCEQ6haO1Oiw/s320/20221205_121938.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">painted solid portrait by Thai See</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/11/hand-builing-student-portraits.html" target="_blank">solid</a> built <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2019/03/solid-built-portraits-snow-days.html" target="_blank">portrait</a> project is probably my favorite hand-building project. I enjoy the format of the class, and the way the students separate into different tools and techniques, then come together for this <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2020/02/hand-built-student-work-portraits-part-1.html" target="_blank">solid buildi</a>ng project. So this project is fun because we are <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/11/solid-sculpture-in-progress-fall-2020.html" target="_blank">all working together</a>.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjve5a5D0huxtxTa82DV6dTtKK-laLiqY24-Z_Ly31XoZc1y57CJS7ftyyUCQ8aAf0fclNW2JwZZS7cN5OU604KWMJn_E3te7IHJ0FO1jcMX2F0UYIG5AAuHAxeBdI5YED5BHpEXi8Gr6iF2lQFrxIV3nunhT9U9RWfxDqOJYwcpfA8fAfKd0LWQmYd-Q/s4032/20221205_122108.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjve5a5D0huxtxTa82DV6dTtKK-laLiqY24-Z_Ly31XoZc1y57CJS7ftyyUCQ8aAf0fclNW2JwZZS7cN5OU604KWMJn_E3te7IHJ0FO1jcMX2F0UYIG5AAuHAxeBdI5YED5BHpEXi8Gr6iF2lQFrxIV3nunhT9U9RWfxDqOJYwcpfA8fAfKd0LWQmYd-Q/s320/20221205_122108.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kate Winslet as Clementine (from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thaiidraws/" target="_blank">Thai See</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I also enjoy it because of the way the students work on this project. Most students use an armature, but they aren't required to do so. However, because the build is solid and fairly large, the first day consists mostly of hitting clay with paddles to make it stick to itself or the armature. It's hard not to enjoy such a physical project.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjU6nacotR0_-gFMpjorzwM7Gn1o9x61zW_Is60-HU0wO3hnDVOkbcfHserE6ytEQpNoJm7rB2Egh8fAKw9fBn8lI5aa4b8Hthw43ddZ4pUWJ_OtgLi2gmZx-goPFTr98E3otGGg-K6heYPYKTU0DK8dnhxzYcj3BtWRGLv2XiE3CHVybPjEw-n2lAzQ/s2641/20221205_143115.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2617" data-original-width="2641" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjU6nacotR0_-gFMpjorzwM7Gn1o9x61zW_Is60-HU0wO3hnDVOkbcfHserE6ytEQpNoJm7rB2Egh8fAKw9fBn8lI5aa4b8Hthw43ddZ4pUWJ_OtgLi2gmZx-goPFTr98E3otGGg-K6heYPYKTU0DK8dnhxzYcj3BtWRGLv2XiE3CHVybPjEw-n2lAzQ/s320/20221205_143115.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charlie from Heartstopper by Amy Matson</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I suppose it is also fun for me, because while the students are working hard, pounding on their pieces, making lots of noise and moving lots of clay around, I'm simply walking around, checking in with them, making suggestions, talking about their plans and proportions and the positiong of their armature.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2cSRmH0SZFFneZYFcW1vDhFTtknx3vHFqaT6Rbe71s41xhtpkD6rPyz9CJVeoDusD67BPaJPrdAyl4UArBIwFXAREs7cFwuGHFKIFlfyYhTNP8iuayRGfjCR4z9iv3_9pMU9MpBOcGwnea9wSVXc0FmzfYEjYBBhllWghUPRsrjneUnSLuvsKT1Ccww/s4032/IMG_2769.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2cSRmH0SZFFneZYFcW1vDhFTtknx3vHFqaT6Rbe71s41xhtpkD6rPyz9CJVeoDusD67BPaJPrdAyl4UArBIwFXAREs7cFwuGHFKIFlfyYhTNP8iuayRGfjCR4z9iv3_9pMU9MpBOcGwnea9wSVXc0FmzfYEjYBBhllWghUPRsrjneUnSLuvsKT1Ccww/s320/IMG_2769.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nien Nunb from Star Wars by Carlos Garcia Alcantar<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the second day of the project, they are cutting, hitting, and still making large changes to their project. Eventually they start to separate and work at different rates, but by the start of the second week or so, by design, they are all ready to cut. And again, that day, I'm walking through, thoroughly enjoying myself, while they are all cutting and hollowing and again making big changes to their projects.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CBswUnCS6tX-2I_6Qx3jfx_Oj2lqPovtQ2W5LqLVVDp-elvcpZFParXXEp1GUsaPZyly5ZgfDwdJNxw0h4mavdZFRwdTDFSSjkFAiqFwllp22AOYabsNAu7GB1aHhQoACayP47-_uWqAv1_FP1VjSiT75il5i-NaObj578jeNhHrW9wvl9FBfb4z2A/s4032/IMG_6479.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CBswUnCS6tX-2I_6Qx3jfx_Oj2lqPovtQ2W5LqLVVDp-elvcpZFParXXEp1GUsaPZyly5ZgfDwdJNxw0h4mavdZFRwdTDFSSjkFAiqFwllp22AOYabsNAu7GB1aHhQoACayP47-_uWqAv1_FP1VjSiT75il5i-NaObj578jeNhHrW9wvl9FBfb4z2A/s320/IMG_6479.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scream, by Amanda Goodrich, glazed</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I never built this way, myself, in undergrad or in graduate school. I never really used an internal armature in my own work before I started teaching either. I've done so since, but I'm not even sure I had made and finished a full-side sculpture like this until my students had already done so in my class.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQiv7CflC6xIZoK8Q2MQB6oQxDRHoLDH5AuV6ZYivN9Tx_hRyes1jHXnuckSLXtiFFJ3_IrT7lCnqyqB7YGpdyTqv8yvN1czz8qHt9DZylOJzO8l9LwqtCrSelzzTqkeN6phNtPjtSbaC8uE-mIIjPLRgqrVP7BaMsRxov--XvEtrxo4TfR70a6U5U3w/s4032/IMG_6480.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQiv7CflC6xIZoK8Q2MQB6oQxDRHoLDH5AuV6ZYivN9Tx_hRyes1jHXnuckSLXtiFFJ3_IrT7lCnqyqB7YGpdyTqv8yvN1czz8qHt9DZylOJzO8l9LwqtCrSelzzTqkeN6phNtPjtSbaC8uE-mIIjPLRgqrVP7BaMsRxov--XvEtrxo4TfR70a6U5U3w/s320/IMG_6480.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scream, by Amanda Goodrich, side</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This process is just a bunch of fun for me and the students seem to really enjoy it too, though I know it can also be frustrating--and some of them feel the frustration more than others, of course. Some of the students who feel frustrated with the project are those whose work looks great to me and their classmates, but who have really high expectations of themselves. These students may be bothered that their first portrait project isn't as perfect as they imagine it could be.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7Lrd4UMNcqgvrGqiqzdJcFJX2i4lgtk-p_JBTKEU0Octg7muGA_rkZ1YSzIUKWM21HTaJ8b_z99O_SHjKdUP0GsmwoKb91pLxtt6Sc8HZyXf5JWNUtS1rk8lvkGEZJPoEgPz-aBIqQkqxpVqq5rfrNMOGul2MXy2bAkbflUyiTrbo01Fn1GUTpBZcg/s4032/IMG_3494.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7Lrd4UMNcqgvrGqiqzdJcFJX2i4lgtk-p_JBTKEU0Octg7muGA_rkZ1YSzIUKWM21HTaJ8b_z99O_SHjKdUP0GsmwoKb91pLxtt6Sc8HZyXf5JWNUtS1rk8lvkGEZJPoEgPz-aBIqQkqxpVqq5rfrNMOGul2MXy2bAkbflUyiTrbo01Fn1GUTpBZcg/s320/IMG_3494.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Medusa by Valeria Alvarez</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Occaionally, I get a student who is so frustrated by the process that they end up disliking the end product. This happens in the throwing class sometimes, too. They expected the class to be easy or pure fun or something, but in the end they found it difficult and that somehow ruined the results for them. I find that both students who struggled and students who didn't appear to struggle can feel this way at the end of the quarter.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptbcHCvn9mD-CQKFypr7fMz3quhpUjMoGJbq7rBXn7IyhggTqYYEFQmF0iEzycafkdXj2oAeix0YO_d0WaoQP3L0lzUeHlZ1NlX1bW-_T87V5zumT7Cyc6GObVFLGx5xNzTaiVqZEe5G5g2SG17D8qeh7MH7q-mCY6D5wyD0sK_XzU0H9z4usupn7tA/s4000/gecko%20portrait%20project2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptbcHCvn9mD-CQKFypr7fMz3quhpUjMoGJbq7rBXn7IyhggTqYYEFQmF0iEzycafkdXj2oAeix0YO_d0WaoQP3L0lzUeHlZ1NlX1bW-_T87V5zumT7Cyc6GObVFLGx5xNzTaiVqZEe5G5g2SG17D8qeh7MH7q-mCY6D5wyD0sK_XzU0H9z4usupn7tA/s320/gecko%20portrait%20project2.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two Geckos by Brooke Mason</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Of course there are some students who struggle or dislike the project or their final results because they didn't really put in the time. I didn't really have that happen during most of the quarter this year, but it has happened in the past. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBd9cT92X2MddclT4EUuJDe9sPHTT7c03QoTOOtzrpM1_4YmOBffaTerZC1QkXR7xkDGt3_jvystRn3GeWO7jFn4uVNIaPHTWHbffCmguszx3l0SaI-CETvFCPjGd0Cy89GAgV6xmr1xCnaSf3t_rYakvhE78apRUa1KYDCZHUm3rOO1O-No7u4hylIw/s4032/E55C6A07-8C3E-4F06-B8DB-10C2B56BE0A2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBd9cT92X2MddclT4EUuJDe9sPHTT7c03QoTOOtzrpM1_4YmOBffaTerZC1QkXR7xkDGt3_jvystRn3GeWO7jFn4uVNIaPHTWHbffCmguszx3l0SaI-CETvFCPjGd0Cy89GAgV6xmr1xCnaSf3t_rYakvhE78apRUa1KYDCZHUm3rOO1O-No7u4hylIw/s320/E55C6A07-8C3E-4F06-B8DB-10C2B56BE0A2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two geckos before firing by Brooke Mason</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The clay can be unforgiving, breaking or squishing if handled incorrectly or worked on too wet or too dry. Just missing some studio time can result in clay that's too dry and needs to be entirely restarted. This isn't such a big deal on the wheel, most of the time, but it can be a major problem with a hand-building project that took weeks to build.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhg2cWRa9k70imv3RUZC7cdicBRayyGaycHQ-gTB602-7-8E8oxC0gEW5jTtT7YIqTiY-jpetne58jPJjVOi3Vxhr0-43zB1b_sNGBRQkM5zvKZeOqFr5-oQQimO9Tc8XHgxZCq1ODjDGpA-yd0vRXQMXugLUKfMP5Y-n-m0igypHt2DdAT8DzDymfQ/s4032/IMG_8992.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhg2cWRa9k70imv3RUZC7cdicBRayyGaycHQ-gTB602-7-8E8oxC0gEW5jTtT7YIqTiY-jpetne58jPJjVOi3Vxhr0-43zB1b_sNGBRQkM5zvKZeOqFr5-oQQimO9Tc8XHgxZCq1ODjDGpA-yd0vRXQMXugLUKfMP5Y-n-m0igypHt2DdAT8DzDymfQ/s320/IMG_8992.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dog by Yarelli Sanchez</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The work I'm showing in this blog is (mostly) finished work as presented for the final critique. Students in the hand-building class <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/11/student-portraits-works-in-progress.html" target="_blank">had 5 builds during the quarter</a> and they were required to glaze at least 4 of them. One of the 5 could be painted, the other 4 could be fired in the cone 10 kiln in a reduction or oxidation atmosphere, in the raku or pit firing, or in a low fire kiln. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKy-8qB-tDRW97RC5S4TXb1AcG2FW8t47PFW_G03dvR8PL9sVmxtDYOZdcEtkPU2Xn_vuxm2aqh3CUPpRGl580CrPqy_NN4Ze1hXi3c7zAfmILaU_UyndgSlAvrh14ydGQc9VHzXaxXEksaFX50fYxvKRWFqluDvJI2XqkVXEFZDPGYh24hMc5-d3lWA/s4032/IMG_8993.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKy-8qB-tDRW97RC5S4TXb1AcG2FW8t47PFW_G03dvR8PL9sVmxtDYOZdcEtkPU2Xn_vuxm2aqh3CUPpRGl580CrPqy_NN4Ze1hXi3c7zAfmILaU_UyndgSlAvrh14ydGQc9VHzXaxXEksaFX50fYxvKRWFqluDvJI2XqkVXEFZDPGYh24hMc5-d3lWA/s320/IMG_8993.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dog by Yarelli Sanchez</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p>Finishing the work mostly meant glazing or painting, and many students used underglazes with glazes. Horsehair raku firing was also an option, though none of the solid portraits ended up being finished with only horsehair raku (one was done with horsehair then re-fired).</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqceQQYRTMq38Z0MbrkvtXd2pDgkDfEgNwuE7Hy5gp4Heq1ty43kOxkDqiiPI46NTbt3-8EDLXBTf3Xbk-5eivhYlFIPTFE1sg8HN-awPX4jV2XA4OBIiCUs9lAexGiR2z154169QN3zKW4c9pe4_mVlun1bNiGSzhrigBAZz-YjJVA0aYXNMYYCpAg/s4032/IMG_8995.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqceQQYRTMq38Z0MbrkvtXd2pDgkDfEgNwuE7Hy5gp4Heq1ty43kOxkDqiiPI46NTbt3-8EDLXBTf3Xbk-5eivhYlFIPTFE1sg8HN-awPX4jV2XA4OBIiCUs9lAexGiR2z154169QN3zKW4c9pe4_mVlun1bNiGSzhrigBAZz-YjJVA0aYXNMYYCpAg/s320/IMG_8995.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dog by Yarelli Sanchez</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p>I also tell students that they can bring in non-ceramic materials after glazing and firing. This includes paint of course, but could also include epoxy, clear acrylic medium, hair, paper, or any other materials the student wishes to use. In the past students have added a dog collar, rubber, beads, staples and pieces of metal.</p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjCUT7cPDLLvuv1HkfmMw98WOUTsvI_m69dWTW2e0z6ME4TaF9l-h5JvNynT-4eVtb9z_dbRwmjMqFgf_Q9qKcfZ6Hzsz_rU4zgdw17wYjeggyTTrOFsDOJyu0PnfyynpjhnmU_gZXrX4Ei4Edb3gvbKQcNaiBioM4SElmP2Jk87x8UPkORlThqMXcg/s4032/IMG_8996.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjCUT7cPDLLvuv1HkfmMw98WOUTsvI_m69dWTW2e0z6ME4TaF9l-h5JvNynT-4eVtb9z_dbRwmjMqFgf_Q9qKcfZ6Hzsz_rU4zgdw17wYjeggyTTrOFsDOJyu0PnfyynpjhnmU_gZXrX4Ei4Edb3gvbKQcNaiBioM4SElmP2Jk87x8UPkORlThqMXcg/s320/IMG_8996.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dog by Yarelli Sanchez<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>This quarter, just two or three students used something besides paint. One added some acrylic medium to increase the shine on her piece after firing. Another added hair to her Gollum. Though Gollum doesn’t have a lot of hair, it makes a real difference. His particular hairstyle reminds me of when my hair was falling out near the beginning of chemo. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-0uZX5goxj67hOcnbSH-WTBndp_9PrMc1Co1ByXWvpaOTDH-EQnPt7cQRcm84-PizkWQZZ1TbXEHS7Fjw5e5vArRT6z51V7ixoWgjavoIefgjnAnQRBrTtmCd1JZo4uPO6ewQihNRTtQ-ILQ1iq0Vl2U5KdQ84reHqjIGxka2Fe1CHwvZ3i4z6OFZQ/s3579/Gollum.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3579" data-original-width="2856" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-0uZX5goxj67hOcnbSH-WTBndp_9PrMc1Co1ByXWvpaOTDH-EQnPt7cQRcm84-PizkWQZZ1TbXEHS7Fjw5e5vArRT6z51V7ixoWgjavoIefgjnAnQRBrTtmCd1JZo4uPO6ewQihNRTtQ-ILQ1iq0Vl2U5KdQ84reHqjIGxka2Fe1CHwvZ3i4z6OFZQ/s320/Gollum.jpg" width="255" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gollum by Amy Matson</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Amy, who created Gollum, actually used her own hair. She shocked her classmate when she cut it off during class, yakima more than she probably needed. Whenever I’ve made sculptures that incorporate hair, I’ve used the fake kind that you can buy in a cheap hairclip—but maybe that’s because I knew I’d eventually lose it all. (Hmm, now I’m wondering why I didn’t save my hair that fell out for use in my future sculpture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPyUwUHtOs4rdRVoD2fFhD9CNFj-ORTJDbzmOw0yvciKV7A4mHfsb9jSTwAER1ieTv1HDQCFqDkEBLjpOiDaWbUahVu32YhS293L__X3jRv9YiKG-MITncZMnggnHpdh-TDjkX3X_wdzDNqw3DHz1qkniIeDel6lCFT5H82U3XfWuPW2V8fouh7AV2w/s4032/IMG_3225.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPyUwUHtOs4rdRVoD2fFhD9CNFj-ORTJDbzmOw0yvciKV7A4mHfsb9jSTwAER1ieTv1HDQCFqDkEBLjpOiDaWbUahVu32YhS293L__X3jRv9YiKG-MITncZMnggnHpdh-TDjkX3X_wdzDNqw3DHz1qkniIeDel6lCFT5H82U3XfWuPW2V8fouh7AV2w/s320/IMG_3225.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bantha by Julia Snow</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hair and fur texture make a bit difference in making a sculpture look realistic, stylized, creepy, beautiful, or strange. In the fall, we had some pretty different approaches to hair and fur. Julia's Bantha has these tufts of fur, Yarelli's dog fur varies quite a bit across different parts of the body. Some others focused more on the form than the surface.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQzkMbGWPYouuImb08Pn04tJBDbYd3QSRkOQsPtbpG8nXGOXZC2aN7fWYYlXf-J0-N_EkTNeSeJVmv5YtD4YAQ_jc3Jatu-dQAIVpOn-EUrKshuM_mXyibg6TLhYqoYVQDiDb89yYwGeY6WzEgXUZ1EUskc7Uv9sEKBFMkasCy4x-tq4CQqTfJROi7nA/s4032/IMG_3228.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQzkMbGWPYouuImb08Pn04tJBDbYd3QSRkOQsPtbpG8nXGOXZC2aN7fWYYlXf-J0-N_EkTNeSeJVmv5YtD4YAQ_jc3Jatu-dQAIVpOn-EUrKshuM_mXyibg6TLhYqoYVQDiDb89yYwGeY6WzEgXUZ1EUskc7Uv9sEKBFMkasCy4x-tq4CQqTfJROi7nA/s320/IMG_3228.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bantha by Julia Snow</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I can't wait to share images from this quarter, with student's permission, because we have some very different approaches to surface texture happening. I feel like each class cohort can have a very distinctive feel, energy, or approach. This quarter 6 students from fall are continuing into the Winter quarter, meaning this cohort combines new and continuing students. I've been kind of surprised how different the energy is. The winter group is a good group, they're making work and rising to the challenge of the class, but the humor and perspective is just a little different. It's a little bit difficult to name.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBA2t94NRgHdAfeKcbhwgJdMxNRfyfFhjxNpTpIT1mJQ2y-zkdcWF0FNYA3hLZod4RaF_XiqMxnRgy1kxUKfphoAL02Fyv98qAcL382uiB5pkz82yQ447t3KSMJsvYQX64mthj98n6Pv8NcGWFj3qfl4tCymLV-QnPK1n2reCv2kTHggZZ7o6c4So5sQ/s1732/20221205_115914.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="1732" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBA2t94NRgHdAfeKcbhwgJdMxNRfyfFhjxNpTpIT1mJQ2y-zkdcWF0FNYA3hLZod4RaF_XiqMxnRgy1kxUKfphoAL02Fyv98qAcL382uiB5pkz82yQ447t3KSMJsvYQX64mthj98n6Pv8NcGWFj3qfl4tCymLV-QnPK1n2reCv2kTHggZZ7o6c4So5sQ/s320/20221205_115914.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dog on Pillow by Thunder Morales</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I suspect part of the reason it feels so different is simply because half the class is working on different projects than the other. I've got six or seven beginners, doing the same assignments as the fall students, but with sometimes very different personal approaches. Then I've got 4 intermediates working on pretty independent and thus quite varied intermediate projects, and I've got 2 intermediate students who took the beginning class online or while I was on medical leave, which means their experience, background and perspective is pretty different.</div><br style="text-align: left;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLqx4kcJj8yKICRF0vFEoGAkCzy2aNbYu-07M_w4hcQOTWflGHIndewOJ9OoSteHd6ObA0QAgnZqpO0TqDiugontXA6E4BwonIFDRXOLbF4LNqfkXr9rI8sJGMkyiu6UUoFa-h75xB1426c22BUyCrtnWzvG6bPxP3-ZRVlXxtSQooaQmGOtX1BprgQ/s2869/20221205_115907.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1723" data-original-width="2869" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLqx4kcJj8yKICRF0vFEoGAkCzy2aNbYu-07M_w4hcQOTWflGHIndewOJ9OoSteHd6ObA0QAgnZqpO0TqDiugontXA6E4BwonIFDRXOLbF4LNqfkXr9rI8sJGMkyiu6UUoFa-h75xB1426c22BUyCrtnWzvG6bPxP3-ZRVlXxtSQooaQmGOtX1BprgQ/s320/20221205_115907.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dog on Pillow by Thunder Morales</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm definitely not complaining. I've been really happy with how the group has worked together even with the different projects. They've now completed two and a half builds, and I'm pretty much always happy when the builds get done. Some of them had to push a bit to meet the last deadline, but that energy (oh no! here comes the deadline!) can yeild some very interesting and surprising results.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjxbDmw2y_MMrDZ_zHOmcbZ11wjJpdbgKr7J4eSyENpyiNojZCuYoNBZ8iflAcN2H9FY5sj6MapFJcnnmJJv9KlV_9rmxeWlEHpREGrl5HOw74ZU9uh1VmdlXtLiFDJVGWkBtMjY_h3k3W0G6GF2GhJ2y0d5Ix2nLTsVu0Ry3BGERcqfaUMAlltTbBw/s1266/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-19%20at%202.18.11%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1266" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjxbDmw2y_MMrDZ_zHOmcbZ11wjJpdbgKr7J4eSyENpyiNojZCuYoNBZ8iflAcN2H9FY5sj6MapFJcnnmJJv9KlV_9rmxeWlEHpREGrl5HOw74ZU9uh1VmdlXtLiFDJVGWkBtMjY_h3k3W0G6GF2GhJ2y0d5Ix2nLTsVu0Ry3BGERcqfaUMAlltTbBw/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-19%20at%202.18.11%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dwight from The Office by Jordan Golob</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This week my three clay classes all start glazing. I'm looking foward to seeing what we get for the first firing, but I'm also interested to see how my intermediates approach glazing, having already had one or two quarters of experience prior to this class.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HMPOZQdACtPzHyKd5IzVSKdYv69UOZJAa6ha-Lj0K41AUnmHgXbIO0MEsQ-ox6Mu0dPfAF_VNXNfSi8CJ_SC9thmvXKhfhTVrJutdZdGWxySW12U3kNxCn47b1_0Pjx2mSQ_bwiXKWm2XRwntRG1IrYdRlwDSdf3WjsxC7muR3xSsqbMcq-uIvaPXQ/s1024/IMG_0040.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HMPOZQdACtPzHyKd5IzVSKdYv69UOZJAa6ha-Lj0K41AUnmHgXbIO0MEsQ-ox6Mu0dPfAF_VNXNfSi8CJ_SC9thmvXKhfhTVrJutdZdGWxySW12U3kNxCn47b1_0Pjx2mSQ_bwiXKWm2XRwntRG1IrYdRlwDSdf3WjsxC7muR3xSsqbMcq-uIvaPXQ/s320/IMG_0040.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Derek Arneecher's Winifred <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/12/firings-faults-and-just-fun.html" target="_blank">after the second firing</a> (with underglaze)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-59609633388724412162023-01-08T17:40:00.002-08:002023-01-08T17:40:25.499-08:00Extruded Forms, Glazed & Finished: Fall 2022<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfKcqfR4XrywEIXdXr3UyVqW-rnymAvXKViXy_Zzyt_IFXA8KuUqoYatOqldQA5BtILHSWUxSGK-qAl115n38HHLq3B5MnN1uTrCAVk5l2ekZaP8jsIlmDhWL1-MnA8pQ_UkNUMN3tgbN98o1TlBztvL5zlpWJ0U5WEghHx5YH695zgEsFt9Mm3p-DWQ/s4032/IMG_8998.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfKcqfR4XrywEIXdXr3UyVqW-rnymAvXKViXy_Zzyt_IFXA8KuUqoYatOqldQA5BtILHSWUxSGK-qAl115n38HHLq3B5MnN1uTrCAVk5l2ekZaP8jsIlmDhWL1-MnA8pQ_UkNUMN3tgbN98o1TlBztvL5zlpWJ0U5WEghHx5YH695zgEsFt9Mm3p-DWQ/s320/IMG_8998.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Extruded sculpture, horse hair raku fired, by Yarelli Sanchez<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">An extruder is a tool that forces wet clay through a die to create long tubes or lines of clay in that shape. I have students use this tool on the second day of hand-building class to make mugs. They use a <a href="https://youtu.be/pS5QLNBbCxI" target="_blank">hollow cylinder die</a> to create hollow cylinders which form the walls of the mug. Some students are assigned to the wall extruder, while others roll slabs for the bottom of the mug. Still other students use a small hand held <a href="https://youtu.be/vxitJvHwgLU" target="_blank">handle extruder</a> to shape uniform handle blanks to attach to the extruded cylinder.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSoyo4xFSlAcbpHi3ccP19SrY2oaNVWm8nZlEbbORTvLrRICXdHtpv2qUiq8suswYX-lFsI4rbmxjfU2DrmBZ6vnGd2d7CG5o7OCXvAefTIn7wiLWinmwo2C4cxtSSjo16nyIX1sh2zvRGo6F6rW97lz8fHDhx26nkmImLzU8VwmcATt-qujEeJ3qUUQ/s4032/IMG_3216.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSoyo4xFSlAcbpHi3ccP19SrY2oaNVWm8nZlEbbORTvLrRICXdHtpv2qUiq8suswYX-lFsI4rbmxjfU2DrmBZ6vnGd2d7CG5o7OCXvAefTIn7wiLWinmwo2C4cxtSSjo16nyIX1sh2zvRGo6F6rW97lz8fHDhx26nkmImLzU8VwmcATt-qujEeJ3qUUQ/s320/IMG_3216.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">extruded chia pet stonehenge (before chia seed application) by Julia Snow</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Later, students are given access to several extruders and lots of dies to create their own sculpture. They can extrude hollow cylinders using the same die they used for the mugs or they can use a <a href="https://youtu.be/UtjtguGmvk8" target="_blank">smaller hand held extruder</a> (one that looks like a caulk gun) to extrude smaller hollow cylinders. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBR8vLFNPqIdP5oZRujDw6HUIYZ6ak4GzX2xeHPeupkurtxyi1DycW4ORrzvy1UuqYfHJIaKgjw_9VPkLvnmmaFRRs0wmFXBPTLAVNTvwBzrH6ZFnajhlVYjI0zt-lV-ZMIzUz5ntqlVDehGDLZAsEPaYygkjUFYI8X5liuPriWJ7C-M22CSOAElmLw/s4032/IMG_8999.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBR8vLFNPqIdP5oZRujDw6HUIYZ6ak4GzX2xeHPeupkurtxyi1DycW4ORrzvy1UuqYfHJIaKgjw_9VPkLvnmmaFRRs0wmFXBPTLAVNTvwBzrH6ZFnajhlVYjI0zt-lV-ZMIzUz5ntqlVDehGDLZAsEPaYygkjUFYI8X5liuPriWJ7C-M22CSOAElmLw/s320/IMG_8999.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yarelli's sculpture, the rings on top are slices of the extruded cylinders</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once the cylinders are extruded, they can keep them tall like the mug, or cut them down. Yarelli used both tall cylinders and cylinders cut into small rings to create her horsehair raku fired sculpture of towers and chains.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GyQ4rTIBBL8XviqqUpRXaFBoq3W5nyYPS9_HZqhgCthrPNrcWgI5uOUthBalbPchnMEdGj9ZAdwTGVl9rSJu2DXWfgIuUUTzYTWT-OaTsLi6d2asm_DnKBJ8eXmR4Q7So9exKmUJm9iILwWnoFDK_gXd2MUWiQ8ODYOnea2ZK5EMrB7Ni_A-26NMlQ/s4032/IMG_3223.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GyQ4rTIBBL8XviqqUpRXaFBoq3W5nyYPS9_HZqhgCthrPNrcWgI5uOUthBalbPchnMEdGj9ZAdwTGVl9rSJu2DXWfgIuUUTzYTWT-OaTsLi6d2asm_DnKBJ8eXmR4Q7So9exKmUJm9iILwWnoFDK_gXd2MUWiQ8ODYOnea2ZK5EMrB7Ni_A-26NMlQ/s320/IMG_3223.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">detail of Julia's extruder forms, showing carved texture</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Using the large hollow cylinder die, the extrusions can be fairly thick, meaning students may choose to carve into the thick walls of the cylinders to reduce the weight and add decorative texture. To make the walls of a cylinder thinner, students can use a larger interior die or they can <a href="https://youtu.be/vgHwbkdv8cg" target="_blank">stretch out the extrusion by rolling a dowel</a> inside or by manipulating it with their hands. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8S-KpMYNetXRPIJo8lhxigPIPnJqzmLu3OzWSOGgujrX6uGMqikSsOrezFft5Kmwgl1waAyN5HcNxn-sy1kTJNYUwHHDKti3Zd_kR7SXetNuBWpM5tPprcE_uwWoK56K_0iV4UtilRgCdpjtwlW-C8q_O91Q8mMz8GEqwnI3lajheRruw3cCRLMfDQ/s4032/IMG_2775.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8S-KpMYNetXRPIJo8lhxigPIPnJqzmLu3OzWSOGgujrX6uGMqikSsOrezFft5Kmwgl1waAyN5HcNxn-sy1kTJNYUwHHDKti3Zd_kR7SXetNuBWpM5tPprcE_uwWoK56K_0iV4UtilRgCdpjtwlW-C8q_O91Q8mMz8GEqwnI3lajheRruw3cCRLMfDQ/s320/IMG_2775.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">extruded hand by Carlos Garcia Alcantar</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After the forms are extruded, the clay is still soft, so students can choose to squish, cut or bend the extrusion or attach different extrusions together. Sometimes the extrusions bend or curve as they come out of the extruder. Students can adjust the die placement or hold the extrusion as it comes out to avoid this, or they can embrace the curve as it happens. They can even adjust the die so that these curves are more likely to happen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJjVE6V18efSYCg-krrxNtFM5ikgEBBGVA6D04wi-onyV9Ek9DMLdSwZ5aNwUgwADTi7lq_E1n88S9TMUPT7zZGSkNIGxHexkoslc40Qkg21RHPR94U0jNWg63juPXXwQsgIL1BOs7PrCbRD8EtTHPaeVTS2sispmw_Y8HTwI9rTloSUQbfs1Hx0xkw/s4000/glazed%20coral.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJjVE6V18efSYCg-krrxNtFM5ikgEBBGVA6D04wi-onyV9Ek9DMLdSwZ5aNwUgwADTi7lq_E1n88S9TMUPT7zZGSkNIGxHexkoslc40Qkg21RHPR94U0jNWg63juPXXwQsgIL1BOs7PrCbRD8EtTHPaeVTS2sispmw_Y8HTwI9rTloSUQbfs1Hx0xkw/s320/glazed%20coral.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Extruded sculpture by Brooke Mason</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Carlos combined larger and smaller extruded cylinders to make his hand. He left the fingers more or less as they came out of the extruder, but altered the large extrusion by flattening it to create the palm of the hand. Brooke did perhaps the most altering, using extruded cylinders as the basis of her stacked anemone-like forms, but she used <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/06/online-clay-student-pinch-projects.html" target="_blank">pinch methods</a> to significantly alter the shape of the extrusions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJCwSx2tKddtSXzqScf_XW_0V0E2F_9VoV_Tsz92ahiQlZRfiAvKK0uv9NSsqXgUgNXppIu1xqodofEu0QnWkOCLn0B36V0YdFmOWYGx14wKmplByi9mYq5RNzbRTQcz4QqWl7wJyJDMgGOZ-UDjc_KAddLXWQekAVWIf7QoV0G8vbdF838GfpX0H9g/s4032/IMG_2774.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJCwSx2tKddtSXzqScf_XW_0V0E2F_9VoV_Tsz92ahiQlZRfiAvKK0uv9NSsqXgUgNXppIu1xqodofEu0QnWkOCLn0B36V0YdFmOWYGx14wKmplByi9mYq5RNzbRTQcz4QqWl7wJyJDMgGOZ-UDjc_KAddLXWQekAVWIf7QoV0G8vbdF838GfpX0H9g/s320/IMG_2774.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">extruded hand by Carlos Garcia Alcantar</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cylinders aren't the only shapes or forms that can be extruded. Our studio has a bunch of options for solid and hollow extrusions with the 4" diameter extruder and the smaller 1" diameter extruder, but we also have <a href="https://youtu.be/WH-a9vDyVug" target="_blank">an expansion box</a> that can be used on the 4" wall extruder to stretch out the clay into larger extrusions. Artists can also make their own extruder dies by cutting metal or wood or by printing their own designs. The YVC clay studio just purchased a couple of new 3D printed extruder dies we hope to put to good use this winter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQuhXSNNqbq4UxY-oYzrDmM8ciI00OZ98kpkI1D7l79lqeEW8WBW2j4dsFlKOw-yNjLEhuU6XDurZmIxkge_lP0EMUI0lYM3rHC0j2WezaZD5vOfj-eJKf6Vc9ZYqi5_FDH4SBS_PXFUKR-znNmOHvxQS-musF3ATte8Rr6rWRS9BN1JFpDFlTKTTaw/s4032/20221205_122218.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQuhXSNNqbq4UxY-oYzrDmM8ciI00OZ98kpkI1D7l79lqeEW8WBW2j4dsFlKOw-yNjLEhuU6XDurZmIxkge_lP0EMUI0lYM3rHC0j2WezaZD5vOfj-eJKf6Vc9ZYqi5_FDH4SBS_PXFUKR-znNmOHvxQS-musF3ATte8Rr6rWRS9BN1JFpDFlTKTTaw/s320/20221205_122218.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Extruded Robot by Thai See (@thaiidraws on Instagram)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Students in the fall class used a lot of cylinders, but also a few other forms. Thai used a square hollow die to create the body, head, and legs of her robot and she and several other students extruded coils or solid cylinders that were incorporated into their sculptures. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwESHk4w8w12rUCz0zgmic70Q83Mq1yMJmmEIzlb2yNAXoanSeJZG7Q-c9LYbWY4pnmIcVaNhku9SSsBxm9PcVmcWmf4MpZua4oxjttoCznfXBkjNMcPCIO0pzaeLeZrUDCKQgy4bPkZ2gO2UXL1NdKUxP0j7zzRJf1FIXRQwa43M7cgREz0BdHAIOQg/s1636/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-19%20at%202.18.21%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1636" data-original-width="1064" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwESHk4w8w12rUCz0zgmic70Q83Mq1yMJmmEIzlb2yNAXoanSeJZG7Q-c9LYbWY4pnmIcVaNhku9SSsBxm9PcVmcWmf4MpZua4oxjttoCznfXBkjNMcPCIO0pzaeLeZrUDCKQgy4bPkZ2gO2UXL1NdKUxP0j7zzRJf1FIXRQwa43M7cgREz0BdHAIOQg/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-19%20at%202.18.21%20PM.png" width="208" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Extruded teapot in the style of Ray Bub by Jordan Golob</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some artists, when <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/12/coils-glazed-finished-fall-2022.html" target="_blank">working with coils</a>, prefer to extrude their coils so they are uniform. Whether rolling coils by hand or setting up and using the extruder is more labor intensive may be up for debate, but I know some folks prefer their coils extruded. Jordan used coils both decoratively and as building elements to create her extruded/coiled blue form above. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEVC7uK7wWfiL8iwddFEQ98SrwhDBcMlk0crBTrvZ1IIarRfVb9hmTOPL9tjKjaHE62QxG8GgyRMEZDe7Ct5AhgHD7YzKvtgnkS6vVT7NIIhDIuG1zEQSezkYljyQmW96oKEBIxi96Zv4PYjYOC4y7iFU6MF4WjmyqNuATju_MDRRrBK0S0ZScDe2ew/s4032/20221205_122234.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEVC7uK7wWfiL8iwddFEQ98SrwhDBcMlk0crBTrvZ1IIarRfVb9hmTOPL9tjKjaHE62QxG8GgyRMEZDe7Ct5AhgHD7YzKvtgnkS6vVT7NIIhDIuG1zEQSezkYljyQmW96oKEBIxi96Zv4PYjYOC4y7iFU6MF4WjmyqNuATju_MDRRrBK0S0ZScDe2ew/s320/20221205_122234.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Extruded Robot (back) by Thai See</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Both Thai and Jordan used the square hollow extruder for parts of their forms. Thai chose to alter her square leg extrusions to make them narrower where they attached to the body of the robot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyK2jqJ2CnNrE1BKVeGrHUbuwyXP7AxWXsf-1WibQYoBJISngjEaENvxW9Oc0M_ftnGEWtIwUlsMWjv1QyApUX9taVJ-QDvVr7cVK8vY25bq12kt9meTn08FHt6t9KP5ORKmdVdo2JofqHMZCs8a85X9AbyTP4gwB-K_2aX55L1kjuJtISl85-IrjWgQ/s640/IMG_7859.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="640" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyK2jqJ2CnNrE1BKVeGrHUbuwyXP7AxWXsf-1WibQYoBJISngjEaENvxW9Oc0M_ftnGEWtIwUlsMWjv1QyApUX9taVJ-QDvVr7cVK8vY25bq12kt9meTn08FHt6t9KP5ORKmdVdo2JofqHMZCs8a85X9AbyTP4gwB-K_2aX55L1kjuJtISl85-IrjWgQ/s320/IMG_7859.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">horned and antlered vases by a Fall 2022 student</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lots of people like to use an extruder to create uniform handle shapes, but handles don't show up as often in sculpture. One student, who chose to remain anonymous here, chose to used the handle extruders to create a vareity of different horns and antlers on a set of extruded vases. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ew0g7KmqGKkayysYLtIrIXbPGzt0idQa2nHMz6ygPoRzGjV91PFKKq6TvHpK_nmVU6P-8RJAV7G9TmSITP3FYzvTwJTmi_rN44DragUTHT-jnpBfaFI-IvndeZl5T6k2XGUCVUJ6pPgQQ5_ARQw2EFXlc-vWM3upOYjLHzpnFPsVtLA74Sj4bDd7SQ/s4032/IMG_6470.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ew0g7KmqGKkayysYLtIrIXbPGzt0idQa2nHMz6ygPoRzGjV91PFKKq6TvHpK_nmVU6P-8RJAV7G9TmSITP3FYzvTwJTmi_rN44DragUTHT-jnpBfaFI-IvndeZl5T6k2XGUCVUJ6pPgQQ5_ARQw2EFXlc-vWM3upOYjLHzpnFPsVtLA74Sj4bDd7SQ/w240-h320/IMG_6470.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">surfer on an extruded wave by Amanda Goodrich</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the unusual dies I like to see students use is an extruder die that looks like a wiggly line. When students use it, it creates what appears to be a slab with a zigzag built in. Amanda used this slab-like extrusion to create a solid wave of water for her surfer guy. She chose a copper glaze in an oxidation firing which highlights the texture pools at the bottom of the wave with an oceanic color.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlpG2lJQP_dW8AJ07guDYVbcUhHK27gD2vA4AoYo5G0INO2Bv4y-QkW9ZSmpOgKmh0zvHOcofMNjgYrkJOZa2i6aRR0jlpzwR9Kx3-fDDbG5aCDlHitBhGYvxVba7vLONRiKbKXePNPcKgWTfAxkkI446CMfLVKX206lhHhwga3JES68neSftv-LlVdQ/s1925/20221205_120206.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1777" data-original-width="1925" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlpG2lJQP_dW8AJ07guDYVbcUhHK27gD2vA4AoYo5G0INO2Bv4y-QkW9ZSmpOgKmh0zvHOcofMNjgYrkJOZa2i6aRR0jlpzwR9Kx3-fDDbG5aCDlHitBhGYvxVba7vLONRiKbKXePNPcKgWTfAxkkI446CMfLVKX206lhHhwga3JES68neSftv-LlVdQ/s320/20221205_120206.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pegasus by Thunder Morales</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thunder's pegasus also utilizes the extruded wave/slab/zigzag form. In the Pegasus's case, the wave makes up the wings. Thunder also used hollow extrusions for the body, legs, and head of the mythical creature. This sort of standing form on 4 legs worries me because the legs can dry faster than the body, resulting in cracks or collapse. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cAA08d6_jaws5GR2svOSfuvae67A5mhr7z7VagUbIIfF5_SXd8M7B7ThR0sPnlqPJUrXhnSM_SuyWbv7A5pOc_E1wiTljd8mA7xYeTgspHGXPG5lsWCD5g7L0x_bjV_rXJz5l1gcR6Zd4cKgcthUXoABJCPZpkqLRupNZXsxCUX2oGQLU1YGRGPNpg/s1868/20221205_120156.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="938" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cAA08d6_jaws5GR2svOSfuvae67A5mhr7z7VagUbIIfF5_SXd8M7B7ThR0sPnlqPJUrXhnSM_SuyWbv7A5pOc_E1wiTljd8mA7xYeTgspHGXPG5lsWCD5g7L0x_bjV_rXJz5l1gcR6Zd4cKgcthUXoABJCPZpkqLRupNZXsxCUX2oGQLU1YGRGPNpg/s320/20221205_120156.jpg" width="161" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pegasus from the front</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">However, the extruder turned out to be a great tool for this form because the legs and body started hollow and started structurally sound. Thunder was able to focus his time and effort on shaping the face and creating the mane and tail, rather than on balancing the form so it wouldn't fall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbg7HbOv--_TaqGadVf04WJlCndbJszkH0D7VJHP6vdL7WJ4HXKLOssTjOr3KDunms97k76sF2WvE2Y65qtLUwS9lY4S_hP-gGbSf9tRTZoELzqtSCHeAHBcDcrNY4G9PejxeDfqsb7Vc0EoL0wo7WdyQXKxumeGKmJZUzF3RnqknN-G28RZvaFp11rw/s3886/20221205_100958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2915" data-original-width="3886" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbg7HbOv--_TaqGadVf04WJlCndbJszkH0D7VJHP6vdL7WJ4HXKLOssTjOr3KDunms97k76sF2WvE2Y65qtLUwS9lY4S_hP-gGbSf9tRTZoELzqtSCHeAHBcDcrNY4G9PejxeDfqsb7Vc0EoL0wo7WdyQXKxumeGKmJZUzF3RnqknN-G28RZvaFp11rw/s320/20221205_100958.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cats and Coyotes by Amy Matson</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Amy's wall hanging sculpture of cats and coyotes includes 3D printed, slabbed, and extruded elements. She used the extruder in the shape of a coyote to extruded most of the tiny creatures walking along the sides of the sculpture. This die has always mystified me a bit, because it only works if you plan to extrude a long tube in this shape, then cut it into lots of flat pieces where you can see the shape. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOr5HOu_ccGTh_DwDMCQP9jWwhu6YDgufWz7tk4tqycct9am9E20GOyya4JyPbGsg_go0y97JxjFo9JTQFyTsCrkAZfcqqgE_V5dtG4fQ-ZUrQqb-nxpQjse_d2l3YsnlrNaagg2zPZV0LBbTD3lVzl4b0zTXWqzHSxpmZCzQo9kpxXvFb24g4t3kyQ/s4000/20221205_100757.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOr5HOu_ccGTh_DwDMCQP9jWwhu6YDgufWz7tk4tqycct9am9E20GOyya4JyPbGsg_go0y97JxjFo9JTQFyTsCrkAZfcqqgE_V5dtG4fQ-ZUrQqb-nxpQjse_d2l3YsnlrNaagg2zPZV0LBbTD3lVzl4b0zTXWqzHSxpmZCzQo9kpxXvFb24g4t3kyQ/s320/20221205_100757.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trick Teapot by Amy Matson</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Amy's other extruded form was her trick teapot with bamboo. The bamboo decoration, as well as the bamboo handle and spout were made from hollow extrusions, but so was the body of the form, which actually has two containeed sections that we can't see, as their openings are quite small and hidden in the bamboo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHCMjwt30POxksrdgGggUweKI8xGaTc5iun5cctXHiLDI248EF-3yVTxeHeUAGGtYYT0XgjPk6F07hGxjXw2XKe7x98BqH42zLjciisq1Ml7TP3ePjfoGB9QvZQwZpCpcK43h0ao1Yj6SqXrhAOdmvKF7RpebXgnY5GQk8dmmOnn_iG-GvR_nJHgH5A/s4000/20221205_100804.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHCMjwt30POxksrdgGggUweKI8xGaTc5iun5cctXHiLDI248EF-3yVTxeHeUAGGtYYT0XgjPk6F07hGxjXw2XKe7x98BqH42zLjciisq1Ml7TP3ePjfoGB9QvZQwZpCpcK43h0ao1Yj6SqXrhAOdmvKF7RpebXgnY5GQk8dmmOnn_iG-GvR_nJHgH5A/s320/20221205_100804.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>It's often difficult to tell scale in photos on a website, especially ones without references. Amy's teapot is fairly small, more or less regular teapot size, while Thunder's pegasus is fairly large. But the winner as far as scale is certainly Derek's ancient robot relic sculpture.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1ihLYUhu8974fUtR00eLTIZQRunjhKGRoo_BSGBeir0m3XwPl4lHyLPjRj-D4SlFrNqnfGJ3--Ad9On1MDf3NXiySjBZEkMBayQ4QFqy8CKaNx9NKHT4S_yywOAqSNWgODsD5s4Mv9yfvPzpHHFqUoUg8SMjRuLFtj2VFMWhuma0rhu5Gn478t5cMQ/s1024/IMG_0039.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1ihLYUhu8974fUtR00eLTIZQRunjhKGRoo_BSGBeir0m3XwPl4lHyLPjRj-D4SlFrNqnfGJ3--Ad9On1MDf3NXiySjBZEkMBayQ4QFqy8CKaNx9NKHT4S_yywOAqSNWgODsD5s4Mv9yfvPzpHHFqUoUg8SMjRuLFtj2VFMWhuma0rhu5Gn478t5cMQ/s320/IMG_0039.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ancient Robot by Derek Arneecher</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Derek used the extruder to create quite a lot of material. He had a plan going in and pretty much stuck to that plan until it came to the firing. As <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/12/firings-faults-and-just-fun.html" target="_blank">I explained in a previous post,</a> Derek's sculpture had a fatal flaw, a closed hollow section in the middle, which caused it to explode during the firing. Since it was a large sculpture to begin with, it made a large mess in the kiln, but I was very pleased by how he finished the form after firing, with epoxy and acrylic paint. He chose to highlight the cracks and make them part of the story of this ancient robot form.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><p></p>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-35155596606892179602022-12-26T13:28:00.004-08:002023-01-08T12:31:17.006-08:00Coils, Glazed & Finished: Fall 2022<p><br /></p><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmvLHdLOnluukg4UsINUX_wEfk48PIzHxAJk1JUwZ00226bYAjC7_Yb1KbuE90zCKWPpiGghopNB_h3p_0EmaFkBJU91tnGTzUUvE8u7EJ3Gc8-uzkomwcMAyAClRIY0SuKTMCJTgoeFCqWRXTJD_KI3n5WQA6soC7rdJciKCY38cDoPoPjPkwIxlhw/s4032/IMG_8981.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmvLHdLOnluukg4UsINUX_wEfk48PIzHxAJk1JUwZ00226bYAjC7_Yb1KbuE90zCKWPpiGghopNB_h3p_0EmaFkBJU91tnGTzUUvE8u7EJ3Gc8-uzkomwcMAyAClRIY0SuKTMCJTgoeFCqWRXTJD_KI3n5WQA6soC7rdJciKCY38cDoPoPjPkwIxlhw/s320/IMG_8981.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">coil spaghetti and meatballs by Yarelli Sanchez (the meatballs are hollow)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During the first and third project of the quarter in Hand-building, students were <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/11/my-amazing-hand-builders-part-1.html" target="_blank">split into groups</a> and they either worked with coils and slabs <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/11/my-outstanding-hand-builders-part-2.html" target="_blank">in the first 3 weeks</a> or they worked with the 3D printer and extruder first, then <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/11/my-incredible-handbuilders-part-3.html">switched later</a>, to use those two techniques for <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/12/my-awesome-hand-builders-part-4.html" target="_blank">the third project</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPOdhyRltKr7PDF3Ir2tMoB7pisDcTEY6_8tFEM3rQtTNQpTbuEYle0y-HSXnT29i2ImstF4oWFFebR4qEL3uCLuRHy7WCi4tsXaR_9c0-Lo64VbM2BkTmdOyfLbrmb8sEouBjzoHvF_3xv8RZq0lZrdb8s-f3IrDL4PO-DhaWmL2R1kOaisHrEVA86g/s408/croppedcoil2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="312" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPOdhyRltKr7PDF3Ir2tMoB7pisDcTEY6_8tFEM3rQtTNQpTbuEYle0y-HSXnT29i2ImstF4oWFFebR4qEL3uCLuRHy7WCi4tsXaR_9c0-Lo64VbM2BkTmdOyfLbrmb8sEouBjzoHvF_3xv8RZq0lZrdb8s-f3IrDL4PO-DhaWmL2R1kOaisHrEVA86g/s320/croppedcoil2.jpg" width="245" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">student work, coil form with sprayed copper red glaze in reduction</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Coil building is the first hand-building technique I remember learning and <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/06/time-lapse-coil-building-video-series.html" target="_blank">the technique that I still use the most</a> in my home studio, though in my own work I throw and <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/06/online-clay-student-pinch-projects.html" target="_blank">pinch a lot</a> and sometimes extrude, too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYVdsuEz-eZZbYFOoWUWjVt0Ih_DlN3Z3CP2sfS_wk8UInqQ89k4hBrJ9OUwBbqMW7AxyuIJ3LZElhyLAQFS0ksBryCvIExsxcinkR7Acht9kMpxx0byFBzcZj55Wmpuw9AjUuX3eKuVJENRLMYRtoka-GpFcaMCWRFMxqq8ONpiVz1TTSCfHDUt5Dg/s421/cropppedcoil.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="344" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYVdsuEz-eZZbYFOoWUWjVt0Ih_DlN3Z3CP2sfS_wk8UInqQ89k4hBrJ9OUwBbqMW7AxyuIJ3LZElhyLAQFS0ksBryCvIExsxcinkR7Acht9kMpxx0byFBzcZj55Wmpuw9AjUuX3eKuVJENRLMYRtoka-GpFcaMCWRFMxqq8ONpiVz1TTSCfHDUt5Dg/s320/cropppedcoil.jpg" width="261" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">other side of the coil piece by anonymous</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Coil building, along with pinching, feels to me like the fundamental clay building technique. I'm not sure if that is colored by personal preference or how I learned, but coil building as a technique is one that tends to be relatively easy to manage right away (without a lot of practice), meaning that relatively few students break or collapse their coil builds and have to restart. With slabs and the printer, it isn't particularly unusual to have to scrap the first attempt because the clay was too wet and heavy, or too dry. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW390SnVfws0yCKVuc0FYSuKB0ZqS0H9JDArAK-vgp4JWnQJgzPHe3ExwcexztOZOYrKy26rrzX8dp2HI2L1pRQDJPivlI6Fpvk-U5NhF86tj342WYJAAH61SftffkL3KDv4uA4C1rNeiFATn0KURai6XJmuPsmGHtx3uPQpgg9JThe13BMu5TyH7-qQ/s640/IMG_7868.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="485" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW390SnVfws0yCKVuc0FYSuKB0ZqS0H9JDArAK-vgp4JWnQJgzPHe3ExwcexztOZOYrKy26rrzX8dp2HI2L1pRQDJPivlI6Fpvk-U5NhF86tj342WYJAAH61SftffkL3KDv4uA4C1rNeiFATn0KURai6XJmuPsmGHtx3uPQpgg9JThe13BMu5TyH7-qQ/s320/IMG_7868.jpg" width="243" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">third view of the coil piece by anonymous</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Over the years I have had students struggle with coils when they were trying a complex shape or when they were building that dramatic shape too quickly. I remember a student in the old building who kept trying to build an exceedingly wide bowl out of wet coils, but she didn't support the coils as they got wide and didn't let them dry once they started to sag. She wanted to build it all in one go without letting the clay stiffen up a bit before continuing. She may have been adding water to the coils which just made them heavier and more likely to collapse at that angle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0BVe7rifb8vTW_u9CB_yGja3fqPalTg9IC89o6HfOGF1IiI0cWipb12qOvjdn6qeAXKzwSbBixrjms_NEBnH12M33LhjRvk4VRIRqGyKwYFM67R8vusntRzkUHMKarKQGA5KDK6TFYF0ghYI6ZT30yng2Q2cIbLFSYWXn3z7e_hsIC3hz7aAZjgbCAg/s332/AnonymouscroppedcoilF22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="259" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0BVe7rifb8vTW_u9CB_yGja3fqPalTg9IC89o6HfOGF1IiI0cWipb12qOvjdn6qeAXKzwSbBixrjms_NEBnH12M33LhjRvk4VRIRqGyKwYFM67R8vusntRzkUHMKarKQGA5KDK6TFYF0ghYI6ZT30yng2Q2cIbLFSYWXn3z7e_hsIC3hz7aAZjgbCAg/s320/AnonymouscroppedcoilF22.jpg" width="250" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">extra small coil piece by anonymous<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Most students don't have such a difficult time getting started with coils, but I like to push them out of the comfortable zone. My coil project requirement is tht the work they create needs to be asymmetrical. Coils lend themselves to repetitive layers and subtle changes and the expected form is usually a round bulbous vase shape. But coils are versitile and can be used to create a wide range of forms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2y9lEr19eZDThMeYVppmFGzJfqduKRWsoIWkZEjOwkHduVR0WwppP4E1yoHdbcx1f56PuhnJalJ6Tcsm3CvSDvC_WIHj3h25EYR2jW90Gqw8bN4siqodBl1rWVdiuHWwsSFy9V2JBBbpi7xoJ6Wf07xF4gV8xViNMTNcbRJ5cEKkIdPNeY5LEzIrjqQ/s4032/IMG_3496.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2795" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2y9lEr19eZDThMeYVppmFGzJfqduKRWsoIWkZEjOwkHduVR0WwppP4E1yoHdbcx1f56PuhnJalJ6Tcsm3CvSDvC_WIHj3h25EYR2jW90Gqw8bN4siqodBl1rWVdiuHWwsSFy9V2JBBbpi7xoJ6Wf07xF4gV8xViNMTNcbRJ5cEKkIdPNeY5LEzIrjqQ/s320/IMG_3496.HEIC" width="222" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Valeria Alvarez replicated another student's coil avocado from a previous quarter</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">By asking my students to build an asymmetrical form, they have to come up with an idea that is unexpected. I love this project because it allows so much freedom for the students, both allowing them to explore that freedom, but also forcing them to create something with that freedom (which is sometimes harder than working within tight constraints).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN19Q3PsV6KLHrFRFMENHd7j597mGGZpkka8E3w5ols3SksQuPfbdCv6CpcGbWZlBU9coh5maLPkPLA0WZhiU3HrLQeDiPxcL0Z7FGI4s4M4DLI38DiuNX5K5RZgr7MgtW4LTVQk-EbwzMZFxGdqAIL5Gk4CzWu8Di6XeArI-KFIoK7fElf9YgkXfE9g/s4032/20221205_121831.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN19Q3PsV6KLHrFRFMENHd7j597mGGZpkka8E3w5ols3SksQuPfbdCv6CpcGbWZlBU9coh5maLPkPLA0WZhiU3HrLQeDiPxcL0Z7FGI4s4M4DLI38DiuNX5K5RZgr7MgtW4LTVQk-EbwzMZFxGdqAIL5Gk4CzWu8Di6XeArI-KFIoK7fElf9YgkXfE9g/s320/20221205_121831.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thai See's crying coil sculpture (find her @Thaiidraws on Istagram) </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">With this coil project, the students may choose to leave the coils visible or blend them to create a smooth or to create a base for an alternate surface texture or design. With visible coils, students must score and slip between each layer of coil. They must also take care to roll even, consistent coils, or make the visual decision to have the coils vary in thickness.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Rs1T1WL79xy8d4EhknTm2g62aYIPjRXD9AxruYe_g0reuDMzNDJ9Vl0JoTVH2u_Hn693g5Slg4LKg2WuCtd0KgL_ukteqX0LV_ILM6GjcFK48CaboPpu5G6ZMpLNrATF-_-lKVdD4TQV1U_MhgR7GiJt6WBuhbZ26QVkvAWSZSVr8rYFwgErdjISKg/s4032/IMG_2765.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Rs1T1WL79xy8d4EhknTm2g62aYIPjRXD9AxruYe_g0reuDMzNDJ9Vl0JoTVH2u_Hn693g5Slg4LKg2WuCtd0KgL_ukteqX0LV_ILM6GjcFK48CaboPpu5G6ZMpLNrATF-_-lKVdD4TQV1U_MhgR7GiJt6WBuhbZ26QVkvAWSZSVr8rYFwgErdjISKg/s320/IMG_2765.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Duck with egg by Carlos Garcia Alcantar</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With blended coils, the student can skip the scoring and slipping (I always do) and simply squish the wet clay together as they build. Blending coils like this is similar to making pinch pots, but you are constantly adding on more clay.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br style="text-align: left;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqd-_6CL2geh1mG5_nU2NtL-L6tSITf0a4vuk1UhNjXUv7QhsAp0Erwo9evHaFWd47FVNKz13hyHCF8V_rihJ4RX_sUJXE-4V1enmzDIS5TlT5r7206XtjFcXGsHMisGvxrXQTO_s0fZaw7AcjtVXonDEAwe6WM973DgWla9FOFZuPYALcyGmn-K3VoA/s1480/960E9F03-D273-4ED8-9AE3-C27E92C37ED9.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="964" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqd-_6CL2geh1mG5_nU2NtL-L6tSITf0a4vuk1UhNjXUv7QhsAp0Erwo9evHaFWd47FVNKz13hyHCF8V_rihJ4RX_sUJXE-4V1enmzDIS5TlT5r7206XtjFcXGsHMisGvxrXQTO_s0fZaw7AcjtVXonDEAwe6WM973DgWla9FOFZuPYALcyGmn-K3VoA/s320/960E9F03-D273-4ED8-9AE3-C27E92C37ED9.jpeg" width="208" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">coil duck with egg by Carlos Garcia Alcantar</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This quarter student approaches to this project were particularly diverse. Carlos started building his duck from about where the waist is currently. The legs were much different and the duck was sitting. Partway through the build, however, he decided to take off the old legs and base and start building new legs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsSOrxQzYaD_arAuj2ddFNHsYoXsbMp6_vNdSG4nkrd9yWJbilpueycB-PktE8nuAlYYIyjxAJA2_QbfFyPoDLuJobZHBUIDXhR4_5nPSeylHh8seciRdyQc0Eh9qOWJl3oqzY3wK5eWoVAkPlngoB2VcuhCYmV-rHYMZ6CS26h43I6RMfCNJKdSmOg/s4032/IMG_2768.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsSOrxQzYaD_arAuj2ddFNHsYoXsbMp6_vNdSG4nkrd9yWJbilpueycB-PktE8nuAlYYIyjxAJA2_QbfFyPoDLuJobZHBUIDXhR4_5nPSeylHh8seciRdyQc0Eh9qOWJl3oqzY3wK5eWoVAkPlngoB2VcuhCYmV-rHYMZ6CS26h43I6RMfCNJKdSmOg/s320/IMG_2768.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This piece is entirely coil built and about 20" tall.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Building a standing form with just two legs is a bit risky because two small bases is less stable than three. I was worried, but Carlos made his duck/human feet large and he balanced the big arms and egg with a similarly impressive duck butt and tail. I was pretty surprised how well the duck stands on its own.</div><br style="text-align: left;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJ9VK6EhMPQw61qMke2gSgOdzE1zpmH4zLJtJAW6xlpGNnPXwxaKhiCiWvR-Csv-jP0Yf4OAx-B96klbUQDZNkrYF2KmjaivLvZYfr7q-9TuQh2fV6youkjSoFFdM1ga0Ojz1H8l6JoGltmMwAc-ov3vlrjIYWayXE_0DGxn1s9nyqLqWCrixDCbB2w/s4032/IMG_2767.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJ9VK6EhMPQw61qMke2gSgOdzE1zpmH4zLJtJAW6xlpGNnPXwxaKhiCiWvR-Csv-jP0Yf4OAx-B96klbUQDZNkrYF2KmjaivLvZYfr7q-9TuQh2fV6youkjSoFFdM1ga0Ojz1H8l6JoGltmMwAc-ov3vlrjIYWayXE_0DGxn1s9nyqLqWCrixDCbB2w/s320/IMG_2767.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carlos Garcia Alcantar, duck (behind)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Carlos attached the legs and feet to the body late in the process, but because of his careful planning and control of drying, everything attached well and the build was stable. Carlos kept his duck covered in plastic (and a warning not to touch) until critique, so he had kind of a grand reveal moment during that class.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirIr5Jr6EBtDSfw-I1NmdJnFhv60e5J9xlLY8pDtA77l2ky6lDFgrrsaM57SjFgEMihVyS3xu-9TgWXvoqGJTzHOzbprInkRutRY7YYEH-8fQqDcts53mRIE03JQfYpJM7r0VD_DMFQjbp4c5qdbHcZoTka7hxWz88wPu5VGZ1WABVmKG3hqxlxPU4CA/s4032/20221205_121847.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirIr5Jr6EBtDSfw-I1NmdJnFhv60e5J9xlLY8pDtA77l2ky6lDFgrrsaM57SjFgEMihVyS3xu-9TgWXvoqGJTzHOzbprInkRutRY7YYEH-8fQqDcts53mRIE03JQfYpJM7r0VD_DMFQjbp4c5qdbHcZoTka7hxWz88wPu5VGZ1WABVmKG3hqxlxPU4CA/s320/20221205_121847.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thai See, coil sculpture (side)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thai was another student who rebuilt and revised her sculpture. In her case, she built the face first, and kept changing her mind about how she wanted the rest of the structure to be. In the end, she built a kind of body/shell for the face, with the unexpected additions of worm coming out the one side.</div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXsS-wN5yr7wpkdVp7KGSxWHtmiba0ZAhUNSl66iA_Ja3PqkE4n2_TGkdW4WY-QFnLW9a-NmOOJeie56j5d6Q0f2kTqQGs5iaDkctnqE5i967LZBDmBSePiWSg-6nVwrrhpu0Z_rNuoax6_UkuydlIiH_FBRa9bsuujM--7ylxwj56moGkaIadK7XMg/s4000/kraken%20glazed%20angled.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXsS-wN5yr7wpkdVp7KGSxWHtmiba0ZAhUNSl66iA_Ja3PqkE4n2_TGkdW4WY-QFnLW9a-NmOOJeie56j5d6Q0f2kTqQGs5iaDkctnqE5i967LZBDmBSePiWSg-6nVwrrhpu0Z_rNuoax6_UkuydlIiH_FBRa9bsuujM--7ylxwj56moGkaIadK7XMg/s320/kraken%20glazed%20angled.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">coil kracken by Brooke Mason</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A couple of students, Brooke and Yarelli, treated coils as both building tools (the assignment) and independent parts of the sculpture. I worry sometimes when students decide to do this because it can be risky. In Brooke's case, the little coils that twist and turn everywhich way are less supported and strong than coils that are attached to one another. These coils can break during drying or when loading or handling before glazing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPP5_zCm7wXG7wfeedDAiudqKCiyXLUvDWIusmKKb26OKeQWRP5vkxC33tnrbfP6C9-QCkx-gLZ8Ch7s0iAO3oXuCsZrmXWBLJmsHtZI8-rCzedwDI5dLof1wIywVNcNxFc6sm2xfAZBjnUNJxEUew3zJQveuYaRSZrwZPVmJIbDW0i4WdN__CNroRA/s4032/IMG_8984.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPP5_zCm7wXG7wfeedDAiudqKCiyXLUvDWIusmKKb26OKeQWRP5vkxC33tnrbfP6C9-QCkx-gLZ8Ch7s0iAO3oXuCsZrmXWBLJmsHtZI8-rCzedwDI5dLof1wIywVNcNxFc6sm2xfAZBjnUNJxEUew3zJQveuYaRSZrwZPVmJIbDW0i4WdN__CNroRA/s320/IMG_8984.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">side view of the "broken" spaghetti bowl by Yarelli Sanchez</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In Yarelli's case, I was worried about both the thickness of the spaghetti piled inside the bowl and how well attached each of those coils is to it's neighbors. I was actually a bit surprised that the foot or the bottom of the bowl didn't explode during firing, but Yarelli explained how careful she was during building. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoNCbS4ElbAuiqtSMrVV-9KGARwDTQGCdboF4OZBoffUB7J9CnZTcYYHWQ7EwQBisjT1wWMSqY7X_Bx9JOV7HE-W59_fHwZAXH1P6E9mAcLidirFJFsyMCo9WrDHj6qyzfbfu2bPmUdA6i2xE2m1GObc4MawAhRlbU3kPi5OhQH1OUtyidEtqjlcrIw/s4032/IMG_6469.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoNCbS4ElbAuiqtSMrVV-9KGARwDTQGCdboF4OZBoffUB7J9CnZTcYYHWQ7EwQBisjT1wWMSqY7X_Bx9JOV7HE-W59_fHwZAXH1P6E9mAcLidirFJFsyMCo9WrDHj6qyzfbfu2bPmUdA6i2xE2m1GObc4MawAhRlbU3kPi5OhQH1OUtyidEtqjlcrIw/s320/IMG_6469.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amanda Goodrich's shark eating a squid</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Amanda's shark eating a squid sculpture came together with a surprise near the end. I saw her building on the shark body, but it seemed like I turned away for a moment, then suddenly there was a squid, already built, in the shark's mouth. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXnxkBmj3TiFqafGdwmKcEHbocw_Zy40fLrGS0p4JcNkGpf6PBL7R48vD04ZnEIz_gyahhdKLoGX-6Eg4mwyZyBthGBDmejDNPQqvw5B6kp5NPKSXUhdLeKt0ouvAY--wxt1k78Sp5SL5cQFwSTB-iChN_Y-YhYejh_inB8hUFGFNkdUbYA-O627SOA/s4032/IMG_6468.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXnxkBmj3TiFqafGdwmKcEHbocw_Zy40fLrGS0p4JcNkGpf6PBL7R48vD04ZnEIz_gyahhdKLoGX-6Eg4mwyZyBthGBDmejDNPQqvw5B6kp5NPKSXUhdLeKt0ouvAY--wxt1k78Sp5SL5cQFwSTB-iChN_Y-YhYejh_inB8hUFGFNkdUbYA-O627SOA/s320/IMG_6468.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amanda's contrasting glaze is very helpful for distinguishing the shark from its snack</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Now that I'm looking at them together (remember, students didn't all make the coil projects at the same time), I realize how many sea creatures we had this quarter. Thunder started us off with an abstracted blue and green octopus sculpture. In contrast to Amanda's squid and Brooke's kracken, the octopus sculpture focuses on the head and leaves out most of the legs.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLkmQ0M-OVS1xg5g1jTHHWFeyzl-yCAxq1luQx5l_D8Pxu7mfgKdkrac3wv6H5ULHC_m6OpLIotgLHl40rGldiYH4rMw1K1fFV4OfoLsYY-8ZW9DKf-rlXSo-1-wbGCaOSBTmbW3XXVuXs2MhBXH2H2xBC4Op689d_vnVv8ubXOS-A-6mdt3Ui32Ughg/s1958/20221205_120324.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1410" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLkmQ0M-OVS1xg5g1jTHHWFeyzl-yCAxq1luQx5l_D8Pxu7mfgKdkrac3wv6H5ULHC_m6OpLIotgLHl40rGldiYH4rMw1K1fFV4OfoLsYY-8ZW9DKf-rlXSo-1-wbGCaOSBTmbW3XXVuXs2MhBXH2H2xBC4Op689d_vnVv8ubXOS-A-6mdt3Ui32Ughg/s320/20221205_120324.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I think Thunder was telling us about how the legs were short because it was a baby. Thunder used a mix of underglazes for his color, but, unfortunately the glaze didn't fully adhere to the underglaze and he had a couple of dry spots where it crawled away.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLUFdG4kIXH1GuN47I-ReW8pfwgGutRt6OLyo5kyMj5pZGG2lQ1SfXxJ4zhjHQTPFRZ04aXJ3EPzX4-CHkmfXnyzoqmHLMzMYAr78GyG8rdHnA12PM6Jk32kSlaRdqpcVlV-ot6FCoNE6uCN86Y80G_lyj00rEqa_lABfw0qfSKm07X1MbhPe5Gqwbw/s1752/20221205_120340.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="955" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLUFdG4kIXH1GuN47I-ReW8pfwgGutRt6OLyo5kyMj5pZGG2lQ1SfXxJ4zhjHQTPFRZ04aXJ3EPzX4-CHkmfXnyzoqmHLMzMYAr78GyG8rdHnA12PM6Jk32kSlaRdqpcVlV-ot6FCoNE6uCN86Y80G_lyj00rEqa_lABfw0qfSKm07X1MbhPe5Gqwbw/s320/20221205_120340.jpg" width="174" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Octopus by Thunder Morales</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Students mostly used glaze or underglaze plus glaze in the high fire kiln for their coil sculptures. Yarelli and Julia were the only exceptions. Yarelli used underglazes in a low firing for her spaghetti. She sprayed on her glazes and used tape as a resist to keep the overspray off of the broken part of the wall that had apparently fallen into the spaghetti.</div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EbNZBQ9gkRhUVkMqFjK9_X78xewVhKepIuUI9sZ6zF3lpJH9QQIisWIOIV-DYZ3uo30R7vAWjuvSgqCZFMzwPLcKZiq_nQ0kZgCgyI9agTIf7yLn4sbjy3iT7pC3ED_PL_JJ1Hcm5llsPcAAyoQrWqnI6W8eujRIuJwTXfBAaMy-daWCmqp83uK2Lg/s4032/IMG_2777.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EbNZBQ9gkRhUVkMqFjK9_X78xewVhKepIuUI9sZ6zF3lpJH9QQIisWIOIV-DYZ3uo30R7vAWjuvSgqCZFMzwPLcKZiq_nQ0kZgCgyI9agTIf7yLn4sbjy3iT7pC3ED_PL_JJ1Hcm5llsPcAAyoQrWqnI6W8eujRIuJwTXfBAaMy-daWCmqp83uK2Lg/s320/IMG_2777.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teapot by Carlos Garcia Alcantar<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Brooke and Thunder also used underglazes, but in the high fire kiln. Anonymous used the sprayer to apply a high temperature glaze to their large sculpture and probably dipped the small vase. I believe everyone else painted on their high temperature glazes. I remember one day when the counter in the glazing room was surrounded by students with paintbrushes.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULv8nHSOKOY23suVvGWwztOImHLp-uDv2Cl45k423s0raH2PbSDrx5ETRAOMMxF-VL9Wy0u-Pld_U3TLQIHc9tDNmZkqPR7PGNNMb3UGwK-0-FX2Em-7Mu70ph2qHyduHOw_xeEEEjCKouiMEjsEuICQNdQR7xU0k2Q3SxgEmjtKBqI-fuLvgZ6Ks2w/s4032/IMG_3232.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULv8nHSOKOY23suVvGWwztOImHLp-uDv2Cl45k423s0raH2PbSDrx5ETRAOMMxF-VL9Wy0u-Pld_U3TLQIHc9tDNmZkqPR7PGNNMb3UGwK-0-FX2Em-7Mu70ph2qHyduHOw_xeEEEjCKouiMEjsEuICQNdQR7xU0k2Q3SxgEmjtKBqI-fuLvgZ6Ks2w/s320/IMG_3232.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coil form (after raku tragedy) by Julia Snow</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Julia chose to put her coil form in the raku firing and use horse hair to decorate the piece. It actually survived the trip from the raku kiln to the shelf (via tongs) just fine, and I don't remember seeing any cracks on the piece during the critique. After critique, Julia left the work on the table. On the day of the thrower's critique, I started to worry that she wouldn't be back to move her stuff, so I moved it.</div><br style="text-align: left;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FcRuZLdfmo5BSFaP3YQTo0ceRjfEhikNvcmSUKbVckB9huOXJ-ry_S4YaxO6FTws0_XvzXFSKGOzKDMP6kU0FvMb9NwyE1WYnFUt-CrCXnuGdJLRbYPjKqtHmuO0EgLw82RmxF15G7VJiSrb84X2VCctgC-KTWaaKPJ2HVaDoO_kInUdxvmGE4GNKA/s4032/IMG_3236.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FcRuZLdfmo5BSFaP3YQTo0ceRjfEhikNvcmSUKbVckB9huOXJ-ry_S4YaxO6FTws0_XvzXFSKGOzKDMP6kU0FvMb9NwyE1WYnFUt-CrCXnuGdJLRbYPjKqtHmuO0EgLw82RmxF15G7VJiSrb84X2VCctgC-KTWaaKPJ2HVaDoO_kInUdxvmGE4GNKA/s320/IMG_3236.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coil form base, Julia Snow</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Unfotunately for me, I lifted this piece by grabbing just one of the branch shapes. As I moved it to the cart, with someone else in my other hand, the bottom detatched itself from the part I was holding and the whole thing went crashing to the ground. Even worse, Julia walked in just a few minutes later to move her stuff.</div><br style="text-align: left;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSsdl7bh2MzBwoyKEWO8ZdqoyUKzTmE_5sCVTr9HxUfOSO-XqDMScWoYSyubOS2CEJPZIVAT3VWMnDr2KD_lhc9A0mrQpKR73lE2RhYQ07-lVPHfWbmBBZgWk9zNP-lsBw-OtInkJh2u05ZbJR3TQW1hrLz7AVGIadgUln4ceRL5vj1NYN07IBdLZVnQ/s4032/IMG_3245.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSsdl7bh2MzBwoyKEWO8ZdqoyUKzTmE_5sCVTr9HxUfOSO-XqDMScWoYSyubOS2CEJPZIVAT3VWMnDr2KD_lhc9A0mrQpKR73lE2RhYQ07-lVPHfWbmBBZgWk9zNP-lsBw-OtInkJh2u05ZbJR3TQW1hrLz7AVGIadgUln4ceRL5vj1NYN07IBdLZVnQ/s320/IMG_3245.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The part I was holding when it broke</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She took pictures of the work in its broken state. I'm not sure if she plans to repair it or not. The raku firing process can be stressful, and unfortuantely some cracks aren't visible (or didn't get noticed) until something else strains them. In this case, it was the weight of the sculpture itself, pulling against the crack.</div></div><p></p></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-81358972081097882192022-12-21T10:08:00.002-08:002022-12-21T13:13:04.906-08:003D Printed Pieces, Glazed and Finished: Fall 2022<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtO5OYptpPaGw0L7tqFoqL3XyadiuyGCwbzEeqVTw5xgFJE8XPztREPcwdT_CSZF6i-aIuAScJbRh2AGi_iVd6t6Tm2yqTgBY90RwM3zATGvu7jKygNMjF85Tf1ouNmdLfkbGsaNJMFP7H17kDr5veYuSZ8EFGFi-QWFB8fJ2WhtoLn3mbsqbIjtJ4A/s1515/F162BC94-156B-4927-8799-113E8CC93537.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1515" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtO5OYptpPaGw0L7tqFoqL3XyadiuyGCwbzEeqVTw5xgFJE8XPztREPcwdT_CSZF6i-aIuAScJbRh2AGi_iVd6t6Tm2yqTgBY90RwM3zATGvu7jKygNMjF85Tf1ouNmdLfkbGsaNJMFP7H17kDr5veYuSZ8EFGFi-QWFB8fJ2WhtoLn3mbsqbIjtJ4A/s320/F162BC94-156B-4927-8799-113E8CC93537.jpeg" width="247" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jordan Golob, Lego Minifig</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The 3D printer is a relatively new tool in the clay studio, and one that <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2017/11/3d-clay-printer-first-weeks.html" target="_blank">I had never used before YVC purchased one</a>. Because of the pandemic and my cancer year, as well as some time before the pandemic when it was down for repairs, we haven't really <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2018/05/grapes-to-glass-gala-3d-printed.html" target="_blank">used the tool a great deal.</a> (By my count, I think this quarter can only be the 5th or 6th quarter in which I required students to use it--but it may have been less based on how long it was broken.)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPiCNS28XU2F5A6bS6k9tBmmi_nfcQKUvpfv-WvCP-2uL_w9uNWeyExzRYsPLrZ4s4a2BC9WmAFBE6u0OagCDY6y476NHR0uyMbsfIQ2EehvQzF54GBwMNnwehRMQPPbSVNsk08flZRsXWhSMEOzT5OtN_jtpjZ0bpla_8KFIrgghbxOsHyx8G3_B1g/s4000/3d%20print%20glazed%20project%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPiCNS28XU2F5A6bS6k9tBmmi_nfcQKUvpfv-WvCP-2uL_w9uNWeyExzRYsPLrZ4s4a2BC9WmAFBE6u0OagCDY6y476NHR0uyMbsfIQ2EehvQzF54GBwMNnwehRMQPPbSVNsk08flZRsXWhSMEOzT5OtN_jtpjZ0bpla_8KFIrgghbxOsHyx8G3_B1g/s320/3d%20print%20glazed%20project%203.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brook Mason, printed sculpture</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I starteed <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2018/03/student-projects-using-3d-printer.html" target="_blank">assigning the 3D printer as a tool for my Intro to Clay and Hand-building classes</a> before I had properly learned to use it. When we started, the assignment was, essentially, here are the tools, here's what works, let's figure it out together.</div><br style="text-align: left;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjku9a45Ue7qo32OpTHgoZhxUNdm4SEPrLnAkqrir0woxHkqGHGdTYjK_NozUc_lImRWPJAqskwbj45JHOaxQKd0JbtMYdGxjEpoKKgICDAm2ZqhcE5OCkZozPQm-fqwfIaQ7ESi2V-1idYdB_Zv8Hh-Vo8OZ7YhLajPRo425rqH2tGGesPeLAYiRmPTQ/s4032/IMG_3198.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjku9a45Ue7qo32OpTHgoZhxUNdm4SEPrLnAkqrir0woxHkqGHGdTYjK_NozUc_lImRWPJAqskwbj45JHOaxQKd0JbtMYdGxjEpoKKgICDAm2ZqhcE5OCkZozPQm-fqwfIaQ7ESi2V-1idYdB_Zv8Hh-Vo8OZ7YhLajPRo425rqH2tGGesPeLAYiRmPTQ/s320/IMG_3198.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia Snow, printed Tardis</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have a much better understanding of how the printer works now, and can help the students troubleshoot both the printer and software, as well as some basic troubleshooting in TinkerCAD, but there are still students who know TinkerCAD and 3D printers (the plastic kind) better than I do. What this means is that I regularly learn from students on this tool. </div><br style="text-align: left;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXxmuEmTDT7rpFIKDYziU7prQbN9h512RLwR0jKPclXa-5WiT9WJrlGlC-Wp0zXtMWMaD_1vrfUbeJWE3-bX7kC38VOemDx5acjxwYhOqEh6z84GfOqWzu4SwceiYIotPFXOeRsGKfj6dyC9P3Gi8etgmRwG1IbcFlJh8pouJ0cWMqqjqTjjlcs0tYA/s4032/IMG_8991.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXxmuEmTDT7rpFIKDYziU7prQbN9h512RLwR0jKPclXa-5WiT9WJrlGlC-Wp0zXtMWMaD_1vrfUbeJWE3-bX7kC38VOemDx5acjxwYhOqEh6z84GfOqWzu4SwceiYIotPFXOeRsGKfj6dyC9P3Gi8etgmRwG1IbcFlJh8pouJ0cWMqqjqTjjlcs0tYA/s320/IMG_8991.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yarelli Sanchez, chicken pitcher</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Students using the 3D clay printer this quarter had 2 main options for using the printer. First, they could used TinkerCAD or another program to design a 3D object and print it. The focus, if they choose this approach, is on learning TinkerCAD and planning for a form that the clay printer can handle. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOH2M5kqyCQBb4LO_KT90F6N0-wMkg7xGJCb8FyOFu0u_If-LarW1XGVeI8vGNt0nYP-x7owazaXQ-UeWkzgHjOpoC4wknbmJ7IkQYdL8F0x6dd5nqGZolfDw6tAAh-eCLoBmdEudt3goCOLV3Qns8R-3vF3qh9iVHr3I_09bWAoZp08OH_vIj519pMQ/s3886/20221205_100958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2915" data-original-width="3886" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOH2M5kqyCQBb4LO_KT90F6N0-wMkg7xGJCb8FyOFu0u_If-LarW1XGVeI8vGNt0nYP-x7owazaXQ-UeWkzgHjOpoC4wknbmJ7IkQYdL8F0x6dd5nqGZolfDw6tAAh-eCLoBmdEudt3goCOLV3Qns8R-3vF3qh9iVHr3I_09bWAoZp08OH_vIj519pMQ/s320/20221205_100958.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amy Matson, Cats & Coyotes, printed and slab built </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The clay printer prints very soft, wet clay, which means that the clay sticks together fairly well when squished together, but it also means that it can't stand up without support. If the printer squeezes out a line of clay on top of another line of clay, those two lines (coils) will stick and the bottom one will support the top one. The printer is very good at printing straight vertical walls of clay.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFNSKfmR40T8rxXWEGmy5vjddxoZcHZvmgbshBbOyepL47WRsiyVUxnM2hMR1thwlFnoCzWtMQgOFdEhtyiB1qE1yMeM2X6YjqZOB39oNQChufRT1MliZOoxX7k0KqLvCgLjCvxP9Hq9AlKNZmknlk4pJT9vNA7tlZhtgO4QamjaFoYw1H_8A8Mz5OOQ/s4032/IMG_2772.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFNSKfmR40T8rxXWEGmy5vjddxoZcHZvmgbshBbOyepL47WRsiyVUxnM2hMR1thwlFnoCzWtMQgOFdEhtyiB1qE1yMeM2X6YjqZOB39oNQChufRT1MliZOoxX7k0KqLvCgLjCvxP9Hq9AlKNZmknlk4pJT9vNA7tlZhtgO4QamjaFoYw1H_8A8Mz5OOQ/s320/IMG_2772.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carlos Garcia Alcantar, printed stacking forms</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If the printer moves slightly to one side between levels, so that the top extruded line of clay is above but slightly to one side of the line below, the clay still sticks, still supports itself, but now the wall is at a slight diagonal. The printer can do this just fine and print cones, pyramids, vases, and similar forms. However, if the printer nozzle moves too far to one side between levels, the bottom layer of clay no longer supports the top layer and the top layer just falls into open space.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYpSP6Jldl1sXT9apr-l8HkTSQpKRulhCoPOMm214_TmKCSJivnhbIwz1UylngS_hYrM4-DgBGql8LS1K48y7LMWpo8at30aWucu3x6MhZR44YQ1QR6KAAiDK9vc7tb-8mt2wf8TiVfGPc6jPkMI9CzKW_cEW43ZhMzi_8e6TxISmayG-0z_4HRLdGgw/s4032/IMG_2771.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYpSP6Jldl1sXT9apr-l8HkTSQpKRulhCoPOMm214_TmKCSJivnhbIwz1UylngS_hYrM4-DgBGql8LS1K48y7LMWpo8at30aWucu3x6MhZR44YQ1QR6KAAiDK9vc7tb-8mt2wf8TiVfGPc6jPkMI9CzKW_cEW43ZhMzi_8e6TxISmayG-0z_4HRLdGgw/s320/IMG_2771.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carlos Garcia Alcantar, printed stacking forms</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For this reason, the printer cannot handle overhangs, or flat tops, or the very top/middle of a dome shape. There are at least 4 ways to deal with these shapes. First, of course, students can avoid these shapes and design their print in a way that they aren't necessary. Second, they can print everything but the flat part or the top of the dome and simply add a slab or more clay later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5yPTnhoudLrXKeOCGv8y5mQ8NqwSzM4Zf1LJYoxxfYDGxOq3kPgWm-g2WsGCX3qLwYrH8wyhKB6SQ7Tp8ApWOxzU87DTEBENvQw6Efm3ekVDDoAUtm81Ua5qZVZbKBfD3pKNshiI72Fapj8NEON5DueObPcGPj0wTrgDLCflT3qLUy7KG7c9ClzNFA/s1024/IMG_0041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5yPTnhoudLrXKeOCGv8y5mQ8NqwSzM4Zf1LJYoxxfYDGxOq3kPgWm-g2WsGCX3qLwYrH8wyhKB6SQ7Tp8ApWOxzU87DTEBENvQw6Efm3ekVDDoAUtm81Ua5qZVZbKBfD3pKNshiI72Fapj8NEON5DueObPcGPj0wTrgDLCflT3qLUy7KG7c9ClzNFA/s320/IMG_0041.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Derek Arneecher, printed shelves</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some students design their print in pieces so that only the verticals are printed and any and all horizontals are slabs added later. Jordan's Lego Minifig is a good example of this. She printed the body, neck, head, and cylinder on top of the head separately. She couldn't have printed the body and head, or even just the head in one piece because because the shoulders, the bottom of the head, and top of the head are all horizontals that would have fallen in. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvUYu_dFj_2uU8rVKxBst-hN4d2f8uItK5LymWxrU2HYwQ7drMpOq9r1sRg1A3UQ9MEF5IidgdA417ehVdzI-JSwqoB7NrJVV7P6q5jv-2vHIN_Vk6vGDVDsUAMr8cgiehyxAXVai4_AOF0qblkGB4m6rcpgZlxR8Bv212ppG-x1a8vwrAQxlokDXrsw/s4032/IMG_8990.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvUYu_dFj_2uU8rVKxBst-hN4d2f8uItK5LymWxrU2HYwQ7drMpOq9r1sRg1A3UQ9MEF5IidgdA417ehVdzI-JSwqoB7NrJVV7P6q5jv-2vHIN_Vk6vGDVDsUAMr8cgiehyxAXVai4_AOF0qblkGB4m6rcpgZlxR8Bv212ppG-x1a8vwrAQxlokDXrsw/s320/IMG_8990.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yarelli Sanchez, chicken pitcher</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yarelli also printed her chicken pitcher in pieces, though in her case, some of them could have been printed together as one. The transition from cylinder to cone on top could have printed as one, but she chose to print them separately. She cut off the top of the cone after printing, altered it, and used it as the beak. However, the three pieces of the handle and the feet had to be printed separately and attached later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAODSF6Skm1boUHDuj9sG5Z1lC71w7pysG_5C1Je314xE2bGulxFgstB-UzVm45Xlq8gbdi6hMgZlAEOUHg3ZWAQFmdpG2eOfdqg7C1P_OPbTiw8wffXkjka4m8Z-G0e6a4Xti1AQjqOC_9mINFvzvFuTAe6rRZVKo6Vzg3N6PTkU_FMcR6SeH3sM5sA/s640/IMG_7854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="640" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAODSF6Skm1boUHDuj9sG5Z1lC71w7pysG_5C1Je314xE2bGulxFgstB-UzVm45Xlq8gbdi6hMgZlAEOUHg3ZWAQFmdpG2eOfdqg7C1P_OPbTiw8wffXkjka4m8Z-G0e6a4Xti1AQjqOC_9mINFvzvFuTAe6rRZVKo6Vzg3N6PTkU_FMcR6SeH3sM5sA/s320/IMG_7854.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">printed turtles, student work</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All of the options I mentioned so far are for students printing a hollow form. The third and fourth options are to print with an interior support or to print an entirely solid print. In the student example above, the student, who wished to be anonymous here, designed the turtle in TinkerCad, but hte top of the back and head wouldn't print at this angle, so they adjusted the print settings in Simplify 3D (the software we use to "slice" our 3D objects into printable files. If you were to flip over any of these three turtles, you would find a latticework interior that adds stability to the horizontal or nearly horizontal clay walls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-dDTeZ8wpMGBe7lc-hRg0o3-1lfWBp66Hi7V4IiI7s-qGCSphLE8yAr85ZP4OD9Z_9j86YK0Qb7UUq5n9s2_ISG8THHY4XAucf23SvC4djnJvHpL5n7QGNuo__kYdZoO88mr2p8KbAbD_4guuvMSpU33__4RzagTJm1karU3WwJavA_DPCZEqcp0Cg/s4032/20221205_121704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-dDTeZ8wpMGBe7lc-hRg0o3-1lfWBp66Hi7V4IiI7s-qGCSphLE8yAr85ZP4OD9Z_9j86YK0Qb7UUq5n9s2_ISG8THHY4XAucf23SvC4djnJvHpL5n7QGNuo__kYdZoO88mr2p8KbAbD_4guuvMSpU33__4RzagTJm1karU3WwJavA_DPCZEqcp0Cg/s320/20221205_121704.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thai See (@Thaiidraws on Instagram), printed hand and hand-built snail</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thai printed her hand completely solid and carved away the excess clay later, after it had dried somewhat. This approach is more labor intensive in some ways, because it requires extra work after the print has been made, but it allows for less fussing with the software and may allow for a more complicated form that otherwise wouldn't print.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_akHNBGa-coYqGQMULIQv0mFYl-dKp8q7utEwji-qdnL7vtvYJcmHZWmg2Eo1QhusGrlSnOJ-b4VgA87actCx0ScTavu0jwJyMOY3c5qn_9nFOSf1dJ8bYSjwvq_Qq_WCSHrWy_vjQnSPrXeSw5_M2r4bNqMgWdrPDCG4lSG9XT-Ik3BCiBzu7uM_g/s4032/IMG_6474.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_akHNBGa-coYqGQMULIQv0mFYl-dKp8q7utEwji-qdnL7vtvYJcmHZWmg2Eo1QhusGrlSnOJ-b4VgA87actCx0ScTavu0jwJyMOY3c5qn_9nFOSf1dJ8bYSjwvq_Qq_WCSHrWy_vjQnSPrXeSw5_M2r4bNqMgWdrPDCG4lSG9XT-Ik3BCiBzu7uM_g/s320/IMG_6474.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amanda Goodrich, printed castle</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The assignment paramenters for the printer allow for a completely different option as well. Students may print a simple form mulitiple times and simply use that form to create a more complicated form. Brooke's sculpture is a great example of this. She printed a pyramid 6 times, then attached each pyramid together in the middle to create a form that could never haver printed on its own. The end result is a sculptural form that <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2014/03/classroom-adjustments-for-spring-based.html" target="_blank">would have been more difficult to make any other way</a>. She went further by cutting and carving triangles into and through the printed forms after they were attached.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsCDLIIfIzQFx_ZGFjpay8K9q-CyhCGXD0M0kHZBRX1jXKeeTsPLzc7lBGFIvNtne2peKHZpt4uoAiM9j5TfRGuRhAXGMXTOHAcUyr5rXvXHsgB_ASS7FaP0-4hgZ6z73i4CDPfwxy42sBlqdgDfKw-qlIUbj9Sew38BnlH6uj9_sqvLa2xY4ukfn-w/s4000/glazed%203d%20print%20start%20project%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsCDLIIfIzQFx_ZGFjpay8K9q-CyhCGXD0M0kHZBRX1jXKeeTsPLzc7lBGFIvNtne2peKHZpt4uoAiM9j5TfRGuRhAXGMXTOHAcUyr5rXvXHsgB_ASS7FaP0-4hgZ6z73i4CDPfwxy42sBlqdgDfKw-qlIUbj9Sew38BnlH6uj9_sqvLa2xY4ukfn-w/s320/glazed%203d%20print%20start%20project%203.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brook Mason, printed sculpture<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Derek and Carlos both printed simple forms that were meant to be displayed together. Derek's printed fomrs are a set of shelves, some of which are attached together. Carlos' pieces were designed to stack together to form a cube, but one broke before firing, leaving a gap in the design. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGAadDpaxClW0yVKoJZJmqeMXIV7XqfXewEPoB06bloLVNyp1d4hx-URUYxgfGzaT34qOCNWd75cWkcABmfng0IR1Dn9qZhwJeHzYNh-wIotMBzBQ6Bj28JFNjvmmiGZfrsxE7ChrGXGHLRAomRIqU7sLdbf28bsDVzBE1dCMMaCGP-hIo4sVxM8sfA/s4032/IMG_2773.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGAadDpaxClW0yVKoJZJmqeMXIV7XqfXewEPoB06bloLVNyp1d4hx-URUYxgfGzaT34qOCNWd75cWkcABmfng0IR1Dn9qZhwJeHzYNh-wIotMBzBQ6Bj28JFNjvmmiGZfrsxE7ChrGXGHLRAomRIqU7sLdbf28bsDVzBE1dCMMaCGP-hIo4sVxM8sfA/s320/IMG_2773.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carlos Garcia Alcantar, printed stacking forms</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Valeria's piece also broke before firing, through no fault of her own. It was a printed cylinder with printed shapes added to the surface after printing to create a more interetsting shaped vase. Amy did something similar, on a smaller scale, with her printed vase and tiny printed pyramid decoration on the surface.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRag0Vu-4CkPqWFwGwRx4j7ted_jUP-WIM9Z3M0AE75Nn-6q9mFi1p3z1wSzhcDfGb9TUMs4S8wLVYeUgAYYN7M-9tat0t8hqWXzs-se_SWEDd8RHe7tXcWbBWhjCN308A8blvYmK3RlIDYlxOq6XUm-IrbLfA3y-If_AX3eErbxTaSkTArAi-8sJwgg/s1090/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-19%20at%202.18.40%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="798" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRag0Vu-4CkPqWFwGwRx4j7ted_jUP-WIM9Z3M0AE75Nn-6q9mFi1p3z1wSzhcDfGb9TUMs4S8wLVYeUgAYYN7M-9tat0t8hqWXzs-se_SWEDd8RHe7tXcWbBWhjCN308A8blvYmK3RlIDYlxOq6XUm-IrbLfA3y-If_AX3eErbxTaSkTArAi-8sJwgg/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-19%20at%202.18.40%20PM.png" width="234" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Printed Vase, Amy Matson</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-44495386967183044612022-12-18T14:39:00.005-08:002022-12-18T14:39:48.366-08:00Firings, Faults and Just Fun<h2 style="text-align: left;"> Raku Firing</h2><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPV5NMzR507ISDG2GYIFx9jSi42b6HkOz3xws3ZyA8ql7QTbikxwJZB9VivovTiiUSxN0r1jQoCrQVJL3VGtmcbADjSASicif3drpJcsWn102WFhGVWW-gDejQJBfhGob_9xkoMHtyUHA1vrnpH6S2pwOCQQ26IbjmdLmtGFM0PKyNwYbykkGWRthPA/s1526/411E62CC-34F3-4EC1-A862-A1AA648C5A8D.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="1526" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPV5NMzR507ISDG2GYIFx9jSi42b6HkOz3xws3ZyA8ql7QTbikxwJZB9VivovTiiUSxN0r1jQoCrQVJL3VGtmcbADjSASicif3drpJcsWn102WFhGVWW-gDejQJBfhGob_9xkoMHtyUHA1vrnpH6S2pwOCQQ26IbjmdLmtGFM0PKyNwYbykkGWRthPA/s320/411E62CC-34F3-4EC1-A862-A1AA648C5A8D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">broken biscuit in the raku kiln between firings</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The most entertaining firing process we used in the YVC clay studio is the raku firing. Around the 1970s this firing process became popular in the United States. Theoretically the process derives from Japanese Raku, but when the process was brought to the US and UK, Western artists kept the part they liked and changed the rest. In Japan, Raku is a name for a process and ware done only by one particular family of artists. The work is removed from a hot wood fired kiln and doused in water. My understanding is that the glaze is black and the firing and cooling process causes cracking in the glaze. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQszDGeJl-fxFOS2vjzBtK7bbAYl6GmVpG9tiquXgmlGPFbl9ue3LCWodcWn4I6C9b5LbtYGzUcb8KAU-zCLspUz5I0n5xfY7iuGiQ9ywva89QJlZwQC6R25gOkQEbK66LN_diQLhIbqZjpYk98cAOx_gcdH0RoNMG1aQ6hE8a_8dCVHguFxy50IKWw/s4032/7E474694-346F-40B5-A2D4-C0C245A0E064.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQszDGeJl-fxFOS2vjzBtK7bbAYl6GmVpG9tiquXgmlGPFbl9ue3LCWodcWn4I6C9b5LbtYGzUcb8KAU-zCLspUz5I0n5xfY7iuGiQ9ywva89QJlZwQC6R25gOkQEbK66LN_diQLhIbqZjpYk98cAOx_gcdH0RoNMG1aQ6hE8a_8dCVHguFxy50IKWw/s320/7E474694-346F-40B5-A2D4-C0C245A0E064.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we had just removed the pots from the kiln and I liked the look of the red hot kiln interior</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2019/03/raku-winter-2019.html" target="_blank">we call raku</a> is basically any firing process where the work is removed from a hot kiln and fire ensues. In they <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/12/my-impressive-wheel-throwers-fall-2022.html" target="_blank">YVC studio, we have several glazes</a> and slips that can be used for raku firings and we also have some horse hair (and sometimes feathers) that can be used for "horsehair raku". In both cases, we fire the work in a propane fired outdoor top hat kiln. The work reaches a fairly low temperature of around 1800 degrees Fahrenheit (this is low compared to our glaze firing of around 2300 degrees F). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Fcdyd2Kf8wCBin_rt9Fp4zzvfqwXuKfreR6DkIwWmWp708dyzC4HnSmIkZLSXzRj-VNV90Ad6yoUzShe1Mt_SCM2cA0bcyuNt6V6rrbZI2wRlFMZroIfRgcBNH8KT7J5pSxnfbRTkKVabieL7yDtpx6YhYWFjkvUGLavEz-JDYdBUgDMkr320kYIUA/s1421/rakuthreeJazlynAlexander.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1341" data-original-width="1421" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Fcdyd2Kf8wCBin_rt9Fp4zzvfqwXuKfreR6DkIwWmWp708dyzC4HnSmIkZLSXzRj-VNV90Ad6yoUzShe1Mt_SCM2cA0bcyuNt6V6rrbZI2wRlFMZroIfRgcBNH8KT7J5pSxnfbRTkKVabieL7yDtpx6YhYWFjkvUGLavEz-JDYdBUgDMkr320kYIUA/s320/rakuthreeJazlynAlexander.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jazlyn Alexander three raku pieces</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Once the glaze starts to melt, the propane is shut off and we lift up the <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2017/03/raku-firing-in-new-space.html" target="_blank">top hat of the kiln (an insulated cylinder of expanded metal</a>). In the <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2015/05/last-raku-at-palmer-hall.html" target="_blank">old studio</a>we had a <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2012/03/winter-quarter-raku.html" target="_blank">counterweight to lift the top hat</a>, but in the new <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2015/08/new-clay-studio-tour-mostly-moved-in.html" target="_blank">Palmer Martin building</a>, we have a mechanical winch that lifts for us. <div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNXIBjC7jCXf5Reav37A5KSv9qIRrAc2hCkLzl-nqwg3hf2moRvG23xraAzEMQoQeWn02Jo4YNySyPuoR3UOkN9KP-fxeuQ8aY3b3AEtfwqUOHwogR-8bU251ULW9OvQYN1qAGxkuVD4Nusz5t0DLrN-2NgQkGT38UBT-Y6OBojSF4I3J6vkk_sfZkA/s4032/FE4F11C2-0477-4DAF-B827-2F513C8196F8.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNXIBjC7jCXf5Reav37A5KSv9qIRrAc2hCkLzl-nqwg3hf2moRvG23xraAzEMQoQeWn02Jo4YNySyPuoR3UOkN9KP-fxeuQ8aY3b3AEtfwqUOHwogR-8bU251ULW9OvQYN1qAGxkuVD4Nusz5t0DLrN-2NgQkGT38UBT-Y6OBojSF4I3J6vkk_sfZkA/s320/FE4F11C2-0477-4DAF-B827-2F513C8196F8.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">students adding horsehair to their hot pots</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We use tongs (and gloves) to remove the work for the kiln and either put it in a bucket of shredded paper and/or dry leaves or set it on a shelf for the horsehair process. In the bucket, the combustible material lights on fire and is absorbed into any unglazed areas of ceramic, turning them black or gray.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyZTUTDwNV2uvyaoWo5tYMV0vMPSts5YL53s3CjvDAWgm0kqlbbI1J8jmvZAtKb4mXXN6xjdw4dj1OMjMuRn3zw-ckVDa8dAx9t-IsSsIJ0VSetR7IXWISV6-2VaiKrwY3Q7VOqtAHgofhola-osbFDwKwmCKohMdMHrjFXsQ39g0KBPFkPMDN2KCaQ/s3505/raku_mini_vases.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2668" data-original-width="3505" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyZTUTDwNV2uvyaoWo5tYMV0vMPSts5YL53s3CjvDAWgm0kqlbbI1J8jmvZAtKb4mXXN6xjdw4dj1OMjMuRn3zw-ckVDa8dAx9t-IsSsIJ0VSetR7IXWISV6-2VaiKrwY3Q7VOqtAHgofhola-osbFDwKwmCKohMdMHrjFXsQ39g0KBPFkPMDN2KCaQ/s320/raku_mini_vases.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Horse Hair vases by Liliana Morales</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For horsehair, students hold pieces of horse hair (or feathers, or sometimes human hair or leaves) on the hot, unglazed pot. The hot ceramic causes the horsehair to burn, crinkling up as it does so and the smoke is absorbed into the area of the ceramic closest to the fire. Horsehair looks particularly nice, in my opinion, when the student has first burnished the pottery to make it smooth and slightly shiny, but most students just want to play with fire.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-DyN8w16EPpBGLO8SqhaM5xP8XbL_UOr-KMKfHIZARB6_vThP5OCVMycvnPRIuUBBXFoFLaDcdI0KX48suI3HwD6eBa7kQR7luSnSItIqdur-En811nxkpuAL0xTBDUoPE0QeqrYlY6LIwGGOR4wUQDkkjVwBtQqUw8dGj-9djfOMWoQSt6qr8smbg/s4032/B07C5F50-2050-48AA-8941-777A09ACED57.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-DyN8w16EPpBGLO8SqhaM5xP8XbL_UOr-KMKfHIZARB6_vThP5OCVMycvnPRIuUBBXFoFLaDcdI0KX48suI3HwD6eBa7kQR7luSnSItIqdur-En811nxkpuAL0xTBDUoPE0QeqrYlY6LIwGGOR4wUQDkkjVwBtQqUw8dGj-9djfOMWoQSt6qr8smbg/s320/B07C5F50-2050-48AA-8941-777A09ACED57.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yarelli Sanchez's extruded sculpture cracked and was partly dropped on its way out of the raku kiln</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Both processes are risky, often resulting in breakage, especially when students insist on firing porcelain clay or large pieces. However, as someone who did mostly raku in undergrad and fired pieces larger than my students' work, I am hardly in a position to tell them not to risk it. I tell them the risks and we give it a try.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmi8PHkBzb3RmVofFVbk_93l0kha2y4SeZsFeKkXW9s11YhFgEiHdLixY9_wEQX-B68QY46zPtvz6sXD4bqjMdZO2mFCJWV9JbY1L-RgcS0rDyPsk95JkC2GmYc5BWYnpTnWSXq5RH4byuXWZXzxYJmEIH78ewAYnJLV9ZDdYAz-D75Lhzz2COcclFpg/s4032/50C06DB9-55B0-4229-B465-AE3AC75D698F.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmi8PHkBzb3RmVofFVbk_93l0kha2y4SeZsFeKkXW9s11YhFgEiHdLixY9_wEQX-B68QY46zPtvz6sXD4bqjMdZO2mFCJWV9JbY1L-RgcS0rDyPsk95JkC2GmYc5BWYnpTnWSXq5RH4byuXWZXzxYJmEIH78ewAYnJLV9ZDdYAz-D75Lhzz2COcclFpg/s320/50C06DB9-55B0-4229-B465-AE3AC75D698F.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Derek Arneecher's Winifred after raku horse hair firing<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This quarter, we did have some breakage. One student tried horsehair on maybe 5 mugs, all in porcelain, and all of which cracked as they were cooling. <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/11/my-amazing-hand-builders-part-1.html" target="_blank">Yarelli's complicated extruded chain piece</a> made it out of the kiln safely the first time (when Yarelli was not available), but our two-person tong work didn't hold up the second time and it slipped and cracked before she began to apply the horsehair.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jqgNsUM-HrLTPkao-q6c9pD1NwcwZW2alK4QoCAtVxopsgsXG08gM_BwzPDPOeQGeqK8-62Vybkgp_zQ9jy7LhnOwSdV4U6zyakwQLgvmQ8ACj2nUbXQQjMD-v1_ERLzX5ladLYegmtB9UOP3oZhErC023uwquxE7f8tVihRBLk25KjyjFXIGBwxaQ/s1024/IMG_0040.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jqgNsUM-HrLTPkao-q6c9pD1NwcwZW2alK4QoCAtVxopsgsXG08gM_BwzPDPOeQGeqK8-62Vybkgp_zQ9jy7LhnOwSdV4U6zyakwQLgvmQ8ACj2nUbXQQjMD-v1_ERLzX5ladLYegmtB9UOP3oZhErC023uwquxE7f8tVihRBLk25KjyjFXIGBwxaQ/s320/IMG_0040.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winifred after painting (he decided he didn't like the horse hair effect)<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Derek's large Winifred portrait had a fine crack after the raku firing, which got worse when it was fired a third time. Derek didn't like the horsehair look, so he decided apply underglaze and low fire clear glaze and fire the work again. I think it was a good revision, but unfortunately the crack is more noticeable after the second firing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bisque Firing fun</h2></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIJhEPYgn5x2NGrOkPLABux8tibOxZvYZq00T51uUxoGKIFojGV6VowFUdn0cyo4jCYDp-b0JNIjmm-XryKzuUfjdz0cRDhpBS-HQ95UStTmUR4EP93gJVxOlgCUewYqL5HdkvtbqpByqKF9NYV7YVEfhfD8BS9SwP_T_-1ocrmw8nh1pQGwn_ye-Lw/s2048/F7104984-6292-426D-BD72-700AA10FA2B3.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIJhEPYgn5x2NGrOkPLABux8tibOxZvYZq00T51uUxoGKIFojGV6VowFUdn0cyo4jCYDp-b0JNIjmm-XryKzuUfjdz0cRDhpBS-HQ95UStTmUR4EP93gJVxOlgCUewYqL5HdkvtbqpByqKF9NYV7YVEfhfD8BS9SwP_T_-1ocrmw8nh1pQGwn_ye-Lw/s320/F7104984-6292-426D-BD72-700AA10FA2B3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I justed love this kiln load with Medusa and Charlie facing off</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Loading a bisque firing in the studio is usually just a step in the process, but depending on the contents of the kiln, placement can be entertaining. This year I really enjoyed the kiln load that consisted of <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/11/student-portraits-works-in-progress.html" target="_blank">Valeria Alvarez's Medusa</a> facing off with Amy Matson's Charlie from Heartstopper. During the firing, Medusa's gaze turned him to stone-ware (lol).</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjSVeO1UPgRirjoUvjFOkKIiSK8Zuv9W1nO8jfkxLFG7VCcA3KH77iMT-H02itAc3gDF7kPtdVWkJFakzxs2a7OuNb8wXXzlHjhbLivGxM6MOiMm8RJ3Ex5ZtDoFcT17FK8yHIkKcfiHB7D5zelPWr3MRDoXeLhh3Xqcr7kpuDF55Wd1ttCWIApdnrw/s4032/9C2EC240-4BB0-4EEA-9B44-C734661C75FF.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjSVeO1UPgRirjoUvjFOkKIiSK8Zuv9W1nO8jfkxLFG7VCcA3KH77iMT-H02itAc3gDF7kPtdVWkJFakzxs2a7OuNb8wXXzlHjhbLivGxM6MOiMm8RJ3Ex5ZtDoFcT17FK8yHIkKcfiHB7D5zelPWr3MRDoXeLhh3Xqcr7kpuDF55Wd1ttCWIApdnrw/s320/9C2EC240-4BB0-4EEA-9B44-C734661C75FF.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Derek's hexagonal printed forms fit into the decagonal bisque kiln in a pleasing way </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I also enjoyed loading <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/12/my-awesome-hand-builders-part-4.html" target="_blank">Derek's hexagonal 3D printed forms</a> in the bottom of another kiln load. We filled each one with mugs and small work from the throwing class (but I forgot to take a picture). I just like the look of the geometric forms inside another geometric form.</div><div><br /></div><div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Bisque Firing Trouble</h2><div>Though the bisque firings can generally be unexceptional and uneventful when all the work is well constructed and fully dry, in a shared studio with beginning students, some breakage is typical every quarter. The reasons are almost always the same and this quarter was no different. Handles, hands, or other features fall off because they weren't originally scored well, or because they dried unevenly.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLLKoq_KnKwHsRxiqqapiPvYxAPKocafaSqwCo5dythR4zDJ3UgjH0m-ehPGleu8WuDT88CBB9Tqywpv8wkqtPeOxQFN6XV0ZkhdpMAL5GZ-aPRHlQv_FjQ2sEFYwYHzF8oTc8AWsjgZp8auaXEbRM_0-QYMO5C-l0MvaF5fnOzT340UfaB68m8Q_vw/s4032/B0FDB091-2493-4099-B084-83F84C331FF7.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLLKoq_KnKwHsRxiqqapiPvYxAPKocafaSqwCo5dythR4zDJ3UgjH0m-ehPGleu8WuDT88CBB9Tqywpv8wkqtPeOxQFN6XV0ZkhdpMAL5GZ-aPRHlQv_FjQ2sEFYwYHzF8oTc8AWsjgZp8auaXEbRM_0-QYMO5C-l0MvaF5fnOzT340UfaB68m8Q_vw/s320/B0FDB091-2493-4099-B084-83F84C331FF7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jordan Golob's 3D printed Lego minifig lost it's hands in the bisque firing</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Work that was too thick or too wet may crack or explode during the firing. We try to avoid firing wet, thick, or obvoiusly damanged work, but it's sometimes difficult to know ahead of time. I'm also more lenient with handbuilders, who spend a lot of time on one piece than with throwers who make a lot of individual pieces in the same time. My studio employees tell me that I was more lenient (aka "too nice") this quarter and let more work go through the firing than I used to. Did I forget <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/04/dova-clay-sale-new-work-last-chemo.html">because of the long break</a>, or <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/12/why-did-i-get-cancer.html" target="_blank">did the cancer change me</a>?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoyNlZnU6H8kLsw14aijNMOulepYxGii3vMRU4dNigecsJ140oR_eWW90BfMeJbIp8nrE4bfJaELQMKV_2pEAwWFrnmH-FqF3mtLlPerYgOwJUUhFfUcegXlMp8Dcp7-iGWBH59ITH4fckokkkvx0VOM2vNbRYqUG0zEn0VtXcTyFm5la9HKuWPDoaA/s4032/7C01A38D-DE19-4F54-A235-7585336FF715.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoyNlZnU6H8kLsw14aijNMOulepYxGii3vMRU4dNigecsJ140oR_eWW90BfMeJbIp8nrE4bfJaELQMKV_2pEAwWFrnmH-FqF3mtLlPerYgOwJUUhFfUcegXlMp8Dcp7-iGWBH59ITH4fckokkkvx0VOM2vNbRYqUG0zEn0VtXcTyFm5la9HKuWPDoaA/s320/7C01A38D-DE19-4F54-A235-7585336FF715.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jordan Golob's Dwight lost the back of its head during bisque firing<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The other reason work can explode in the kiln is if there is a contained air pocket with no escape. We call this, as well as any too-thick work, a "kiln bomb" and I always tell students to pop a hole with a needle tool into any contained air pockets in a sculpture. This is easy, visually unobstrusive and always solves the problem. It is fascinating to me, then, that the idea of a contained air pocket blowing up in the kiln is controversial among potters and ceramic artists. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVvXwuI5DSmMeo450_MtfA-SjLd2HMeajNU4AMVGmiJUnf_ctQsUsHQ4CjDOcgzSsEK4nTNeKM7UVBER1yOPRw2eODWmSp0htlgh_ydu4Cc5Un9G4jpBZCIMPnWEatqoxfhWKpcrOWllcHTOduU_s8Foq5P19plS5ZL2E2GMEa826FVGuumsTEwE7xGA/s1800/24560DE1-A03D-4E24-9FB3-14FF8320BA72.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVvXwuI5DSmMeo450_MtfA-SjLd2HMeajNU4AMVGmiJUnf_ctQsUsHQ4CjDOcgzSsEK4nTNeKM7UVBER1yOPRw2eODWmSp0htlgh_ydu4Cc5Un9G4jpBZCIMPnWEatqoxfhWKpcrOWllcHTOduU_s8Foq5P19plS5ZL2E2GMEa826FVGuumsTEwE7xGA/s320/24560DE1-A03D-4E24-9FB3-14FF8320BA72.jpeg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Manuel Delgado's castle lost its roof during the bisque</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Serioustly, if you'd like to start an online battle amongst clay folks, tell them that an air pocket will explode in the kiln. Immediately some of these folks will that you that it does not--and call you stupid in the mix. The argument, in essence, is that the air doesn't cause the contained air pocket to explode; it is the moisture in the air pocket. They will claim that any pieces that explode haven't been dried long enough. While it is true that sometimes air pockets don't blow up, they often do.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYXRznT19_oHTVKtLOyWt1JD5t6ZgK8uEqj-4NyRfTkIdXzDelPNHSpuPYononZtQjrVAEILJ40cbRJuACASSDm7r4COuVWPLcMaJpWq5ddmDy6vUuEZ4Bh_zrisgHRGo3liG7kBG0VqzZZVKE2TJeHnYDXBzwXyoRrOlkRsmexQ5b036vejmTaJHXw/s1800/4305C639-7A21-4C7C-8FAA-9B4612F045B9.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYXRznT19_oHTVKtLOyWt1JD5t6ZgK8uEqj-4NyRfTkIdXzDelPNHSpuPYononZtQjrVAEILJ40cbRJuACASSDm7r4COuVWPLcMaJpWq5ddmDy6vUuEZ4Bh_zrisgHRGo3liG7kBG0VqzZZVKE2TJeHnYDXBzwXyoRrOlkRsmexQ5b036vejmTaJHXw/s320/4305C639-7A21-4C7C-8FAA-9B4612F045B9.jpeg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the castle with its roof back in place</td></tr></tbody></table><br />As an undergrad, firing a load of sculpture in a raku clay body, I realized too late that my sculpture had no air hole and was surprised that it came out of the kiln just fine. I was told the groggy, low shrinkage clay body and thin walls allowed it to fire just fine. Since then my students and I, sometimes on purpose and sometimes by accident have tested it many, many times. Most of the time (but not always), the work explodes, while other work by the same builder, with the same clay, same thickness, and dried for the same amount of time does not.<br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwT46yZX3sKedazHBy-1vxjSEx2FbNk68zU76-WSjDTHZMhxGLaoyJnLakidp-pmEH9TYcVn_p9rl-hHPsgzhq6bvvRa0ySZVpgkByXP66NCg1vaO-nxEPwEif8gu6_gL1V3frPCKNmK3JgKqwPDObYVeUMQmoi5e7nCC9GJtv_38_kcfTjpL4tywXw/s1800/A92B2D81-CC2B-436D-8BCC-241A44A55C75.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwT46yZX3sKedazHBy-1vxjSEx2FbNk68zU76-WSjDTHZMhxGLaoyJnLakidp-pmEH9TYcVn_p9rl-hHPsgzhq6bvvRa0ySZVpgkByXP66NCg1vaO-nxEPwEif8gu6_gL1V3frPCKNmK3JgKqwPDObYVeUMQmoi5e7nCC9GJtv_38_kcfTjpL4tywXw/s320/A92B2D81-CC2B-436D-8BCC-241A44A55C75.jpeg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An air pocket blew up Derek Arneecher's extruded sculpture during firing, and took a few other pieces out with it<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>This quarter we had two perfect natural experiments (though the student artists may not agree). I hope they don't mind me talking about their situations, because they are so instructive and the artists only had one tiny mistake that led to big trouble. Derek had made a large, impressive and well-constructed sculpture from extruded forms. His joints were scored and slipped well and reinforced. He let the work dry slowly and completely, then we loaded it in the kiln and fired the kiln slowly with a long candle (preheat to force out any remaining moisture from the clay). </div><div><br /></div><div>When it was time to unload the kiln, we discovered that his piece had exploded violently in the kiln, taking out some neighboring pieces as well. The only problem we could identify was that he had a hollow section in the middle with no hole--the walls of the form were consistent throughout, the whole piece had dried evenly, and the whole piece had been inside the kiln for the same long candle. The legs and top were intact and the explosion, though violent, clearly was focused in that middle hollow section.</div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ--Dp2_W-FkDIbUjza7i-_A7yU3Q1aI2cq8ZO_LbtPzt1hnFKQP9salaVCZKEhDbE5Lw2vdphztdjcIdwkzKz8UxXgDUAgUGDyJLw6jQDCdXBHFeYMnZ2LBcCJIB2U0Kh-62KEROUfklBdkjOhyy-tudPj7cQnumUKydY17LphR9a_A0gVEiUGmDXGQ/s4032/9CF5B84F-BAC4-4B9A-9730-459AAD3B529A.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ--Dp2_W-FkDIbUjza7i-_A7yU3Q1aI2cq8ZO_LbtPzt1hnFKQP9salaVCZKEhDbE5Lw2vdphztdjcIdwkzKz8UxXgDUAgUGDyJLw6jQDCdXBHFeYMnZ2LBcCJIB2U0Kh-62KEROUfklBdkjOhyy-tudPj7cQnumUKydY17LphR9a_A0gVEiUGmDXGQ/s320/9CF5B84F-BAC4-4B9A-9730-459AAD3B529A.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Derek's extruded robot after repairs<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /></div><div><div>That day, during critique, I kept reminding students to pop a hole in their sculptures so that what happened to Derek wouldn't happen to them. Another student, Manuel, explained, during critique, that he had not popped a hole in the towers of his castle, but that he would do so before they were fired. Though he did pop a hole in both towers, he forgot that there was a separate contained air pocket inside the roof, which was separated from the top of the tower. Though his work was also fully dry and in a kiln with a long candle, the roof blew off during firing, again illustrating that hollow pockets explode. </div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQr9DQiY28EtnMOcaUG7k0s1dNuRUgHcaxHRU1dFapfFGATHklfj-BHIOCJ_c71PxXi0rbzJptX4WAQQtRn4rjV3E0Eq4iuSwaWUTypttrAihJFEBc5X8bKc1sXm_B3C488j-DVlxRD9PnTR-3VSOwyXQZtOSE1PdtFtZeWanhVZkvBYYgdJsecugqcg/s1024/IMG_0039(1).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQr9DQiY28EtnMOcaUG7k0s1dNuRUgHcaxHRU1dFapfFGATHklfj-BHIOCJ_c71PxXi0rbzJptX4WAQQtRn4rjV3E0Eq4iuSwaWUTypttrAihJFEBc5X8bKc1sXm_B3C488j-DVlxRD9PnTR-3VSOwyXQZtOSE1PdtFtZeWanhVZkvBYYgdJsecugqcg/s320/IMG_0039(1).JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Derek's scupture after painting</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The very next day, I read a long post by a well-known ceramic artist on Istagram listing myths about ceramics. One of his myths, and one that got a lot of attention by commentors, was that contained air pockets don't explode during firing. I'm not sure if the argument is semantic (i.e. the air doesn't expand; it's the moisture in the air expanding), but I find it kind of mind-blowing that people will insist that something that happens regularly does not, in fact happen. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></h2><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Low Firing & Underglazes</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYGro2JiWctXCD86X_gx1IUCZvR6vwA8vtftEoH1Rg9GD93twnW44qSBQMUNMaBqIbAZM6f3IGSumGmESOwvcGcE4Mg-ZBHehGmDCzEl0_iPyjmMTTViDXKnsdfMq2Ci51ZopTsgFWq0WyJSsPdLIp9-z1N40i6pR3IFtSV7X1hfbvtxe1Andp73CmQ/s4032/4253C349-89D8-4913-88F2-F5876644E67F.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYGro2JiWctXCD86X_gx1IUCZvR6vwA8vtftEoH1Rg9GD93twnW44qSBQMUNMaBqIbAZM6f3IGSumGmESOwvcGcE4Mg-ZBHehGmDCzEl0_iPyjmMTTViDXKnsdfMq2Ci51ZopTsgFWq0WyJSsPdLIp9-z1N40i6pR3IFtSV7X1hfbvtxe1Andp73CmQ/s320/4253C349-89D8-4913-88F2-F5876644E67F.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">low fire glaze kiln, first load<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the clay studio, we regularly have 5-7 distinct firing types. We have the bisque firing, which is the first firing that turns the clay into ceramic and makes it stronger and easier for students to glaze. Hand-builders are also allowed to paint their work at this stage if they like. Most students glaze their work to cone ten in either an oxidation or reduction atmosphere. Students may choose to raku fire their work or do a pit or smoke firing (which no one requested this year). Intermediate students have the opportunity to use overlglaze lusters or decals, and hand-builders may low fire their work, using underglaze and a low fire clear glaze.</div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8D8hmCHLSkxvaJbX3sGmmzUuRqO3wLNqVja-EUmeQeQFt9NMzMRyRw9B6PDhHEr5fM-nUqjDr2RufL_XQgs6glBswyoHx1OHWon9KtC9BxWUuX25z5IyvOS1W5qSRBeProhJ6mWB4LO-MsOTZcQRbyEFMJc_OKKIzFJiRfyhSYih57uSsDzdRPGBb5g/s4032/CA88A1BB-B235-4289-8D0E-7A59BF2D406A.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8D8hmCHLSkxvaJbX3sGmmzUuRqO3wLNqVja-EUmeQeQFt9NMzMRyRw9B6PDhHEr5fM-nUqjDr2RufL_XQgs6glBswyoHx1OHWon9KtC9BxWUuX25z5IyvOS1W5qSRBeProhJ6mWB4LO-MsOTZcQRbyEFMJc_OKKIzFJiRfyhSYih57uSsDzdRPGBb5g/s320/CA88A1BB-B235-4289-8D0E-7A59BF2D406A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oops, underglaze, which doesn't flux (melt) in a low firing can flux enough to stick to the biscuit in the high fire kiln</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Underglazes are basically commercial colored slips, meaning they are made of clay, water, and color. The color in underglazes has been produced commercially so that it is fairly stable and looks pretty similar in the jar, on the freshly covered clay or ceramic object, and in the firing. Homemade slips may have color, but that color may change in the firing.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthb3cOjKmwfjCSDDGuBkrViqT0D3Dfan8gQG9nlvGoSz0rBX_-aCMjnvBU_2KuYMLUexi8z6fSY1x60bYhb4SztumAjTXDiGIAlUMHNq7qe6E5JtmxZi0NpK2Rt4XZbWZgY9f_NtuNeIhRAdnQ8d09GGXPsQcHqBa2cvtTvkEEYknfq-G3qHrHufcJQ/s3505/carved_floral_bowl_glazed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3505" data-original-width="2668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthb3cOjKmwfjCSDDGuBkrViqT0D3Dfan8gQG9nlvGoSz0rBX_-aCMjnvBU_2KuYMLUexi8z6fSY1x60bYhb4SztumAjTXDiGIAlUMHNq7qe6E5JtmxZi0NpK2Rt4XZbWZgY9f_NtuNeIhRAdnQ8d09GGXPsQcHqBa2cvtTvkEEYknfq-G3qHrHufcJQ/s320/carved_floral_bowl_glazed.jpg" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">carved and underglaze decorated bowl by Liliana Morales<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div>Underglazes are designed to be fired to a low temperature, meaning that those bright colors look best at that low temperature and in a neutral atmosphere, the kind we have an an electric kiln fired just a tiny bit hotter than our bisque kiln. Underglazes can be great. I use them extensively in my own work because they are bright, easy to use, and <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2017/08/under-glazing-three-color-pods-part-2.html" target="_blank">because I can layer them in my sculpture</a>. Students like them because of the bright colors and because they stay put and don't run in the kiln like some glazes do.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKm1i9GXqLYCkykzwgNcauz_uocPe_yeEmSXtP9Na0qRmoIriVSHZSozV7jrY22azUZjSdEdmmz6TJpdNQDBb0EviJ_x5GplJVuurUx7lAaS05NFpvtRo-8Z0-nhgFtj2iNDzFIcNhOKQcvjaXwnTdH1lKO0Bz1fHLM2Xn44OcEDnZb9FlHUCbFM5-A/s3505/expermimental_textured_duo_vases_glazed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2668" data-original-width="3505" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKm1i9GXqLYCkykzwgNcauz_uocPe_yeEmSXtP9Na0qRmoIriVSHZSozV7jrY22azUZjSdEdmmz6TJpdNQDBb0EviJ_x5GplJVuurUx7lAaS05NFpvtRo-8Z0-nhgFtj2iNDzFIcNhOKQcvjaXwnTdH1lKO0Bz1fHLM2Xn44OcEDnZb9FlHUCbFM5-A/s320/expermimental_textured_duo_vases_glazed.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sgraffito vases by Liliana Morales</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Underglazes can also be fired to higher temperatures, which we do in our studio, but not all the colors can handle the higher temperatures (or the reduction atmosphere). Though I try to be clear with students about the risks, students are sometimes surprised that their underglaze colors disappear at the higher temperatures. Additionally, because underglaze colors can melt at the higher temperatures, some undergalzes can stick to the shelf or kiln wash in the high temperature kilns (something they do not do at low temperatures because they are not glazes).<br /><h2 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;">High Fire Surprises</h2><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-fGWozoroTy6FPEurs2t2A7sN1d848sMOC-7nC1-IZA9NzvnA24eQtUMhOKhjj16J-5fzPR5pxD1aSYwp7VzY6gOH5ukSHmZE2H7xyeI48sNLdCZ3mN_b6cRKwk_3v6E3wLpht4E0Z-ErMfRVHvCCXUYqY51Ld1y5QOoHlWTWUG6crqolmzcmiZP6A/s4032/892D54C3-87AF-4F41-A73E-C69BC9D03362.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-fGWozoroTy6FPEurs2t2A7sN1d848sMOC-7nC1-IZA9NzvnA24eQtUMhOKhjj16J-5fzPR5pxD1aSYwp7VzY6gOH5ukSHmZE2H7xyeI48sNLdCZ3mN_b6cRKwk_3v6E3wLpht4E0Z-ErMfRVHvCCXUYqY51Ld1y5QOoHlWTWUG6crqolmzcmiZP6A/s320/892D54C3-87AF-4F41-A73E-C69BC9D03362.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The interior of Yarelli's printed chicken pitcher had far too much glaze</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The main glaze temperature for our YVC studio is cone 10, around 2350 degrees Fahrenheit (I always say around because clay and glaze firings are measured in cones that measure the heat work of tempeature and time. If we fire faster, we might reach a higher temperature than if we fire slower, but both are cone 10.) <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKX5UoO8vOSjzjSyLl3ja4s4MWTlv1Vf5RO9Quui2zQhRK2sx8nKV1UgR0lIiU3y8AkuW7296D-ixqXpekLvIivL2aqEj8ARUVkdA2F3V5RVO6i04gzF5S3OYexi_2WYQbWWAnhJUMNLhUrf8pEx6uSpnc4erWfvATgw9dMPiNSt16MDJ7Vt-eCAsHg/s2895/SearraRodriguezMTpitcher.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2638" data-original-width="2895" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKX5UoO8vOSjzjSyLl3ja4s4MWTlv1Vf5RO9Quui2zQhRK2sx8nKV1UgR0lIiU3y8AkuW7296D-ixqXpekLvIivL2aqEj8ARUVkdA2F3V5RVO6i04gzF5S3OYexi_2WYQbWWAnhJUMNLhUrf8pEx6uSpnc4erWfvATgw9dMPiNSt16MDJ7Vt-eCAsHg/s320/SearraRodriguezMTpitcher.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Searra Rodriguez, pitcher, Something went wrong with this particular Shino in the oxidation firing this quarter<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our main studio clay bodies are designed to "mature" or "vitrify" at cone 10. That means the ceramic is no longer porous at that temperature. What this means is that we fire functional work to cone 10 so that it will hold water and be strong. The mature ceramic can be washed in the dishwasher, microwaved, and put in the oven. The glaze is there to make it look pretty and easy to clean. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKAZ3VmxIQXcm5H-685mqUwHT2tWHJH7SWLqTFbgkpVDhG0HQr_Po6YmLiyQ4yXpYWOWRGI2IqNNOBo8dChgP7KJlqH01g8AVQC1cVHoL6MMMwQ7pPzkRc59jgcPxztR6Vx8OovXtrGtS6nwrdaG5-5gpZzDmQ-ids8EUTIJOzVruF3xSpu6f8ugaydQ/s4032/6D48EFEE-4A18-42C2-A221-9C35EF50733E.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKAZ3VmxIQXcm5H-685mqUwHT2tWHJH7SWLqTFbgkpVDhG0HQr_Po6YmLiyQ4yXpYWOWRGI2IqNNOBo8dChgP7KJlqH01g8AVQC1cVHoL6MMMwQ7pPzkRc59jgcPxztR6Vx8OovXtrGtS6nwrdaG5-5gpZzDmQ-ids8EUTIJOzVruF3xSpu6f8ugaydQ/s320/6D48EFEE-4A18-42C2-A221-9C35EF50733E.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">oops, this spoon jumped off its stilt and onto the baffle brick during the firing (yes, we need a new baffle brick) </td></tr></tbody></table><br />Low fired ceramic with glaze, while also looking pretty and being easy to clean, is not vitrified and thus can absorb water. This makes it less than ideal for functional use. Immature glazed ceramics can get very hot in the microwave and can get downright stinky in the dishwasher. It is also more fragile. In our studio, besdies raku, which is mostly just for fun, <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/12/my-impressive-wheel-throwers-fall-2022.html" target="_blank">functional work</a> needs to be fired to cone ten, while the low firings are reserved for sculpture and purely decorative items.<br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HPH52zLr-tASdXNA4C9Vb43eqQNB3fdxImInWp54VaLNWUet0T-PNUqj1eIviVKfUX5NVnmnhYdYjwE9FQYi-hE9Wtui47u9TwlnKCSD8kSpql09VfhVcrF3XCgTernq9PxdzmPucH8Jok78MdJfMsC7e_kxPlmRdKZ0XKODgd4dIyOent452E4RZg/s4032/95B1FC8E-3B0B-466C-93C8-DD539E6AAD70.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HPH52zLr-tASdXNA4C9Vb43eqQNB3fdxImInWp54VaLNWUet0T-PNUqj1eIviVKfUX5NVnmnhYdYjwE9FQYi-hE9Wtui47u9TwlnKCSD8kSpql09VfhVcrF3XCgTernq9PxdzmPucH8Jok78MdJfMsC7e_kxPlmRdKZ0XKODgd4dIyOent452E4RZg/s320/95B1FC8E-3B0B-466C-93C8-DD539E6AAD70.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Functional pottery and Carlos Garcia Alcantar's extruded hand, before firing</td></tr></tbody></table><br />We have two types of cone 10 glaze firings in our YVC studio. <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2013/04/kiln-atmosphere.html" target="_blank">Kiln amosphere</a> refers to how much oxygen is available in the kiln compared to fuel or fire. In a gas fired kiln, we can control how much fuel and how much air enter the kiln. When the mix is even the firing is efficient and the kiln heats up fairly quickly. If we artificially reduce how much air is available in the kiln, the fuel will pull oxygen from materials in the ceramic and the glaze.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-3kf0xOX70o-5mGTdJeu_MHShGygri-3U46zG2equ6xkxWfnl2M34_MDPiOsxvLgoxWgTeJgLpLVOTEOxPm7X5cj1Gvok2J8FT3jvqBmutVFobGAHyOn8Px1uEp79CadhypsV3nP61MLaQBiruhipwzcJ25bjhn7lndUH3uG2i1XvjH2YSUkvhocRqw/s4032/3D448834-1734-4985-B8A3-4F88DE00FD18.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-3kf0xOX70o-5mGTdJeu_MHShGygri-3U46zG2equ6xkxWfnl2M34_MDPiOsxvLgoxWgTeJgLpLVOTEOxPm7X5cj1Gvok2J8FT3jvqBmutVFobGAHyOn8Px1uEp79CadhypsV3nP61MLaQBiruhipwzcJ25bjhn7lndUH3uG2i1XvjH2YSUkvhocRqw/s320/3D448834-1734-4985-B8A3-4F88DE00FD18.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yarelli Sanchez's dog, Carlos' hand, and other work after firing<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>Both the clay and the <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2019/05/clay-sale-and-glazes-from-winter-2019.html" target="_blank">glazes can look different in a reduction versus oxidation or neutral atmosphere</a> firing. We usually start the quarter with reduction, then fire at least one or two more firings of each. In our studio, the stoneware clay gets brownish and a bit speckly in the reduction kiln. We have a copper glaze that turns oxblood red in reduction an another glaze that turns purple in reduction.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzC3sU-iw2l-IZDSrAqFgEAP6mXj0AD8ahFXsmFkly2mCYi7ir_g35uTGTfZX0KUn96GIS1B5hvFgsXXIr85V2TFfyZmK2qo_7DTGUbw_bWqyug3JCW4VKmZXGJ3RYi5Nu4QrIT0ZX6HmsOWM3o5RnVyZs91hL9GLayhp3LUqqrWrrDREnFPhnnyFKbw/s1811/Carmen%20Nelsonteapotreddetail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1811" data-original-width="1796" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzC3sU-iw2l-IZDSrAqFgEAP6mXj0AD8ahFXsmFkly2mCYi7ir_g35uTGTfZX0KUn96GIS1B5hvFgsXXIr85V2TFfyZmK2qo_7DTGUbw_bWqyug3JCW4VKmZXGJ3RYi5Nu4QrIT0ZX6HmsOWM3o5RnVyZs91hL9GLayhp3LUqqrWrrDREnFPhnnyFKbw/s320/Carmen%20Nelsonteapotreddetail.jpg" width="317" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carmen Nelson teapot (detail)<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>The copper red turns a transparent green/turqoise in the oxidation atmosphere, while the purple looks light blue in oxidation. In Carmen Nelson's teapot above, it appears that the thin application of the copper glaze in the reduction kiln didn't allow it to turn red except where it was thicker or where it interactive with another glaze (to increase the thickness). The sometimes surprising or unexpected ways in which the glazes interact and react in the kiln can be one of the most rewarding and most frustrating parts of the ceramic firing process.</div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Overglaze Enamels and Decals</h2><div>I don't always have intermediate students in my class, but when I do, I like to offer them the opportunity to try some overglaze decoration options. Overglaze is a low fire process (or processes) where a decal is applied or an overglaze is painted onto the surface of a piece that has already been fired to a higher temperature. The decorated piece is then fired to a much lower temperature that makes the decal permanent or changes the overglaze.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuH80N5sjitBGYkj_QatWfO5kaOPB6cFRuB6f_zx2cEJyc-aoJyEdLfKushesy_b1FcbKxiPyfGx9gzq_qmMvNKp0G8G4ukD3GvjijW2q9vHOW10zEO7kR8Q-Ks4vO-_P0WhB7jUFpBVqxBZin1wxVd9sgJXVCKr4NQgZZla-DvKqrGcC_nbY4ZWNSJA/s2500/decalsetJazlynAlexander.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="2500" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuH80N5sjitBGYkj_QatWfO5kaOPB6cFRuB6f_zx2cEJyc-aoJyEdLfKushesy_b1FcbKxiPyfGx9gzq_qmMvNKp0G8G4ukD3GvjijW2q9vHOW10zEO7kR8Q-Ks4vO-_P0WhB7jUFpBVqxBZin1wxVd9sgJXVCKr4NQgZZla-DvKqrGcC_nbY4ZWNSJA/s320/decalsetJazlynAlexander.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jazlyn Alexander, decals<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>In our studio this quarter, I had some colored decals, as well as mother of pearl and gold luster enamel overglaze. My intermediate student, Jazlyn used some of each. Another student, Liliana, provided her own lusters and we fired quite a lot of work with the gold luster.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDOT15vbwHTpldBNeGklScwfc3zpuYH8CjCUrIqn1e6COCurxhjBXXnZu2tqzv_2sJfo5gxaiuqXdA-HCeURyYIkx8gknvOqP_r-IKMVHMb1IroY7Hmuaq60h-z0CR5DidjRRnlsqGkWqXR_G6Pzjhse1-G_DYBfDycbU5rgQbIidggPlkPDAv4v9rg/s3505/animal_print_mini_trio_set_glazed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3505" data-original-width="2667" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDOT15vbwHTpldBNeGklScwfc3zpuYH8CjCUrIqn1e6COCurxhjBXXnZu2tqzv_2sJfo5gxaiuqXdA-HCeURyYIkx8gknvOqP_r-IKMVHMb1IroY7Hmuaq60h-z0CR5DidjRRnlsqGkWqXR_G6Pzjhse1-G_DYBfDycbU5rgQbIidggPlkPDAv4v9rg/s320/animal_print_mini_trio_set_glazed.jpg" width="243" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liliana Morales, gold luster vase set<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div>The gold luster doesn't look like much before firing. Because of the cost, the jars it comes in are laughably tiny, and the luster does not look gold when it goes on. The firing changes it so that it comes out of the kiln metallic and shiny. It is <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/05/last-week-to-see-dova-student.html" target="_blank">highly noticeable in person, where the light can reflect off of the luster and draw one's attention to the work.</a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsNSpUaq4RdNsST0G6kaKfk-ydE2zWTp8O-NzbTspB9sAbBodWTE33uZ-yBJOM4nq3akdJmf7RnanUHDe3020He97L9cn-MCpjqzIuVzjVFhqc78AjW26rYTolM7_e2FXAi4TrM_TahBV25o57J9qill99aeKgBPt8u9VbyvFh8fQkzMl3CPYXojtww/s2913/JazlynAlexandermushroomtall.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2913" data-original-width="2126" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsNSpUaq4RdNsST0G6kaKfk-ydE2zWTp8O-NzbTspB9sAbBodWTE33uZ-yBJOM4nq3akdJmf7RnanUHDe3020He97L9cn-MCpjqzIuVzjVFhqc78AjW26rYTolM7_e2FXAi4TrM_TahBV25o57J9qill99aeKgBPt8u9VbyvFh8fQkzMl3CPYXojtww/s320/JazlynAlexandermushroomtall.HEIC" width="234" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jazlyn Alexander, mushroom with gold</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Gold luster is usually used minimally on functional or decorative work, both because of the cost and because the low temperature makes the overglaze a bit less stable for functional pottery. Commercial work with overglazes often recommends hand-washing and avoiding the microwave. I've <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2017/10/decal-mugs.html" target="_blank">used the dishwasher for pieces with gold luster decals</a> and they seem fine, but I'm more lazy than careful about using my own work.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLWqFe-4-NW5kQodAY1l21s9v7yMxot_wLoGblVu33bAFVJWn5HypvBWJqhcYogQZSINR7Xhxv8JdutS1fC2PXmWkdPvGS_8bCI_bwHn0VSarZjZ6_yG3dLawfx7C-AR9WhFzd2BOGgBGIknChW5n00zcmRkotMEUO8JW2Gh26dKiMVbbAQohSSxxUw/s1570/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-12%20at%201.55.08%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1192" data-original-width="1570" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLWqFe-4-NW5kQodAY1l21s9v7yMxot_wLoGblVu33bAFVJWn5HypvBWJqhcYogQZSINR7Xhxv8JdutS1fC2PXmWkdPvGS_8bCI_bwHn0VSarZjZ6_yG3dLawfx7C-AR9WhFzd2BOGgBGIknChW5n00zcmRkotMEUO8JW2Gh26dKiMVbbAQohSSxxUw/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-12%20at%201.55.08%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jazlyn Alexander set with mother of pearl</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>The mother of pearl overlgaze is very subtle and has to catch the light just right to even be seen. In the set above, Jazlyn's plate has a bit of mother of pearl on the top edge, but I cannot see the mother of pearl in the indents of the mugs (though I believe it was visible in person).</div></div><div><br /></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-46027317879894844552022-12-14T10:43:00.000-08:002022-12-14T10:43:29.424-08:00My Impressive Wheel Throwers, Fall 2022<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHOJ0zBNGKxBfEY5MW26JWvXI0O8LkcJNbJQ6yJHBZvrRNTiozo8Pn1RL7RfCTaPLAaQqJ4vRSju01M-hSBDtu2W1vjsymXlXzcvrKl9UaUUTDHKmXPSHZslZo4s0oYrOF6IaUAs2cVTESwYXIuWz9PyADCSwLWnXvw9lKeb3YVvIu8Tym-vzvw9oN0g/s4032/anonymousrakuset.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHOJ0zBNGKxBfEY5MW26JWvXI0O8LkcJNbJQ6yJHBZvrRNTiozo8Pn1RL7RfCTaPLAaQqJ4vRSju01M-hSBDtu2W1vjsymXlXzcvrKl9UaUUTDHKmXPSHZslZo4s0oYrOF6IaUAs2cVTESwYXIuWz9PyADCSwLWnXvw9lKeb3YVvIu8Tym-vzvw9oN0g/s320/anonymousrakuset.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Student work, raku fired, Fall 2022<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><h2>Teaching Functional Pottery at YVC</h2><div>Functional Pottery was one of the classes I was hired to teach in 2006. When I started that fall, fresh out of graduate school, I taught <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2019/03/donuts-and-teapots.html" target="_blank">Functional Pottery</a>, <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2011/11/art-appreciation.html" target="_blank">Art Appreciation</a>, and <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/07/online-design-students-notan-cut-paper.html" target="_blank">Design 1</a>. <div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6NcqfygX88jPO2Z_gZqldOMAncM4YJFB7OSAC2yMDHzA3NlpABQDhZoTOu4YkI5MjMe2mu-rAs1BHHR63t3khYZnYczdhR6aSINKD4ZAGj63gELYlrkoCVTg8pxGKT2RYevXmUwqY5-ktZBPddJa_jr980_o1gDmytepdwd11t2gaEkXr9E4m2QcRXA/s2973/EllaSteinhilbmugs2.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1851" data-original-width="2973" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6NcqfygX88jPO2Z_gZqldOMAncM4YJFB7OSAC2yMDHzA3NlpABQDhZoTOu4YkI5MjMe2mu-rAs1BHHR63t3khYZnYczdhR6aSINKD4ZAGj63gELYlrkoCVTg8pxGKT2RYevXmUwqY5-ktZBPddJa_jr980_o1gDmytepdwd11t2gaEkXr9E4m2QcRXA/s320/EllaSteinhilbmugs2.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ella Steinhilb mugs<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div>Though I was primarily a ceramic sculptor in undergrad and graduate school, I had been teaching myself to throw better during the last year or so of graduate school when it became clear that so many of the teaching jobs expected the applicant to teach functional pottery.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5R4d-aZDLd1qIgc1PU11NJE9ioC-fjeSceYWAKn5pod7NCi1_CXMHoLIXDBWhCBAv1RX4MdLdFrCYmz0OzVmbxxhit0cfXFcBJsWmPhsQEQcEemG-EurItZy8k9ePfmaj4qUl0pnKl-HeF6FBw5nOZELMczLRfMw0a0fDWfrvUiyuNYZkzLkHViIEQ/s1908/EllaSteinhilbcup.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="1908" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5R4d-aZDLd1qIgc1PU11NJE9ioC-fjeSceYWAKn5pod7NCi1_CXMHoLIXDBWhCBAv1RX4MdLdFrCYmz0OzVmbxxhit0cfXFcBJsWmPhsQEQcEemG-EurItZy8k9ePfmaj4qUl0pnKl-HeF6FBw5nOZELMczLRfMw0a0fDWfrvUiyuNYZkzLkHViIEQ/s320/EllaSteinhilbcup.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ella Steinhilb mug<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Throwing for my Job</h2><div>In fact, my application to teach at YVC required a throwing demonstration. I believe it specifically asked me to send in a video of a begining throwing lesson. So my brother borrowed a camera and came to my tiny sub basement studio in the education building to film my throwing demo. Neither of us know a ton about video editing, so it was a one-take kind of situation. While I was demoing, I made a mistake and ripped the rim or something. I thought "well, there goes that application." But I kept talking while my brother continued filming.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6AmNO5lOCGb30iNMW_KDKsfaNtGLhPlKIe1eWqOvqH8E5PqGSjqrd5C66c73MHjMDkOq83e6YAbRTVt9ArXWgCDVyqJiJZY3BBdnoOw4C2Ca-KjQZ6qOHUq3EJ57v5xnMrXw8iMbPas03ieTan3fQc0Abksn9JXEBr0dn5poc2JEA1GQKf3uReW3ErQ/s2356/IMG_9115.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="2356" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6AmNO5lOCGb30iNMW_KDKsfaNtGLhPlKIe1eWqOvqH8E5PqGSjqrd5C66c73MHjMDkOq83e6YAbRTVt9ArXWgCDVyqJiJZY3BBdnoOw4C2Ca-KjQZ6qOHUq3EJ57v5xnMrXw8iMbPas03ieTan3fQc0Abksn9JXEBr0dn5poc2JEA1GQKf3uReW3ErQ/s320/IMG_9115.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bowl by Rachel Barfus<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>On video, I said something to the effect of "well, sometimes that happens and when it does, here's what you can do to fix it" and then demonstrated how to cut off the rim of the bowl I was throwing. Nowadays I build in mistakes into my throwing demos so that I can show students some typical beginner throwing errors and how to fix them, but back then it wasn't a strategy.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5NMWmLBJFV0el-_jqIJDVid0WVHPwzJMFlZW7kL1ctmFVWQX8zHLlcDgRRHM3oAwlsXZoS4TCP2k_aJyjFBc10kZ7LQxwfUxIlXh3V55ELcLPYJfejczQBPo9ELl3JtNmZM1I4z6aoQ497TnPgh7IXhq7twQ3CYRqRKRkxwSsCf2VinuZys5uUjfAeA/s2258/AnonymousmugsstackF22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1791" data-original-width="2258" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5NMWmLBJFV0el-_jqIJDVid0WVHPwzJMFlZW7kL1ctmFVWQX8zHLlcDgRRHM3oAwlsXZoS4TCP2k_aJyjFBc10kZ7LQxwfUxIlXh3V55ELcLPYJfejczQBPo9ELl3JtNmZM1I4z6aoQ497TnPgh7IXhq7twQ3CYRqRKRkxwSsCf2VinuZys5uUjfAeA/s320/AnonymousmugsstackF22.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Student work, teacups<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>The coda to that story is that years later, when I had been teaching at YVC for years, I ended up having lunch with Dr. Kaminski, the YVC president, and she said to me that she remembered my throwing video because it made her feel like she could throw. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3VsfVwbX8lk_lgjyky-Vsh0KA7yD8F8VwtUH7N29QHz6Z-h7yE-9r_jx_lzd3Afw1thSRi9dkEa5nHvJsGwLVCz_h876pQ59RFtgPL9kRSqLqZI-RNIy42bf1LewgavPKDA6kZGHaxC7JmoZLdfCWEo9UV8Lk0XWTJ9CY1E_6_2NlWE-cNQ_GT0a8A/s3035/AnrewMartinkusteapot.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2482" data-original-width="3035" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3VsfVwbX8lk_lgjyky-Vsh0KA7yD8F8VwtUH7N29QHz6Z-h7yE-9r_jx_lzd3Afw1thSRi9dkEa5nHvJsGwLVCz_h876pQ59RFtgPL9kRSqLqZI-RNIy42bf1LewgavPKDA6kZGHaxC7JmoZLdfCWEo9UV8Lk0XWTJ9CY1E_6_2NlWE-cNQ_GT0a8A/s320/AnrewMartinkusteapot.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teapot by Andrew Martinkus</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">My Classes at YVC</h2>Over the years, besides the three I was hired to teach, I've added other classes, most of which I designed or redesigned before teaching. These including <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2013/04/raku-firing-for-continuing-students.html" target="_blank">intermediate clay</a> and design classes, <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2013/03/glaze-leaching-tests.html" target="_blank">advanced pottery classes</a>, clay <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/12/my-awesome-hand-builders-part-4.html" target="_blank">hand-building,</a> a team-taught Design/Photoshop class called <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2011/10/business-cards_09.html" target="_blank">Design One Byte at a Time</a>, and an experimental class called <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2016/02/sherar-gym-mural.html" target="_blank">Mural in a Quarter</a>. After I'd been at YVC several years, I remember my colleague, Bob Fisher, asking if he could take back the Design class, which he had taught before I came to YVC. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRV3CRHo9EcFE9N0xwRFJXlVNohf6J8gO9A78MiJKVy1PKWqUGvGsZojTdUKXUkf53HHzK7XRDV-0uMS_dCrwhJCxe-5oF2hpPkse53bI2fJAi1e18eTGydatZbBhkhi--zBh8T7z4xh2d52JUE91yrHJElxofPSJFmVikD7ZdLvDE1mz2FypKY8ssA/s2795/AndrewMartinkusthree.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2240" data-original-width="2795" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRV3CRHo9EcFE9N0xwRFJXlVNohf6J8gO9A78MiJKVy1PKWqUGvGsZojTdUKXUkf53HHzK7XRDV-0uMS_dCrwhJCxe-5oF2hpPkse53bI2fJAi1e18eTGydatZbBhkhi--zBh8T7z4xh2d52JUE91yrHJElxofPSJFmVikD7ZdLvDE1mz2FypKY8ssA/s320/AndrewMartinkusthree.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three cups by Andrew Martinkus</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bob left YVC at the end of the Fall quarter in which I took <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2014/03/slides-of-sabbatical-work.html" target="_blank">my sabbatical</a>. When I returned to campus, Bob had left, our adjunct Art Appreciation faculty had taken medical leave, and a miscommunication had prevented YVC from advertising for part time faculty to teach art classes. All of this conspired to mean that immediately after my sabbatical <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2014/03/adjustments-and-impacts-of-heavy.html" target="_blank">I taught three sections of Art Appreciation as well as my Functional Pottery class</a>. I don't remember the clay class that quarter, but I remember finding it disorienting to teach three sections of the same lecture class in one quarter--I kept feeling like I was repeating myself (because I was).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOXvbGYUZOQyKy-10WU6dYmr5QjR7OT94_cEZzqh0b6pBmBe1Sz-8sVaot5E0VXeVpV2t6UK_9np4W_G2Azk7K8jKCaeb_rA4dyUkKfhIIaRi3cGtnFN7kZdDgB3S5Koqgr2HaM8W_ViTYGM3fzntUm-IgiSj7gt68Dye3Q71ZytZpH-i4sewJ7S3HA/s4032/anonymous%20blue.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOXvbGYUZOQyKy-10WU6dYmr5QjR7OT94_cEZzqh0b6pBmBe1Sz-8sVaot5E0VXeVpV2t6UK_9np4W_G2Azk7K8jKCaeb_rA4dyUkKfhIIaRi3cGtnFN7kZdDgB3S5Koqgr2HaM8W_ViTYGM3fzntUm-IgiSj7gt68Dye3Q71ZytZpH-i4sewJ7S3HA/s320/anonymous%20blue.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Student work Fall 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />I also remember bargaining with my dean that I'd teach duplicate classes (because of a scheduling error or faculty shortage) in one quarter, if the next quarter she let me teach Clay1: hand-building as a stand alone class the next quarter. Of course I did and she did, and I've taught hand-building once a year or more ever since.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkn7cpBLQYg443QoJJDD1s7g7f51frt1_k-CIVFrGvAtPwRFZqsa7p8G1PcPj9rUsXfYomFoWVOOgnGkXXys7ExO3mCjG9MD7XMticcEXy3KgD4cBeaidPKL1mDkvHRH3XO9qqJPTG31wGCsIByBh6lUhUPrJKDi0AVz7Qc4ogBtwy74B1mBYmoXO33g/s4032/anonymous%20purple.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkn7cpBLQYg443QoJJDD1s7g7f51frt1_k-CIVFrGvAtPwRFZqsa7p8G1PcPj9rUsXfYomFoWVOOgnGkXXys7ExO3mCjG9MD7XMticcEXy3KgD4cBeaidPKL1mDkvHRH3XO9qqJPTG31wGCsIByBh6lUhUPrJKDi0AVz7Qc4ogBtwy74B1mBYmoXO33g/s320/anonymous%20purple.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Student work Fall 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />By Fall 2015, I was teaching <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2018/08/interactive-tools-for-teaching-online.html" target="_blank">Intro to Clay</a> (throwing and hand-building together in once class) as a stand alone class. Sometime before that, maybe Winter of 2012, I taught my first stand-alone hand-building class (<a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2011/11/music-in-clay-studio.html" target="_blank">I was talking about making musical instruments in that class </a>in fall 2011--and, oof, reading my very old blog posts is strange, they feel and look very different from how I write now).</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UdtSkxUD43lhSfmaEj8mlFtNQk3w0W4JGdJzTNEELf6zaFMpPvMUAq04CWhsIS7VgEsZYOwcgLvQMKdjvnabCTgwBcc0o4hZYb2Ii_BbWXWKNvCJeTlvr_5im3YJkqMkpHP2Zp0BgEYNEIf6ybFiqp6J4AztV_zb_vwx_fC715IfnM78D0G-RSgLcQ/s4032/anonymousleafset.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UdtSkxUD43lhSfmaEj8mlFtNQk3w0W4JGdJzTNEELf6zaFMpPvMUAq04CWhsIS7VgEsZYOwcgLvQMKdjvnabCTgwBcc0o4hZYb2Ii_BbWXWKNvCJeTlvr_5im3YJkqMkpHP2Zp0BgEYNEIf6ybFiqp6J4AztV_zb_vwx_fC715IfnM78D0G-RSgLcQ/s320/anonymousleafset.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Student work Fall 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Through my 16+ years at YVC, my teaching load has shifted from 1/3 clay to 2/3 clay most quarters. At some point around 2014 I also stopped teaching Art Appreciation so that I could teach the <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2018/08/gamifying-my-online-class.html" target="_blank">Western Art History series</a>. I taught <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2019/10/preventing-plagiarism-and-thanking-past.html" target="_blank">Ancient & Medieval Art history</a> <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2018/09/so-much-soft-chalk.html" target="_blank">online</a> this fall and last fall, but during the pandemic I went back to teaching Design (online) and Hand-building (online) most quarters. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdjNN5xXU2qESDfxnTBnueDsrNp-QxtTBckytCzHO_X70FHxHWC86-UwGieqzjHNBWEEO-rNzehB0oIdo4Cft8ABGfNxGtPPqt1LYxjDI_NSKH7OEl1bypJNaqfMGPeatI6FGvSaHxBWgZ870wvbxT1um861aJUJWcuHQvvS4F3xYvx5jvLO6tXi2Gg/s2285/CarmenNelsonbluethree.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="2285" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdjNN5xXU2qESDfxnTBnueDsrNp-QxtTBckytCzHO_X70FHxHWC86-UwGieqzjHNBWEEO-rNzehB0oIdo4Cft8ABGfNxGtPPqt1LYxjDI_NSKH7OEl1bypJNaqfMGPeatI6FGvSaHxBWgZ870wvbxT1um861aJUJWcuHQvvS4F3xYvx5jvLO6tXi2Gg/s320/CarmenNelsonbluethree.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carmen Nelson, blue and white vases</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />While I was on <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/10/cancer-year-in-review-whats-next-for.html" target="_blank">medical leave</a> last year, my colleague taught the Renaissance and Modern Art History classes. This quarter, because we again had not enough studio faculty, especially in Grandview, I am teaching online design and he is taking the Renaissance Art History class.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHBRKV0COAjOITXzpyX75w__hGMpTaz-mgebZIH5pMEYx5aHa2_drQBPsfJMWIAq4_Wq_ocUMos5LSWGDg1w-ILoEFgHndreIKM2uTp2vFYc3v0oGQZTUJa8uCHvwqijJ-8WGiyuL_jRVsrecSK7PEwl0qsA2HsgqX4XmCsDZPY3Uy2ElBR_oqejnMw/s3194/CarmenNelsonFCRPGBthree.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="3194" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHBRKV0COAjOITXzpyX75w__hGMpTaz-mgebZIH5pMEYx5aHa2_drQBPsfJMWIAq4_Wq_ocUMos5LSWGDg1w-ILoEFgHndreIKM2uTp2vFYc3v0oGQZTUJa8uCHvwqijJ-8WGiyuL_jRVsrecSK7PEwl0qsA2HsgqX4XmCsDZPY3Uy2ElBR_oqejnMw/s320/CarmenNelsonFCRPGBthree.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carmen Nelson, red and purple</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">Functional Pottery is Consistent</h2>Though my other classes have switched around quite a bit over the years, I think I have taught a functional pottery class every quarter that I've been on campus. If I'm counting correctly, I've taught functional pottery 42 or 43 times at YVC.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXA1n5tQxlQl5EWwZmMhx0ZyXN797v15_-ENLMI9xUCzXuo-gjC20zopmayRAj8b0x1JfE2WO2EYP1xZLnHYO7k9iD3Oq318tkEHZb8go5nXpTRbecKU3mN7ZCr43HwOHnW-eysC1tCuF5BS2sMa26ykdIfJpPP7cyo3LHFg5kjAMMcHT8zUEAA0icrA/s2093/CarmenNelsonflames.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="2093" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXA1n5tQxlQl5EWwZmMhx0ZyXN797v15_-ENLMI9xUCzXuo-gjC20zopmayRAj8b0x1JfE2WO2EYP1xZLnHYO7k9iD3Oq318tkEHZb8go5nXpTRbecKU3mN7ZCr43HwOHnW-eysC1tCuF5BS2sMa26ykdIfJpPP7cyo3LHFg5kjAMMcHT8zUEAA0icrA/s320/CarmenNelsonflames.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carmen Nelson, flames ashtray</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />I was telling students this quarter that when I look at their work during critique, I am comparing their work against a massive catalog of beginner work from more than 16 years of beginner classes. I brought this up this quarter, in particular, because the work was consistently of high calibur across all students. Even the students who struggled the most this quarter, compared favorably against students who struggled the most in previous quarters. </div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgtKAMCVG2IpBL_2X_HN6A_dICU2zIT9wMLm1WYwxEYFnrrxfHgp__fSlKd0d5Ve3YCM8aSBaPkFDH9Nq6BH1_Rkn_DnnI0T2KV1kQbKg4Bjb77NU7F_MO3MUi62I4FNBwGcYZWa9xifoflJquan5WYZXaem1YJR8Aa57fZa1XucDhHoxFlzzoRs_rKQ/s2225/CarmenNelsonteaset.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="2225" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgtKAMCVG2IpBL_2X_HN6A_dICU2zIT9wMLm1WYwxEYFnrrxfHgp__fSlKd0d5Ve3YCM8aSBaPkFDH9Nq6BH1_Rkn_DnnI0T2KV1kQbKg4Bjb77NU7F_MO3MUi62I4FNBwGcYZWa9xifoflJquan5WYZXaem1YJR8Aa57fZa1XucDhHoxFlzzoRs_rKQ/s320/CarmenNelsonteaset.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carmen Nelson purple and white teaset</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">Magical and Non-Magical Classes</h2></div><div>There is some magical alchemy that happens some quarters that causes the dynamic in the studio to produce high quality work. I've observed it over the years and those quarters are so energizing as a teacher. I think the basic ingredients are a full or nearly full class, a couple or three students who were going to work hard anyway, and then somehow the mood and the atmosphere in the studio has shifted just right so that everyone works harder, tries more challenging projects, or simply shows up. It helps to have an intermediate or advanced student or two in the studio to help get the magic started.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOzSXxM31GqFa-RTng1rpYBpKFsRAwc8mv6naWUnGvTsVJsyKKEHqXwPZCPilO18EOVbEzJ5t2_RKTlpKIWVKCZUDd5ujF3n0hwjtSGS009LG2sMY3-oQWlNMofhkvhHr0tepERX6p8iALhqqp8SW_fLCRPRGSIedJmhy-gKZMkP-QR4dks-WI3RTYvQ/s2605/CarmenNelsonteasetred.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="2605" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOzSXxM31GqFa-RTng1rpYBpKFsRAwc8mv6naWUnGvTsVJsyKKEHqXwPZCPilO18EOVbEzJ5t2_RKTlpKIWVKCZUDd5ujF3n0hwjtSGS009LG2sMY3-oQWlNMofhkvhHr0tepERX6p8iALhqqp8SW_fLCRPRGSIedJmhy-gKZMkP-QR4dks-WI3RTYvQ/s320/CarmenNelsonteasetred.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carmen Nelson, teapot and flames<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>Other quarters, those same students, mixed in with a different group of classmates, or in a class that's simply too small, the magic doesn't happen. Often when the magic isn't happening, the visible results are that students are missing class, they don't come into the studio outside of class time, they might miss a critique, and one or two students doing this infects the rest of the group in the opposite way, encouraging more and more people to take on easy projects, miss class, etc.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzC3sU-iw2l-IZDSrAqFgEAP6mXj0AD8ahFXsmFkly2mCYi7ir_g35uTGTfZX0KUn96GIS1B5hvFgsXXIr85V2TFfyZmK2qo_7DTGUbw_bWqyug3JCW4VKmZXGJ3RYi5Nu4QrIT0ZX6HmsOWM3o5RnVyZs91hL9GLayhp3LUqqrWrrDREnFPhnnyFKbw/s1811/Carmen%20Nelsonteapotreddetail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1811" data-original-width="1796" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzC3sU-iw2l-IZDSrAqFgEAP6mXj0AD8ahFXsmFkly2mCYi7ir_g35uTGTfZX0KUn96GIS1B5hvFgsXXIr85V2TFfyZmK2qo_7DTGUbw_bWqyug3JCW4VKmZXGJ3RYi5Nu4QrIT0ZX6HmsOWM3o5RnVyZs91hL9GLayhp3LUqqrWrrDREnFPhnnyFKbw/s320/Carmen%20Nelsonteapotreddetail.jpg" width="317" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carmen Nelson teapot (detail)<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>The basic magic/no magic I've observed quarter after quarter after quarter. Obviously I try to control for making a studio atmosphere magic, but I can't always control it. Low class enrollment seems to be an almost insurmountable hurdle. The only think I can do about it is <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/08/announcing-two-on-campus-clay-classes.html" target="_blank">advertise the classes</a> and help with advising. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGUVxrqb5QuJgkGdxQB4uuyjlHzYqm26bAZ_FF49Rakw48NEiZEmoL_6vgvjnlw4zv7W6g3xzXSWD5VA0j4EynjTkELX2_FOg5FnY7Qw4cip8BEH6wzhs9Y65-T7SEnEu7IMHCovzN3AVRgjEL3zKNZqfJ_uSLoc0zMkG8Apmmv-tY_gT3bgy6S0xkg/s2444/SearraRodriguezhandllesspitcher.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2444" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGUVxrqb5QuJgkGdxQB4uuyjlHzYqm26bAZ_FF49Rakw48NEiZEmoL_6vgvjnlw4zv7W6g3xzXSWD5VA0j4EynjTkELX2_FOg5FnY7Qw4cip8BEH6wzhs9Y65-T7SEnEu7IMHCovzN3AVRgjEL3zKNZqfJ_uSLoc0zMkG8Apmmv-tY_gT3bgy6S0xkg/s320/SearraRodriguezhandllesspitcher.HEIC" width="283" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Searra Rodriguez handleless vase<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>Last fall was an exellent example of a whole list of "don'ts" for building a magical studio atmosphere. We had low enrollment to start. I was forced to limit studio access because of the lack of student workers and because of the pandemic restrictions. I, personally, got <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/12/my-world-is-strange-now-and-thisthi.html" target="_blank">fairly distracted partway through the quarter </a>and had to cancel class or close the studio more often than I wanted to. Some students got sick and had to miss more than a little class. And when we were in-class, we were <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2020/03/teaching-pottery-online-with-social.html" target="_blank">trying to social distance</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguU82wTiZC1KGVnTKR2IfY8HZBU_wU7VNIAbtE93phdzS2bLrdIhKXhNYElbDncPdyS6nh6Kh193sJgYtE5RUaeoH_1yVkzkjCTqGY9s_a5Fxhk0V5p6aY7hmNzTaUPQXxRmywDd0i79WlQc-f_kREaI-5cw0okKR6AEASLQc7bI3nqpLAWWP7HlLD_w/s2756/SearraRodriguezCindyspitcher.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2756" data-original-width="2555" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguU82wTiZC1KGVnTKR2IfY8HZBU_wU7VNIAbtE93phdzS2bLrdIhKXhNYElbDncPdyS6nh6Kh193sJgYtE5RUaeoH_1yVkzkjCTqGY9s_a5Fxhk0V5p6aY7hmNzTaUPQXxRmywDd0i79WlQc-f_kREaI-5cw0okKR6AEASLQc7bI3nqpLAWWP7HlLD_w/s320/SearraRodriguezCindyspitcher.HEIC" width="297" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Searra Rodriguez Cindy's Shino vase<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>The wild thing, and something I want to be clear about, is that students in these classes aren't worse than students in the magical classes. I fundamentally believe that if you pulled any one student out of the non-magic class and put them in a magic quarter, their work would improve--regardless of whether they started as the best, the worst, or somewhere in the middle of the other class. And I think it works the other way too.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqCbbPOvL4ZDM9jt8FvTji4Parg31aBOCtoJrHRVkoGG73diI2F113UfABq1Wxwb_1sJa19wkWgDP3ds67-OJLZ-8CfJQbYKgJbgy5qNwS0jkBwWL_ebP_Gt4uvbHdA6FUB7LOuQpxYmis4L-D3-E1EINtY9OjESPi0Nsh6HUTdnHt2OJRzmrDXYN2Q/s2461/SearraRodriguezhorsehairvase.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2461" data-original-width="1877" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqCbbPOvL4ZDM9jt8FvTji4Parg31aBOCtoJrHRVkoGG73diI2F113UfABq1Wxwb_1sJa19wkWgDP3ds67-OJLZ-8CfJQbYKgJbgy5qNwS0jkBwWL_ebP_Gt4uvbHdA6FUB7LOuQpxYmis4L-D3-E1EINtY9OjESPi0Nsh6HUTdnHt2OJRzmrDXYN2Q/s320/SearraRodriguezhorsehairvase.HEIC" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Searra Rodriguez horse hair raku vase<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>One fascinating thing for me this quarter, is that while the in-class and in-studio work was consistently high quality, the online work was really hit-or-miss. I've <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2017/12/flipped-class-format-results.html" target="_blank">flipped my throwing classes</a> for quite a while now. Students can watch video demos instead of in-class demos, though I also offer in-class demos as alternatives or in addition to the videos. More recently, I've shifted lectures in the Functional Pottery class from in-person events to <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2018/09/so-much-soft-chalk.html" target="_blank">online interactive lessons</a> that students can do on their own time (including evenings and weekends when they can't access the studio).</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSPUW4Oa00NnBKPKfW145vi2B9L405PccM3FEJBsLoQT7_9f-Ah1PKseyjY2xIqA7UGzVYti7bsog4OTrZBrH2-zL0_oF5o4RcZKWPH2hCW3EKyuV60aBrgi6ESVo95kd8RV3ZNr6PUgQWQkM2XobmYvgJnF3DOMmxY8CIY8jeLih5eWAnGeGYhEPD_w/s2953/SearraRodriguezpitcherblue.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2953" data-original-width="2670" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSPUW4Oa00NnBKPKfW145vi2B9L405PccM3FEJBsLoQT7_9f-Ah1PKseyjY2xIqA7UGzVYti7bsog4OTrZBrH2-zL0_oF5o4RcZKWPH2hCW3EKyuV60aBrgi6ESVo95kd8RV3ZNr6PUgQWQkM2XobmYvgJnF3DOMmxY8CIY8jeLih5eWAnGeGYhEPD_w/s320/SearraRodriguezpitcherblue.HEIC" width="289" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Searra Rodriguez pitcher<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>This quarter, while some students regularly did all the interactive lessons and assignments, others regularly did not do them. Or didn't do them until weeks later. I was annoyed by this, but couldn't figure out why it was happening when it hadn't happened before. It wasn't until well into the quarter that I realized what had happened.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbl3cujRekq5YRWcloR-WWTMS44ZUHF3lJ5oXweYaGbravPF-RK7vXthZlmdl0-BB0uTK4A-mi-Yeqj6dCFoDzHS9Ba4T6Bmk68rFSsgPkxZTTWlB0jD9NyVT2cZn-qoFZHLdnLE0n4WxWy_5RzgVjVyyzA_ZRsltdx_t5B3ij78YaqyGrJRYeGQGIw/s2742/SearraRodriguezSTpitcher.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2272" data-original-width="2742" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbl3cujRekq5YRWcloR-WWTMS44ZUHF3lJ5oXweYaGbravPF-RK7vXthZlmdl0-BB0uTK4A-mi-Yeqj6dCFoDzHS9Ba4T6Bmk68rFSsgPkxZTTWlB0jD9NyVT2cZn-qoFZHLdnLE0n4WxWy_5RzgVjVyyzA_ZRsltdx_t5B3ij78YaqyGrJRYeGQGIw/s320/SearraRodriguezSTpitcher.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Searra Rodriguez pitcher<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>In previous quarters, if students didn't do the pre-test (which was due before class/at the start of class on the second or third day), I would sit them down in the studio and make them complete it before they could throw or participate in the rest of class. I did this especially for the online studio safety lesson (that replaced a long and repetitive talk about safety on day 1 and 2). But with not teaching the class during the pandemic and then after another break for my cancer stuff, I had forgotten about this teaching tool.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQDiwrOirh6pguQ-xLcUodFcTejN8g29VVKmFfBKVBblloaQVpFciAlo01zoNRhVvcYzH4b5Y5e9dz54cBrZ1HIAJ0Su9Q24jffkb5NYKETl4GmFdJHcY63m8HuUBm9R8Rf41b6W7wqusyy3ZsbuWoSaPRbW8ZjkvES-9Kzl8WZYaetOT4YojMy3PCg/s2228/SearraRodriguezpurplemug.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2117" data-original-width="2228" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQDiwrOirh6pguQ-xLcUodFcTejN8g29VVKmFfBKVBblloaQVpFciAlo01zoNRhVvcYzH4b5Y5e9dz54cBrZ1HIAJ0Su9Q24jffkb5NYKETl4GmFdJHcY63m8HuUBm9R8Rf41b6W7wqusyy3ZsbuWoSaPRbW8ZjkvES-9Kzl8WZYaetOT4YojMy3PCg/s320/SearraRodriguezpurplemug.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Searra Rodriguez mug<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>Over the years, I've developed teaching patterns and strategies and lots of them are written down, but this year, in particular, I learned how many things that "I always did" weren't written down and thus got forgotten or missed this quarter. Obviously I am making plans to bring back the big ones next quarter.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudwnfV8UifimoHuYccXi3jsWPfl8t6Aw4xOzP2SDv3mOhQ1_PCDxrx000XvdGL-5zG6td-ndDiiJXmruEsc4jM2Zvo3tT8etk6Kp-PX_N6RkpjNt5vAaS9gAfvFEchHKhgwGpsV-E63CDR1_ie_nwMDNdK9oiV9lOmYAO4oYdtuHogAaZUjdJL7xFxA/s3506/belly_and_tall_neck_vase_glazed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2668" data-original-width="3506" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudwnfV8UifimoHuYccXi3jsWPfl8t6Aw4xOzP2SDv3mOhQ1_PCDxrx000XvdGL-5zG6td-ndDiiJXmruEsc4jM2Zvo3tT8etk6Kp-PX_N6RkpjNt5vAaS9gAfvFEchHKhgwGpsV-E63CDR1_ie_nwMDNdK9oiV9lOmYAO4oYdtuHogAaZUjdJL7xFxA/s320/belly_and_tall_neck_vase_glazed.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liliana Morales vase<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Functional Pottery Projects</h2><div>I've kept the functional pottery class projects almost exactly the same year after year. They start with bowls (I once tried experimenting with having them start with cylinders, but I didn't like it and switched back), then cylinders. They have to make 2 at least 8" tall. Then for their third project, they can choose handles, lids, spouts, or all three in the form of teapots, mugs, canisters, or pitchers (or some combination of those elements).</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSeYr4jZ9oV78-FQtYYs_kU0KDfvpCbKf0PnBIOiRre-QQYzf3LKYROKS9L00BX6vsbYCxUOvLdgqd2z8FEwRQ2HqS3bCFieQaaknA4zD5Cc88YRUmJc82dKKL6OAyk0j_hx-qCWOCFuHx7y0hym8stq24PvC6qbJzIg6ckLEcQUJX3hZH6XOSmG3Alw/s3505/floral_mini_trio_set_glazed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3505" data-original-width="2668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSeYr4jZ9oV78-FQtYYs_kU0KDfvpCbKf0PnBIOiRre-QQYzf3LKYROKS9L00BX6vsbYCxUOvLdgqd2z8FEwRQ2HqS3bCFieQaaknA4zD5Cc88YRUmJc82dKKL6OAyk0j_hx-qCWOCFuHx7y0hym8stq24PvC6qbJzIg6ckLEcQUJX3hZH6XOSmG3Alw/s320/floral_mini_trio_set_glazed.jpg" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liliana Morales gold set<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Unlike in other classes where I switch projects around, decide I don't really like the parameteres, adjust the order, etc. In the Functional Pottery class, I think the projects just make sense this way. They get lots of centering and trimming practice to begin the class. They get pushed to increase their size in the middle, then for the last project, they have some choices and more room for creative solutions.</div><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Dl73AL97vMI-mlwHvGYH4dwaISMhJcMQlq40-rY6cNJjXtaW26txfCuGM5OmtRiPlAsESSnHHNiNEpu3mdTo5YRynh7PYc1x18HLIieTuEXbbafL5hT7fzN35vkf4jHMlQvgYhhBNF4XEAQxfFCB8ZC0tjgZRLlgUWC7y_w88PcjEGYMvHPwEWb1VA/s3505/twisted_tea_set_glazed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3505" data-original-width="2668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Dl73AL97vMI-mlwHvGYH4dwaISMhJcMQlq40-rY6cNJjXtaW26txfCuGM5OmtRiPlAsESSnHHNiNEpu3mdTo5YRynh7PYc1x18HLIieTuEXbbafL5hT7fzN35vkf4jHMlQvgYhhBNF4XEAQxfFCB8ZC0tjgZRLlgUWC7y_w88PcjEGYMvHPwEWb1VA/s320/twisted_tea_set_glazed.jpg" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liliana Morales gold twisted teaset</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I have, as I mentioned above, switched much of the stuff that surrounds the projects. Demonstrations used to be entirely in-class, then I created some supplemental videos, then I replaced all of those and recorded a a massive quantity of videos, then I decided to offer students a choice to flip the class and watch all demos online and none in person.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdBzDRQxRAFYePGzrwvVwoZhNxw67SKu5qtwevOebUEFC47vhP63_fXf4z1x4kzgOv_5Ub_FR5SusT852aC-h3EC-5mpvlSB_8AW0qEahrPQvSNAEC_-9TULg95tLSP_vmYNbl3usCekjd7NXyTwKRM1-N8c9oW-NB0afqTwNC2f2lTUlaT7-JAhkteQ/s3506/rounded_trio_set_glazed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2668" data-original-width="3506" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdBzDRQxRAFYePGzrwvVwoZhNxw67SKu5qtwevOebUEFC47vhP63_fXf4z1x4kzgOv_5Ub_FR5SusT852aC-h3EC-5mpvlSB_8AW0qEahrPQvSNAEC_-9TULg95tLSP_vmYNbl3usCekjd7NXyTwKRM1-N8c9oW-NB0afqTwNC2f2lTUlaT7-JAhkteQ/s320/rounded_trio_set_glazed.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liliana Morales blue vases</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Now I've settled into something I think I like, for now at least, which is the choice to flip the demos, with a few demos required in class and a few "extra credit" demos offered only online, but most students choosing, day by day, whether to flip or not. Students don't need to choose ahead of time; they can simply watch the videos one day and watch the in-class demos another. Or they can always watch both. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8rlybJytgJTc87Jy3Qp8s0NJ3nhTx4ZJz9vRSgLv1x4vmcQkIC0fm5_QLhRZ4aTZngm49MUvSAgp-GjdzGd9enxKHkWyULPIGbqX-PXO8XzTAAJ6mec9LR0WwfLHmHh0O1sg4fvuHBWYeASI_sXI9_ppx6Kpi7-u_Rzz9tj_wrXPRa5buYZo8croSHg/s2504/KevinArellanesthreeset.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2394" data-original-width="2504" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8rlybJytgJTc87Jy3Qp8s0NJ3nhTx4ZJz9vRSgLv1x4vmcQkIC0fm5_QLhRZ4aTZngm49MUvSAgp-GjdzGd9enxKHkWyULPIGbqX-PXO8XzTAAJ6mec9LR0WwfLHmHh0O1sg4fvuHBWYeASI_sXI9_ppx6Kpi7-u_Rzz9tj_wrXPRa5buYZo8croSHg/s320/KevinArellanesthreeset.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kevin Arellanes, lidded set<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">What to do when they haven't watched</h2><div>Sometimes in clas, I notice that students haven't understood the demos (or possibly haven't watched them). My solution is usually to single out a few students and say "this in-person demo is for you". I'm always a little worried about doing this in a way that embarasses students, but frequently when I do this I am noticing a particular thing they are doing that is just a bit off. An example would be a student who keeps leaning too far forward while centering. Though I've touched on this in the standard flipped and in-class video demos, it's a little hard to notice this as your own problem until it is pointed out. For a short in-person demo after I notice this problem, I would target certain students and would exaggerate the problem on my own wheel so they can see it at theirs.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM0C3JmN66hLowJf40NfCBN80BUDgxt5Jj7qNLxKVJOPa5IZarNOVygXlmW1yvORcjmZE-c3xgNhj9N8zghA1fn_o-2BDDe479TFSRdwNKw78gjymstLDpFgp7YqL8UUYVwXJcom05ADkr2-K20b9WfmTva8wsUKk1DGWdN4a711Jj-D1naf1zt_mvmg/s3014/KeinArellanesredset.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2574" data-original-width="3014" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM0C3JmN66hLowJf40NfCBN80BUDgxt5Jj7qNLxKVJOPa5IZarNOVygXlmW1yvORcjmZE-c3xgNhj9N8zghA1fn_o-2BDDe479TFSRdwNKw78gjymstLDpFgp7YqL8UUYVwXJcom05ADkr2-K20b9WfmTva8wsUKk1DGWdN4a711Jj-D1naf1zt_mvmg/s320/KeinArellanesredset.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kevin Arellanes, lidded set<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div>The one probel I really feel I haven't solved, however, is what to do with a student who says they've watched the videos, but it doesn't look like they have. Especially when this student has missed class or is asking for early-quarter things late in the quarter (often they also ask this late in the day). Obviously when there's time, I will redo intro demos quite a few times, but there gets to be a point where we've got so much else going on in the classroom (kilns, glazing, other demos) that it is difficult for me to stop or interrupt that to demo things they've had multiple opportunities to watch already.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGOXzGOaEm2-IBI9O3bhmJt_BiMpH6EifzEhyHkUPDHnkpdjTMF4Jga2QQ0latdiwLYieci3WVjhan6vwd5MG_Lrk8hy9hT1NMPfpPwgFTmO_ONtqRUAfhd8JgbjzFc8NPlU0YEK3s801FIGwhnuGnsgBkD2hRbCv1CAmpxq8g8Ck0MxqmSeYxUF7Zg/s3869/JazlynAlexander4mugs.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2427" data-original-width="3869" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGOXzGOaEm2-IBI9O3bhmJt_BiMpH6EifzEhyHkUPDHnkpdjTMF4Jga2QQ0latdiwLYieci3WVjhan6vwd5MG_Lrk8hy9hT1NMPfpPwgFTmO_ONtqRUAfhd8JgbjzFc8NPlU0YEK3s801FIGwhnuGnsgBkD2hRbCv1CAmpxq8g8Ck0MxqmSeYxUF7Zg/s320/JazlynAlexander4mugs.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mugs by Jazlyn Alexander. Jaz was in intermediate wheel, which met at the same time as functional pottery but had different and more challenging assignments</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />In this case, it is difficult to simply send the student to the video demo (which I do early in the quarter if they miss class and want a demo I don't have time to do in class or between classes). By late in the quarter, if the student hasn't watched the video demos (or if the video demos haven't helped), sending them to watch them is unlikely to be effective. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yA6gkiTFu7LvDhTEL0BGrY646zdPjpuNXu_a7X0uX7WhyWt332-Qfj01FEGNrTveZZmptEsgUM_DJkMfxXpXFjZIV8RJo-G7bZRTZJ_cvJOoq9w0GtPUbyKCiDi_T8FO8AFVdQGK9Wd-vLpASHvE1IQBE9sC5nUhdOSB-y27fkYU5enl6aLRqjpa7Q/s2854/JazlynAlexanderbluedripbowl.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2386" data-original-width="2854" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yA6gkiTFu7LvDhTEL0BGrY646zdPjpuNXu_a7X0uX7WhyWt332-Qfj01FEGNrTveZZmptEsgUM_DJkMfxXpXFjZIV8RJo-G7bZRTZJ_cvJOoq9w0GtPUbyKCiDi_T8FO8AFVdQGK9Wd-vLpASHvE1IQBE9sC5nUhdOSB-y27fkYU5enl6aLRqjpa7Q/s320/JazlynAlexanderbluedripbowl.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jazlyn Alexander, white bowl with drips</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">Class Time</h2>Functional Pottery (and Intermediate Wheel) classes meet twice a week for about 3 hours. This time includes mostly live-demonstrations on the wheel and student work time. Of course, it also includes instruction and practice for loading and unloading kilns, glazing, surface decoration, studio processes, ergonomics of functional forms, critiques, and more.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowqiUkWxGkgzvD6pud-Jcvg4skfzuk1dzqJjRkwF3muPWPb9ATeauEbBJWfmFpVYwTnyfnO7Z-q-um5vsPn56op-Bdb-CL_rJi2N6-wviOh-m6BoNmnSZuawP4cWEbilolPiPU6NeoRIQnRTxQWK0LnNVHE_8gT2CrJ1O2N9xbrDaZLJTJ7tVKQMLCA/s1024/JazlynAlexanderbluetall%20vase.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="766" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowqiUkWxGkgzvD6pud-Jcvg4skfzuk1dzqJjRkwF3muPWPb9ATeauEbBJWfmFpVYwTnyfnO7Z-q-um5vsPn56op-Bdb-CL_rJi2N6-wviOh-m6BoNmnSZuawP4cWEbilolPiPU6NeoRIQnRTxQWK0LnNVHE_8gT2CrJ1O2N9xbrDaZLJTJ7tVKQMLCA/s320/JazlynAlexanderbluetall%20vase.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jazlyn Alexander, tall blue vase</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />I think the most valuable regular use of my time during class, though it often isn't something strictly scheduled, is watching students throw and checking in with them about that throwing. They can watch me throw in-person or via video, but if they don't get feedback on what they are doing, it is hard to take in every single nuance of the process and apply it to themselves.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvcWKD9PuZcnGhzcpKYZKWBklbSXnBVGavUkEbxMh_SIoD6ZIQtUiFLOLdYuFfQOO19PMHdZE5LcgZQCwAkEHFUOWQHZ1KWsjmVGM2-Vahh19d1adF-yiCYheU7IqvyNg6A22WVw6b6MOWVfmo1NUeYZlhjbFX6FFlbq2Dmiwttwx-CGVlkx_znf5ghA/s2603/JazlynAlexandertallhandes.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2603" data-original-width="1827" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvcWKD9PuZcnGhzcpKYZKWBklbSXnBVGavUkEbxMh_SIoD6ZIQtUiFLOLdYuFfQOO19PMHdZE5LcgZQCwAkEHFUOWQHZ1KWsjmVGM2-Vahh19d1adF-yiCYheU7IqvyNg6A22WVw6b6MOWVfmo1NUeYZlhjbFX6FFlbq2Dmiwttwx-CGVlkx_znf5ghA/s320/JazlynAlexandertallhandes.HEIC" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jazlyn Alexander, tall vase with handles</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />When I watch them throw, I can point out adjustments to wheel speed, position of their hands, speed and pressure of their movements, amount of throwing slip, tool use and positioning, and issues specifically related to clay body, centering, drilling, pulling, and finishing. In a shared classroom, I might intereact with students entirely one-on-one for some adjustments, but I might also notice that a group of students are all having a similar issue.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mykQ_x8ZTNrTPu-qGHsQ4uRi5KNI3NVnT_fLg0yn4JoOuTVaozk8VEyNNeQrvR8a_OmkeC7ElGXN_Cdisa_zU7VE8CoE4kN81ZjBeDf_4a3DzXER5TGIeFaCiwXUiUdrjptpd1llXs24WT0w_VlsV3PR3saO6Q5Y4RfnMztb3he_QENnhQtj5u9CJg/s1324/JazlynAlexandertallered.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mykQ_x8ZTNrTPu-qGHsQ4uRi5KNI3NVnT_fLg0yn4JoOuTVaozk8VEyNNeQrvR8a_OmkeC7ElGXN_Cdisa_zU7VE8CoE4kN81ZjBeDf_4a3DzXER5TGIeFaCiwXUiUdrjptpd1llXs24WT0w_VlsV3PR3saO6Q5Y4RfnMztb3he_QENnhQtj5u9CJg/s320/JazlynAlexandertallered.jpg" width="219" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jazlyn Alexander, tall splatter vase</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Also in a shared studio, students can overhear my instructions to a classmate and that may not impact them immediately, but it might be something that they adjust on their own later. One thing I worry about, just a tiny bit, is how well this pratice will age with me. I usually squat down in front of the students' wheels to watch them throw. And I regularly walk through the wheels (we have two rows of four wheels facing each other on two sides of the classroom, so I can see 8 students throwing as I walk up one aisle).</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhkyWWKThd2sQy3hoGub8aamFhv0jvFG_CVzwKxfKcwxbR1Cx0__1fhDFk3DtpRuoPaA9ia7WIvZ8TDV7vgGWt0_ZPEz5hYvxdzXHcVLSwZZ6H4xkOGynzXy_ZZg1jOfis5FkWrHouYz0E2z4OVojJEaCYam6Vhm8wY_dRQ-cGUQuoHvyRS4PgvQ93Q/s1332/JazlynAlexandermugsside.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="1332" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhkyWWKThd2sQy3hoGub8aamFhv0jvFG_CVzwKxfKcwxbR1Cx0__1fhDFk3DtpRuoPaA9ia7WIvZ8TDV7vgGWt0_ZPEz5hYvxdzXHcVLSwZZ6H4xkOGynzXy_ZZg1jOfis5FkWrHouYz0E2z4OVojJEaCYam6Vhm8wY_dRQ-cGUQuoHvyRS4PgvQ93Q/s320/JazlynAlexandermugsside.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jazlyn Alexander, mugs<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>However, this quarter I noticed that I was getting more tired from squatting down between wheels than I remember. This year of treatment has been a doozie and I know that the side effects of both radiation and the current hormone therapy include fatigue and joint pain. I'm hoping that, as I get back to more regular exercise, I will gain more stamina, but this was the first quarter I really wondered about how my studio teaching practices will need to adjust as I age (the good news being that last fall, I was just hoping aging was something I'd get a chance to do).</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF6uwO-bPBjvwoydGshiAf128G9rJQVCle7pjW0WuvWRW8tMxqgSAomY-qAP9S85FU3ZfqL_Z6TOvvLuLYGl3GEHfrMwucEq0pmBvHT60p4EpgSu5ECeIaJW6dIYWXEmzBrqT0QxDaEH2SlckvdzxOAwRbmkJjHjzuRTnNDQ26w3j3jO9ilMOJXku8Og/s2284/JazlynAlexanderlidopen.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2284" data-original-width="1984" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF6uwO-bPBjvwoydGshiAf128G9rJQVCle7pjW0WuvWRW8tMxqgSAomY-qAP9S85FU3ZfqL_Z6TOvvLuLYGl3GEHfrMwucEq0pmBvHT60p4EpgSu5ECeIaJW6dIYWXEmzBrqT0QxDaEH2SlckvdzxOAwRbmkJjHjzuRTnNDQ26w3j3jO9ilMOJXku8Og/s320/JazlynAlexanderlidopen.HEIC" width="278" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jazlyn Alexander, lidded jar</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Shared Studio<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The other great thing about a shared studio, especially one with intermediate, advanced, or independent study students, is that they can teach each other. If I tell one student about a particular technique on Tuesday, they might share it with a classmate on Wednesday (between classes, when I'm not around). Intermediate students have already learned the basics, so they can help beginners, especially early in the quarter, but also late in the quarter when the beginners want to try more challening forms and, in a magic studio, might start looking across the wheel aisle to see what that other student is up to.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_46Y8ZLkMNkGZcg0elduVVKgl1XmVBKzWr66o08NLl8rBeJ0M_-H_aJfpU-EnJawo_5iqFRXJ1vmlsA390Ezz54NjdY4Df0T6ZVCv7uKtoNgX0lXqkdf4foe1C0BKpxwyFkr_Aw1jXtA7wVNMpWMTRr_OLHMVyqnXZpOPe3ZqE78lFXknjVdmnxfgoA/s2802/JazlynAlexanderteaset.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2057" data-original-width="2802" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_46Y8ZLkMNkGZcg0elduVVKgl1XmVBKzWr66o08NLl8rBeJ0M_-H_aJfpU-EnJawo_5iqFRXJ1vmlsA390Ezz54NjdY4Df0T6ZVCv7uKtoNgX0lXqkdf4foe1C0BKpxwyFkr_Aw1jXtA7wVNMpWMTRr_OLHMVyqnXZpOPe3ZqE78lFXknjVdmnxfgoA/s320/JazlynAlexanderteaset.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jazlyn Alexander, mushroom tea set</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The fact that I have lots of video demos online helps with this, because students can look ahead. I also encourage them to watch other throwers in person (in the studio) or online. I always try to tell students why I suggest a particular technique or tool, because I want them to understand why another potter might do it differently than I do. When both approaches accomplish the same goal, the student can choose my way or the other.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7qff4ktX8Y-CTdTaBu4vOFIlfX0lJffHt7D2F4nFyAz8g2PQ_sUJT36NXoqLxCipiGPgAXwhEHYTdL10W07kAFvDDnUpgJrSWB-YfumPoOmsaESnDmJfaTN5PokrvicREUnEavQRD-kib9syEva87KL0lJnWcaRKPW5zZB7NjM2iHJtcTfBRzUJc9cQ/s2988/JazlynAlexanderthreemugs.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2247" data-original-width="2988" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7qff4ktX8Y-CTdTaBu4vOFIlfX0lJffHt7D2F4nFyAz8g2PQ_sUJT36NXoqLxCipiGPgAXwhEHYTdL10W07kAFvDDnUpgJrSWB-YfumPoOmsaESnDmJfaTN5PokrvicREUnEavQRD-kib9syEva87KL0lJnWcaRKPW5zZB7NjM2iHJtcTfBRzUJc9cQ/s320/JazlynAlexanderthreemugs.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jazlyn Alexander, mugs<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Of course, I also try to give students the tools to know when they shouldn't try another potter's approach. There are some potters online, especially on Instagram, who throw very fast. The speed with which they move the clay can be a factor of their skill and experience, but it can also be because the clay body they are using can handle that speed (while our frequently recycled class clay cannot). And, of course, there's always the possibility that a video is sped up artificially.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc81vSY1Cbv5C9B5h436u5RDncXr7cIoOsRs3zGfBYI7DPXbrAk3JPdZh9VAt1iPSmiQzI1mNce9a8AOF2JWulFcvNHcObC3HTOS8LcYctmvNTXOhcmVWrb1BTzqtNnrFdgKcCSafS5-wizMV_5H5sbNVb-miLU_F6Uui-lokXsD8SWEXOykZeDmNpvg/s2887/platesJazlynAlexanderHEIC.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1953" data-original-width="2887" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc81vSY1Cbv5C9B5h436u5RDncXr7cIoOsRs3zGfBYI7DPXbrAk3JPdZh9VAt1iPSmiQzI1mNce9a8AOF2JWulFcvNHcObC3HTOS8LcYctmvNTXOhcmVWrb1BTzqtNnrFdgKcCSafS5-wizMV_5H5sbNVb-miLU_F6Uui-lokXsD8SWEXOykZeDmNpvg/s320/platesJazlynAlexanderHEIC.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jazlyn Alexander, plates</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It can be frustrating to watch an expert throw in a way that seems impossible for a beginner. Sometimes the answer is more practice, but sometimes this answer is that even that potter didnt' really throw that fast.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKS1HmpFYG2ATR5kae1W7KY1qZ_I-6Tuz3vUEuglNSAtbKaTXlzsNtLE5k5meRpsdhl3uE-U7UioObTTpFhE8cLLz8cvqRPM3bj2onS-Hc6pdkKk_AX6qeaD2V-NrFDim6NyhKvuKJx_2blTjtHR_WKoicSop-H--M7hBKqKgLPxoI-5RdX2MNSmqRXA/s1419/JazlynAlexanderrakuone.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="1419" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKS1HmpFYG2ATR5kae1W7KY1qZ_I-6Tuz3vUEuglNSAtbKaTXlzsNtLE5k5meRpsdhl3uE-U7UioObTTpFhE8cLLz8cvqRPM3bj2onS-Hc6pdkKk_AX6qeaD2V-NrFDim6NyhKvuKJx_2blTjtHR_WKoicSop-H--M7hBKqKgLPxoI-5RdX2MNSmqRXA/s320/JazlynAlexanderrakuone.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jazlyn Alexander, raku bowl<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Right now all my studio classes (Functional Pottery, online Design, and Handbuilding 1 & 2 together) are full. I hope that, and the large group of intermediate students in Handbuilding 2, means that my classes next quarter will be as magical as this past quarter. I also hope and plan to bring back some of the forgotten practices around what to do when students don't do the required online prep. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZkzGT7le-gP4b-vgEeLhv1hsnIHCDqRBIx2KF9O3wgIFeYKZBlwOYJEkW_cCIIqY377mJGDt5podgTyGwEWaH1nCmXNpqGmrb0Ejjg_j2UHKnZ1_1vgGZ606xe71MyC6R0RG9QjY4vLjrHlNAKd2ExWzaGGkVky_3B6WW_fNzHcAVDxIVctb7uvu3Q/s1364/JazlynAlexanderrakutwo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1364" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZkzGT7le-gP4b-vgEeLhv1hsnIHCDqRBIx2KF9O3wgIFeYKZBlwOYJEkW_cCIIqY377mJGDt5podgTyGwEWaH1nCmXNpqGmrb0Ejjg_j2UHKnZ1_1vgGZ606xe71MyC6R0RG9QjY4vLjrHlNAKd2ExWzaGGkVky_3B6WW_fNzHcAVDxIVctb7uvu3Q/s320/JazlynAlexanderrakutwo.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jazlyn Alexander, raku dishes<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-7752356629203235492022-12-11T19:12:00.001-08:002022-12-11T19:12:07.043-08:00My Awesome Hand-builders Part 4<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlqMtCd_liav8pokwMZTfgn-HvKbNX4vRWD07rMpJ5TVaH0mHl_YDvmIXn50kJXzMJOEY4tzq4Y4-srzz-yVWnsBoxoh8U4OSBzMLT5nNlzq7zlGoRfJsdITCUREQXwgXm2e1TBLkz0koRtkJ2rPOzFrCMDFx77w2p20G6xTxvzpx40wmgJLHiPZLxw/s4032/0D3DCF34-9DF6-4B41-A1FE-542A1DC0C99B.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlqMtCd_liav8pokwMZTfgn-HvKbNX4vRWD07rMpJ5TVaH0mHl_YDvmIXn50kJXzMJOEY4tzq4Y4-srzz-yVWnsBoxoh8U4OSBzMLT5nNlzq7zlGoRfJsdITCUREQXwgXm2e1TBLkz0koRtkJ2rPOzFrCMDFx77w2p20G6xTxvzpx40wmgJLHiPZLxw/s320/0D3DCF34-9DF6-4B41-A1FE-542A1DC0C99B.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">student work drying before the last firing<br /> </td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;">This is the fourth post I've written about my hand-building class. My throwing class this quarter is also great, but I was able to write these <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/11/my-amazing-hand-builders-part-1.html" target="_blank">hand-building posts</a> in a batch, and I haven't done theirs yet. If you haven't seen them yet, go back and check out the <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/11/my-outstanding-hand-builders-part-2.html" target="_blank">previous three posts</a> about the <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/11/my-incredible-handbuilders-part-3.html" target="_blank">hand-building print, coil, slab, and extruded projects</a>, as well as <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/11/student-portraits-works-in-progress.html" target="_blank">their solid portraits</a>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamFEKb17ZNqgQhPy9iXrOEbpXQVdOU-RQoILS7O21DPn1yI3E8ZjLdBA-Oc9pDhDBx-bw5ehry3eOzyUKtJbpzF2L-aGJi10S_ys61bHQhmlvzU6DpBbayEdUfl8iAnrZXlfQEwZLGQHvs1GNxu34ZJlCM2lCJziMsESsNt74FXas7hl8ofiz0ONFiQ/s4032/17157891-0F2F-438B-B0DB-C41D73C2C3C2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamFEKb17ZNqgQhPy9iXrOEbpXQVdOU-RQoILS7O21DPn1yI3E8ZjLdBA-Oc9pDhDBx-bw5ehry3eOzyUKtJbpzF2L-aGJi10S_ys61bHQhmlvzU6DpBbayEdUfl8iAnrZXlfQEwZLGQHvs1GNxu34ZJlCM2lCJziMsESsNt74FXas7hl8ofiz0ONFiQ/s320/17157891-0F2F-438B-B0DB-C41D73C2C3C2.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lego Minifig by Jordan Golob, printed from multiple pieces on the 3D printer</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Coming soon, I'll share some work from the throwing class and glazed and finished work from both classes which finished up last week.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4XcT6AR-CDJ2_G_E-8k0AH0CMNqc_D_z7dE3AgbDNt7aWH1pDHTet8kZvmc8TnsjCO5EuYEDkYSmqccaopbO7E1XYrpX8UE-qOHs2AQO1vTk-UOojRlk8S-oY2a4mEt4Tj1WchpFDJg7kDWOgrUQixYEB17wobVaxSGEdr8DpkeKaTsJ01XK51uYKg/s4032/E12D4341-E17D-4B6B-A92C-BAD461CF6864.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4XcT6AR-CDJ2_G_E-8k0AH0CMNqc_D_z7dE3AgbDNt7aWH1pDHTet8kZvmc8TnsjCO5EuYEDkYSmqccaopbO7E1XYrpX8UE-qOHs2AQO1vTk-UOojRlk8S-oY2a4mEt4Tj1WchpFDJg7kDWOgrUQixYEB17wobVaxSGEdr8DpkeKaTsJ01XK51uYKg/s320/E12D4341-E17D-4B6B-A92C-BAD461CF6864.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pegasus by Thunder Morales</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The hand-builders had their critique on Monday. It was lots of fun to see their finished, or in some cases nearly finished work. The hand-builders are required to glaze 4 of their 5 projects and they can paint the other one.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhjqh2urYVsOJGXaSaJoUG2bWiQGVVC33KySRkzJ62mtNL5yYluMA1rPqySUt9wOVPe89mrn5gqU_6uxkOQDnmHEu669Zs9-SR-_fS8WfWrc8btdytei3LB-xNgSvExTnfcEiiIpx8tUuPrwolp6WOF1KqBTYQAAOkSpW_1M6_uJn0SlJ_-7ai99Cfg/s4032/16FB5DBE-E247-4CD3-B2F1-570791C97BAB.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhjqh2urYVsOJGXaSaJoUG2bWiQGVVC33KySRkzJ62mtNL5yYluMA1rPqySUt9wOVPe89mrn5gqU_6uxkOQDnmHEu669Zs9-SR-_fS8WfWrc8btdytei3LB-xNgSvExTnfcEiiIpx8tUuPrwolp6WOF1KqBTYQAAOkSpW_1M6_uJn0SlJ_-7ai99Cfg/s320/16FB5DBE-E247-4CD3-B2F1-570791C97BAB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Works drying in the studio before the last firing</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In our studio this quarter, students were able to fire their work with high fire (cone 10) glazes in a reduction or oxidation atmosphere. They could also low fire their work with underglazes and clear glaze at cone 04, or they could <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2017/03/raku-firing-in-new-space.html" target="_blank">raku</a>, horsehair <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2019/03/raku-winter-2019.html" target="_blank">raku</a>, or pit fire their work.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWDvWd3xEyFZfuv1BqobpMOyfJfcg1C4nxn-Taaw8IUf9Ky_5E7PAHZb8MgdDYsg7vcmgncWKjOC0DMdcpjmbtDYo6X93O64QrArzZEpLQO2hPz7EQMVZMyH2ZHz-vrI5C487gveLoPuf9k3eEizTmsst_T32PFw_RFkiEgrlQbExnPOx8IaiosKsEA/s4032/D2E87A21-63C8-4A5F-97AF-C36CFC63FFAE.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWDvWd3xEyFZfuv1BqobpMOyfJfcg1C4nxn-Taaw8IUf9Ky_5E7PAHZb8MgdDYsg7vcmgncWKjOC0DMdcpjmbtDYo6X93O64QrArzZEpLQO2hPz7EQMVZMyH2ZHz-vrI5C487gveLoPuf9k3eEizTmsst_T32PFw_RFkiEgrlQbExnPOx8IaiosKsEA/s320/D2E87A21-63C8-4A5F-97AF-C36CFC63FFAE.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3D printed shelves by Derek Arneecher</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This quarter no one chose to pit fire, but several student did raku. In the hand-building class, I think all the students who raku fired their work used horse hair instead of glaze. One student didn't like the results and ended up using underglaze and low fire glazes over the top.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-lj6FSZDvRN_srMjpkJW1S2qlcB3IDt_obyRo6zPJ6X98L4Z1_Cm5cE88zDjESkjObAG_YyBJQsGUboSZv59nJbK1APicrjqqGl7nLo5UOrhku3_NveLwGLfUjekv6X8Xz652h5nvfT7MWRL0ssF5wvEVsDdcQtE0LI4avzXjmiNOEBri1EMhQFT84w/s4032/IMG_5798%5B1%5D.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-lj6FSZDvRN_srMjpkJW1S2qlcB3IDt_obyRo6zPJ6X98L4Z1_Cm5cE88zDjESkjObAG_YyBJQsGUboSZv59nJbK1APicrjqqGl7nLo5UOrhku3_NveLwGLfUjekv6X8Xz652h5nvfT7MWRL0ssF5wvEVsDdcQtE0LI4avzXjmiNOEBri1EMhQFT84w/s320/IMG_5798%5B1%5D.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slab castle by Manuel Delgado</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I suspect that the timing at the end of the quarter impacted how students chose to finish their work. It's a balance, in a 10 week class, to make sure that students start glazing early enough to learn the glazes and get all their work done, without taking time away from their building projects.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPzi_Rkns-eDSEgZb6BiX2WSvzgKwThtx3mjRaekr3_IvSMm5wfvmJahU5AGNeehxZPBFmk2HctkTNjUA_RBRn1i9jF_pB2Vedjm2HYTx_Jeo1uw7k-zdCSWG_gR6e2q7CNmr8VZYxlrb8HmrcX3v2xW7fQyTnF57qydBsOcTjVQMqnxpHKdgrNgaVA/s4032/A7B566A5-0BBE-4B8D-8E95-98306CAB702B.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPzi_Rkns-eDSEgZb6BiX2WSvzgKwThtx3mjRaekr3_IvSMm5wfvmJahU5AGNeehxZPBFmk2HctkTNjUA_RBRn1i9jF_pB2Vedjm2HYTx_Jeo1uw7k-zdCSWG_gR6e2q7CNmr8VZYxlrb8HmrcX3v2xW7fQyTnF57qydBsOcTjVQMqnxpHKdgrNgaVA/s320/A7B566A5-0BBE-4B8D-8E95-98306CAB702B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">extruded and altered piece by Brooke Mason</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I usually introduce glazing around week 5, and force them to glaze something then. I make them glaze early so that we can run a kiln load and they can see their results before glazing the rest of their work. During his final critique, one student described the process as me rushing him to glaze his first pieces so we could load a kiln. I suppose it is true, but he also was glazing his last pieces during the last few hours of allowed glazing time last week, which makes me think that it is good that I didn't let him skip that first firing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtY6j80BWNb1vQLi6nMLHV7kwSDoNE1rkZbGk6pw19jjdgIPygRseRXMg7hK5dDYkvLEsOZkSHITGFiI_e22jMJFEO6w5qL2A95WpssXGpWs27S9-XMTk0kEDKGQQaauUtIz9U7eftK2WbZ4sE5JJXVcXWxpjLJo5_8OS_LFoMrPhafKWDAz7JcjqAA/s4032/IMG_5799%5B1%5D.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtY6j80BWNb1vQLi6nMLHV7kwSDoNE1rkZbGk6pw19jjdgIPygRseRXMg7hK5dDYkvLEsOZkSHITGFiI_e22jMJFEO6w5qL2A95WpssXGpWs27S9-XMTk0kEDKGQQaauUtIz9U7eftK2WbZ4sE5JJXVcXWxpjLJo5_8OS_LFoMrPhafKWDAz7JcjqAA/s320/IMG_5799%5B1%5D.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coil form by Manuel Delgado</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In a shared studio, with 35 students making anywhere between 8 and 60+ objects in a quarter, that's a lot of stuff to fit in a kiln, especially when the lower numbers correlate with larger projects.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrW2eoIJ48fdxgwBQ80naGcnbEiTtQwPljBEGmPzoldrETF28jU6znjHx5zCkkUr4stsULdRt9szYtA2xAYM2J751HHg3ZfhnCMItO1LicX16BeoiHRK5OKqA-iUHkLhFrRAhyFJFN7lfIKzKBwM2kGwQS36o1Gi1Ye9ozIBZnJtJTHb-4zRyO-mRc1A/s4032/IMG_2648.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrW2eoIJ48fdxgwBQ80naGcnbEiTtQwPljBEGmPzoldrETF28jU6znjHx5zCkkUr4stsULdRt9szYtA2xAYM2J751HHg3ZfhnCMItO1LicX16BeoiHRK5OKqA-iUHkLhFrRAhyFJFN7lfIKzKBwM2kGwQS36o1Gi1Ye9ozIBZnJtJTHb-4zRyO-mRc1A/s320/IMG_2648.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teapot with facial features by Carlos Garcia Alcantar</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Most of the hand-builders created 5 scultptures, a mug, and 2-4 pinch bowls for practicing glazing. Some students made multiple objects for one project, including a set of dice, several lidded boxes, or a group of printed forms that were mean't to be shown or stacked together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPg_8Mn4RbnRbFRCCj9PiAg2HdptHzP2HjkHMD6Thur9nHNN_cUuxyndMZKgCuN2pmofECA5tC46jdKgspRyAx3Gk7cCdckSBKgJ15AIDQLjzVo5_sGhyhGVFxFxLm2WSswHaMrIezQwQo66pnCkTAdTriBc6hMGGNxkT1JkFiXWpy5B1xvBibvXvt7Q/s4032/IMG_2650.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPg_8Mn4RbnRbFRCCj9PiAg2HdptHzP2HjkHMD6Thur9nHNN_cUuxyndMZKgCuN2pmofECA5tC46jdKgspRyAx3Gk7cCdckSBKgJ15AIDQLjzVo5_sGhyhGVFxFxLm2WSswHaMrIezQwQo66pnCkTAdTriBc6hMGGNxkT1JkFiXWpy5B1xvBibvXvt7Q/s320/IMG_2650.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carlos decorated his coil teapot with a nose, eyes, and mouth, as well as spout and handle.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some students also created extra pieces. I know of one extra mug, one extra portrait, one extra coil piece, and an extra printed object. Carlos created his coil teapot because he wasn't sure his coil built duck was going to work out. It did and <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/11/my-incredible-handbuilders-part-3.html" target="_blank">his duck is delightful</a>, but his teapot is also idiosyncratic and great fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img height="335" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/JXwEBJtKeLndJels7sT3r2lCRGlVr9vmGQzcdamtg01vh5Tu2UARqu-7nL1muDdEFHbf8jh7cklDYEjiY3vNAUBOnf5gg1qcxGgPF0vEqdU0FzzvA6P0LUcoFts47LNOcVdSgiJGa2effait1GlU600fhYbgWE6kYK5vIH32yoVAPLxqKG-dw-jKT8nUNg=w252-h335" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" width="252" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rotting pumpkin by Jordan Golob</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />The quality of the work in this quarter's class was really quite impressive. Not everything worked perfectly, but I think all of the students completed all of the building projects, which maybe sounds normal, but I often have students who just never get the work done and end up skipping a project or the project just breaks.<div><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisifwoCb17Md_BqrTLvTZlqmREDFrV8c7fH0H6wcf8RYQZgl-UVxxl_HWI6gd55W8K-AxADOyeXLZlBaTXT-U45aE91tR07on2qlKYOXeyDM1LK9Rs6a2JVgzWgzFOZXnqI3y6f9ljJerQzryRENCK-lN9HZqnm9JnOgDbMpIOc1veFcZYIljvq15fJw/s4032/771DE9BD-EFE4-4615-BDF4-B419AA78067B.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisifwoCb17Md_BqrTLvTZlqmREDFrV8c7fH0H6wcf8RYQZgl-UVxxl_HWI6gd55W8K-AxADOyeXLZlBaTXT-U45aE91tR07on2qlKYOXeyDM1LK9Rs6a2JVgzWgzFOZXnqI3y6f9ljJerQzryRENCK-lN9HZqnm9JnOgDbMpIOc1veFcZYIljvq15fJw/s320/771DE9BD-EFE4-4615-BDF4-B419AA78067B.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kraken, partially glazed, by Brooke Mason</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The only piece that broke beyond repair before critique was dropped as it was being loaded into the kiln. Unfortuantely the student didn't get a picture, but luckilly I had seen it before it went in the kiln. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjH7wI4PkRbZZWqYcB8MfNJh7SuPItuYBl7IC9teHNRuk21HWi-922iGn9sV153E11KX4bLYVxqbSrq-dhG0TC42J1poLFbddrISslU_Sq2E3NUqsww-SeYMnzL9piiTM4WapDHSzi0YCI9-63A-avnunjc6QqvfsO1bhsETef2BpmWz4vI6BUaMq1g/s2398/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-24%20at%202.23.55%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2068" data-original-width="2398" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjH7wI4PkRbZZWqYcB8MfNJh7SuPItuYBl7IC9teHNRuk21HWi-922iGn9sV153E11KX4bLYVxqbSrq-dhG0TC42J1poLFbddrISslU_Sq2E3NUqsww-SeYMnzL9piiTM4WapDHSzi0YCI9-63A-avnunjc6QqvfsO1bhsETef2BpmWz4vI6BUaMq1g/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-24%20at%202.23.55%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lidded slab bathtub by Thai See </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We did have several pieces that broke before, during, or after firing. Maybe I'm making excuses, but I figure some level of breakage and repair is ok in a hand-building class. I build in an <a href="https://youtu.be/BMU3g7_kfjE" target="_blank">epoxy demo</a> into the class calendar and expect that a few students will be using it at the end of the quarter. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAGMfSQCqMdAZWLt0gNQ06QrxSKXtqhv1dqv9jSwC9OT5DHEe65I87omlc2Rv9419nr4_9bwsoN6i7WBwaSQEOtlzgZNhTJSpT_c9qpemgn2Te0JD2lVVt_cdtFXAh3bHqq_uboUCjLRu-VIbyOKMY8WTmhquEqFhwHSFfjIJ_eusxA_nclK__MsXObw/s4032/701ACD5C-FC9F-4990-9CB0-176E52EE6CE3.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAGMfSQCqMdAZWLt0gNQ06QrxSKXtqhv1dqv9jSwC9OT5DHEe65I87omlc2Rv9419nr4_9bwsoN6i7WBwaSQEOtlzgZNhTJSpT_c9qpemgn2Te0JD2lVVt_cdtFXAh3bHqq_uboUCjLRu-VIbyOKMY8WTmhquEqFhwHSFfjIJ_eusxA_nclK__MsXObw/s320/701ACD5C-FC9F-4990-9CB0-176E52EE6CE3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thai<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.4px;"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thaiidraws/" style="background-color: white; color: #d52a33; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.4px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">@Thaiidraws </a>on Instagram scared me with those delicated feet</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I don't remember an epoxy demo as a standard thing in my first ceramic class, but I definintely do remember learning to use epoxy from my ceramics instructor in undergrad. Since I <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2015/01/epoxy-time.html" target="_blank">use epoxy regularly by design</a> in my mixed media work, it makes sense to build it into the class. Also, I figure, if it's good enough for <a href="https://followtheblackrabbit.com/process/" target="_blank">Beth Cavener</a>, it's good enough for my students!</div><br style="text-align: left;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRy2FPUwuIPLEm7bM8aYQlaffuezzn8YsS7jzM0r2TecW5-zukdb-VGP4JWaHYYn3LSIraI_ziO0BWYFIUeKRzY20pW_bkesYxuVSyNmtvzTRzAr4NpVpwW0Tam1Inflh0XC80nxJtqgp-wDI7JJdCYMNHQdTPK28y5xKL_lKs2n7PpG1CC6VwKVR_Wg/s4032/20221121_123558.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRy2FPUwuIPLEm7bM8aYQlaffuezzn8YsS7jzM0r2TecW5-zukdb-VGP4JWaHYYn3LSIraI_ziO0BWYFIUeKRzY20pW_bkesYxuVSyNmtvzTRzAr4NpVpwW0Tam1Inflh0XC80nxJtqgp-wDI7JJdCYMNHQdTPK28y5xKL_lKs2n7PpG1CC6VwKVR_Wg/s320/20221121_123558.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lady and her knee are the handles to pick up the lid of this lovely bathtub</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This year several students did their repairs before class. I love to see that because then I feel that we really see the finished sculpture at critique. There was even one sculpture with hair epoxied in place for critique.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img height="339" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/CcONWgdSLKvTIkV9qxK_vmV09RqK03PM-7H2n8_lM-PDgw5AShxy_iIvywywY1r55-JD5QKPKmYzPAX3JF0naLBoRtYyoylpUFAlgaxtw3Y2lFAJjsyC4y03JQo-oTsrqZh8rVslPoJaHzb0zA2knfSz8Y72yzk1wiHn1Glp9LbCYR0inwgop4Pgr_ng6g=w254-h339" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" width="254" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jordan Golob created this teapot (betcha didn't guess it was a teapot)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Final critiques were finished on Wednesday. We had one more kiln we needed to fire, but all that was done by Friday. I don't have class again until January, but I've felt like returning from <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/10/cancer-year-in-review-whats-next-for.html" target="_blank">the cancer break</a>, as well as the <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/03/getting-ready-for-online-clay-in-spring.html" target="_blank">pandemic interruption</a>, meant that this quarter's classes, while pretty great in terms of output, had a few hiccups as far as the online expectations and I'd like to make some adjustments over the break.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img height="355" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/gwKPhcjUS--YSNdLICtxlIT87yxUuOlMz1fZm_Q8bTmdoXMMLPV8XUYcGx8IAA_sJc9hWIJBJCXYgLDa8EHGpzqCfYI7DArLCmdoJNs3XKOsg7kmErcXd_GoohCJjvgmDkD-PUEMmPfmmMnxcu63qZoe0D2vKx6J77Hgk-lYgwzQK2h4zz2Z1kxNhAA1sA=w266-h355" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" width="266" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She was inspired by a teapot by <a href="https://www.raybub.com/" target="_blank">Ray Bub</a>, but really moved in a different direction as she began to work. </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f5aff9fc-7fff-e7a8-3b43-52c08fda165b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;">Of course, I'm probably always making adjustments over the break, so maybe the breaks have less to do with it and it's just how I teach. My colleague was on sabbatical this fall, but last week, there he was in his office, prepping classes for next quarter, because they're always a work-in-progress for us.</p></span></div><p></p></div></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-49192632639648706922022-11-27T13:07:00.002-08:002022-11-27T13:07:40.775-08:00My Incredible Handbuilders (part 3)<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCUXl8VGW8Sjl3G-8P8GLARjqWVneU_nirsSV9B5Xf1w9T13rUYYbnti_TKu3cpQRsJyBVQFvyZitiu_7wXm6PlcgLTFNO9PODokuASbU9fjReXtNt2NdzBTx0GLqfaG1oICFjdGnzwFS2ZMF2baOfwk59_uadIAhhKAtubjmg4DSt3n5RSm4CxL6TA/s4032/IMG_6450.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCUXl8VGW8Sjl3G-8P8GLARjqWVneU_nirsSV9B5Xf1w9T13rUYYbnti_TKu3cpQRsJyBVQFvyZitiu_7wXm6PlcgLTFNO9PODokuASbU9fjReXtNt2NdzBTx0GLqfaG1oICFjdGnzwFS2ZMF2baOfwk59_uadIAhhKAtubjmg4DSt3n5RSm4CxL6TA/s320/IMG_6450.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slab box by Amanda Goodrich</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the last two posts, I shared <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/11/my-amazing-hand-builders-part-1.html" target="_blank">photos of works in progress</a> from my <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/11/my-outstanding-hand-builders-part-2.html" target="_blank">Clay1: Hand-building students</a>. I've got more today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgWE6xG1GdI0vnBsESdAUs_3Fk173oFQfeO7u_HDPdssp5o2qOFjoybKj8G4D-529AqVWh9GUHBtlswaGbwmL-yWlPB4YHH9ktrw3xj3sQUSPojTJaQhQGZ2KFwk1CzTerkRpvFchUV6tDAOkLS4nfJUB2W8C_4CJQ_3323edwVSqy5gF5p4Quiptrg/s4032/3DProject1JuliaSF22.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgWE6xG1GdI0vnBsESdAUs_3Fk173oFQfeO7u_HDPdssp5o2qOFjoybKj8G4D-529AqVWh9GUHBtlswaGbwmL-yWlPB4YHH9ktrw3xj3sQUSPojTJaQhQGZ2KFwk1CzTerkRpvFchUV6tDAOkLS4nfJUB2W8C_4CJQ_3323edwVSqy5gF5p4Quiptrg/s320/3DProject1JuliaSF22.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3D Printed Tardis by Julia Snow</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There really was quite a lot of diversity in the forms students chose to create, including lots of things that I simply hadn't seen before. Teaching the class over and over for years and years means that some forms tend to recurr. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ymj_-KICJzkJYlX6AMLnmL_fWaUzRkRnWNECT7SQmMenmQAe_l4YI6xJXlpsfWWf__u6PWyf5wuoNmBPnk12kiHipdhvh9l6T5w92zZD2xEZFf9XwDKV2UrgbSOK7qSLXPXtVT_Cn_RCCCw2opHMsbppGG5FyCoTxbdT6GMuM6XWPwSXymN1ikAxpA/s4032/ExtruderProject3JuliaSF22.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ymj_-KICJzkJYlX6AMLnmL_fWaUzRkRnWNECT7SQmMenmQAe_l4YI6xJXlpsfWWf__u6PWyf5wuoNmBPnk12kiHipdhvh9l6T5w92zZD2xEZFf9XwDKV2UrgbSOK7qSLXPXtVT_Cn_RCCCw2opHMsbppGG5FyCoTxbdT6GMuM6XWPwSXymN1ikAxpA/s320/ExtruderProject3JuliaSF22.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chia "pet" stonehenge section by Julia Snow</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In fact, the coil building assignment prompt tries to fight against this by requiring students to create an asymmetrical form. We are so used to seeing round coil build vases and pots, so asking students to not create something round immediately forces them to break away, at least a little bit, from that familiar form.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkaWyWBiP8Tl6wofT8tvjMYLSR2_euq37dcikUXT129TPIlSr9NsuW9bpHg2YPpy-nFsZDzn1wqTPC0zqNKE8qeqbLkjZ7zFdklGWG0_CH9FbqwITSRF7g5TcJCd5s1eyb23Yc44thM4z93_4H8elTOOOpaRqGRhBQWFh-ZunvanfTdOb873MxqIqaQ/s4032/IMG_6445.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkaWyWBiP8Tl6wofT8tvjMYLSR2_euq37dcikUXT129TPIlSr9NsuW9bpHg2YPpy-nFsZDzn1wqTPC0zqNKE8qeqbLkjZ7zFdklGWG0_CH9FbqwITSRF7g5TcJCd5s1eyb23Yc44thM4z93_4H8elTOOOpaRqGRhBQWFh-ZunvanfTdOb873MxqIqaQ/s320/IMG_6445.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coil shark eating a squid by Amanda Goodrich</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During their critique, students can talk about how or why something was made and they can talk about their inspiration. Last week we saw works inspired by stonehenge, archaeology, poisoner's teapots, ceramic artists we saw in class, and Lego. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NuorBkC_t67lTkkHzEvom3B1UctggZ7S_tbriSAQ4mdNtaP_0HBmDT0VnYIiiNG9qFPOKjQUnukasSMb75Q3YvxvMjVi9Rt9ludtmMFkEJNaeOUyDm7BW0xV45ahJYefoP1IQyghLljB3IDhtIhC7Ja-8gPkLSNopgUEaCIelWL7BmYAP5O17KnbKA/s4032/IMG_6446.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NuorBkC_t67lTkkHzEvom3B1UctggZ7S_tbriSAQ4mdNtaP_0HBmDT0VnYIiiNG9qFPOKjQUnukasSMb75Q3YvxvMjVi9Rt9ludtmMFkEJNaeOUyDm7BW0xV45ahJYefoP1IQyghLljB3IDhtIhC7Ja-8gPkLSNopgUEaCIelWL7BmYAP5O17KnbKA/s320/IMG_6446.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amanda's approach to the asymmetry prompt was fun to watch. She built the squid separately, so there was a sudden transformation when it was put in place.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Though they didn't necessarily discuss it during critique, I think we also saw influences from Gothic architecture, comic books, sugar skulls, scientific imagery, and Picasso.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nerZMRCNe-cV-qwiqV2neMjDkPwuLMXTETRA-CG1ntRgDlBo95r_M75HuykRhTw3cuyIJl3GaZpC-0QN3wrub1JNN-QjWDYOyN3zfGJM6q929ttiqHcAGSmyN4U9FEVYM0tDDhpXDMS35fFuBFsCQkPofv6udy4wQ_Mk6vXlHuW9WRUMZMiZc2_RGw/s4032/IMG_6447.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nerZMRCNe-cV-qwiqV2neMjDkPwuLMXTETRA-CG1ntRgDlBo95r_M75HuykRhTw3cuyIJl3GaZpC-0QN3wrub1JNN-QjWDYOyN3zfGJM6q929ttiqHcAGSmyN4U9FEVYM0tDDhpXDMS35fFuBFsCQkPofv6udy4wQ_Mk6vXlHuW9WRUMZMiZc2_RGw/s320/IMG_6447.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Though a bit difficult to see on a screen, the contrasting texture of the squid tentacles and the shark coils is a nice touch.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the things that might seem like a given, but is actually pretty impressive, is that all 25 of my clay student atteneded their most recent critique and had their projects completed or nearly completed. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FESuZ58JR5nS2Q2JK3xU2B1zFVSJROfw0QbPtJfOYxj--GGbBOkHldoeUhZD-X90DnGQ1b49LpmNNh3kfWPfYFpqcOssAEyx7Ty3nVUVULi0Q3h1mfK5rRK6sNfaRjnCT2zbTAX5dHhFfuO5w5FBa-oFlre5Jus7jA-3B_ZLyiO7iKPpRfDgx6L7pA/s4032/IMG_6449.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FESuZ58JR5nS2Q2JK3xU2B1zFVSJROfw0QbPtJfOYxj--GGbBOkHldoeUhZD-X90DnGQ1b49LpmNNh3kfWPfYFpqcOssAEyx7Ty3nVUVULi0Q3h1mfK5rRK6sNfaRjnCT2zbTAX5dHhFfuO5w5FBa-oFlre5Jus7jA-3B_ZLyiO7iKPpRfDgx6L7pA/s320/IMG_6449.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/jomo/hd_jomo.htm" target="_blank">Jomon pottery</a> inspired coil texture of the shark feels like a fresh approach to the subject, but also reminds me of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Coast_art" target="_blank">Northwest Coast Native American</a> designs or <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bronze-age-chinese-bells-tells-story-ancient-innovation-180964459/" target="_blank">bronze age Chinese metalwork decorations</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table> <div><br /><div>The fact that everyone was done with their building and throwing assignments meant that we had lots to talk about. The fact that the projects were done or nearly done, meant that nearly all of critique time was spent talking about design decisions and techniques, rather than time management challenges and what they would have done if they'd had time.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu28QpIcRSHkcBqvxyzOyJXswpxdMRibegOa8WrqJuHoxhgwoSr0YLpD-aaPp3LyHhKDa--ntUUbB-HiMK6iBwqqzJ7Sa3hp1dDipMDI-SkSPj7TSx8KB4KGm1tutFaVVpvvICIQElq0xQK6w1d9OWVNehSHSW_c_GOhNHPxdXETTW_nA0Nobvz_rIsA/s4032/IMG_6451.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu28QpIcRSHkcBqvxyzOyJXswpxdMRibegOa8WrqJuHoxhgwoSr0YLpD-aaPp3LyHhKDa--ntUUbB-HiMK6iBwqqzJ7Sa3hp1dDipMDI-SkSPj7TSx8KB4KGm1tutFaVVpvvICIQElq0xQK6w1d9OWVNehSHSW_c_GOhNHPxdXETTW_nA0Nobvz_rIsA/s320/IMG_6451.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amanda's carved decorations reminded me strongly of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracery" target="_blank">window tracery in a Gothic cathedral</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This coming week is the last week of classes. Monday we will load up the (hopefully) last bisque firing(s) and get everything fired so that students can glaze. We've got a lot of work not yet loaded, so I'm getting slightly concerned about how everything will get finished in time, but this is fairly normal for this class, especially when students are doing large and complicated work and when they are making lots of pieces.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB7zQmnXO4hjzRYsd2AO6NuP6zh0CqvmLBygQv9_pCrvBT2VUVzXxYel7ig17STCCqGMGjVrpAhDCqZntvIO0Wx4su2p1uO6iDy4MO3pzxXX2K_yn-wlhpO13EOKsNBHcdWKIHz73AGkmd6tyLs0PXt0Z9PASriZRtDEiq7USlKxmjvKLaJvgbYBaU6A/s4032/IMG_2645.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB7zQmnXO4hjzRYsd2AO6NuP6zh0CqvmLBygQv9_pCrvBT2VUVzXxYel7ig17STCCqGMGjVrpAhDCqZntvIO0Wx4su2p1uO6iDy4MO3pzxXX2K_yn-wlhpO13EOKsNBHcdWKIHz73AGkmd6tyLs0PXt0Z9PASriZRtDEiq7USlKxmjvKLaJvgbYBaU6A/s320/IMG_2645.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coil built duck by Carlos Garcia Alcantar</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last night I had my first anxiety dream about loading and firing kilns. In the dream, I was just trying to get students to bring their work to the kiln. That's it, the whole dream.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VD_iohnnz4l_inXbjCBYMrNxZ7x8nznQ2CH4Y8UZP9RUKrvoHQDsfiARAggsr1jjhOcfLUXkATse5EZQvJRrfUzEl--eCac-dUZclSkjQMvjAmty4JVIBavGYfU1EQHVUgi-9ZMT49JSHuNZUVQY9jdchwHoEalFpcgZBJYgNagaaVg6tS1ETUBnjQ/s4032/IMG_2647.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VD_iohnnz4l_inXbjCBYMrNxZ7x8nznQ2CH4Y8UZP9RUKrvoHQDsfiARAggsr1jjhOcfLUXkATse5EZQvJRrfUzEl--eCac-dUZclSkjQMvjAmty4JVIBavGYfU1EQHVUgi-9ZMT49JSHuNZUVQY9jdchwHoEalFpcgZBJYgNagaaVg6tS1ETUBnjQ/s320/IMG_2647.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This duck started out with very different legs, but Carlos made majors changes and improvements to the stability of the structure as he built</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I went into the studio last week to check on a couple of things and have thus far resisted the overwhelming temptation to go into the studio this weekend to unload and load, just to get things moving faster.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjsU6532AOi7WLMOAn8rSfAto2_fJm2hQhWUt1jDgRBGmRYVfJ3u0mkONLTXurUu-LuTmEA4FzK7316nydZtPJWSszsY9Un5M7P2YcI7wTlXL_VtxwTZ3NdSiZb4sx852QFpc-ADr3113SzfYCAMy28-H7BZNpyCOnjPE2J0IWK98muvqoa_ZSVCVww/s4032/20221121_124216.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjsU6532AOi7WLMOAn8rSfAto2_fJm2hQhWUt1jDgRBGmRYVfJ3u0mkONLTXurUu-LuTmEA4FzK7316nydZtPJWSszsY9Un5M7P2YcI7wTlXL_VtxwTZ3NdSiZb4sx852QFpc-ADr3113SzfYCAMy28-H7BZNpyCOnjPE2J0IWK98muvqoa_ZSVCVww/s320/20221121_124216.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thai See's crying coil form</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had still been doing <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/07/ot-reading-about-breast-cancer-again.html" target="_blank">occupational therapy (OT) for lymphedema</a> until mid-November when my occupational therapist had to have surgery. I won't see her again until late December. I had been gradually increasing my exercise, weights, and lifting, while also trying to keep up with my lymphatic massage and stretching on my own. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgX1RjFqT_p274FhDhB1rP9cEETxJieTgTqNvq95p-5-dnivXwLggVEfNv9xvNULngGM0gGUGDj1O1XRBaLgY_KTK11pH6Xzs03Jm1nabvSOW-chvvYz63PI6zJA6vFQEiKHBgcAn_Sk0nNv8pzrtV7q8xiVHTTP4TVRriIqKQQUxixSSACCSA6n2mKg/s4032/20221121_124233.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgX1RjFqT_p274FhDhB1rP9cEETxJieTgTqNvq95p-5-dnivXwLggVEfNv9xvNULngGM0gGUGDj1O1XRBaLgY_KTK11pH6Xzs03Jm1nabvSOW-chvvYz63PI6zJA6vFQEiKHBgcAn_Sk0nNv8pzrtV7q8xiVHTTP4TVRriIqKQQUxixSSACCSA6n2mKg/s320/20221121_124233.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thai <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thaiidraws/" target="_blank">@Thaiidraws </a>started with the face, then built the rest of the support later</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I can tell that my body is swelling a little bit on the side where they removed the lymph nodes, but it's hard to know how serious it is. I can feel it, but it's difficult to see. I was trying to reduce how much I was lifting, but it's hard to know what is <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/07/first-week-of-radiation-plus-setback-in.html" target="_blank">causing or contributing to the swelling</a> and what is appropriate work-related activities.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5q2H1GDIZMBW2sfvinKXSQ1S-ogXCZ6WJahoqEqcQtxCFzm02qiZWGIFjMLXhuz4pUy5w5G2xdJwc6aEij8m7LnwTW-aNaX80jhzUyfggypMm8z-45_EIOX7zWcUECFf-hmuWkxYSpkfpObzo0NknxJ8gpljmb_FAd6CrRVYC8-dOinvgP3uc0sNPA/s4032/IMG_2661.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5q2H1GDIZMBW2sfvinKXSQ1S-ogXCZ6WJahoqEqcQtxCFzm02qiZWGIFjMLXhuz4pUy5w5G2xdJwc6aEij8m7LnwTW-aNaX80jhzUyfggypMm8z-45_EIOX7zWcUECFf-hmuWkxYSpkfpObzo0NknxJ8gpljmb_FAd6CrRVYC8-dOinvgP3uc0sNPA/s320/IMG_2661.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carlos Garcia Alcantar's box is a delightful blend of the wild and wacky we see in his duck and teapot</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Over the break, I decided to extrude some pieces myself at home and discovered that <a href="https://youtu.be/pS5QLNBbCxI" target="_blank">operating the extruder handle</a> is pretty similar to some of the stretches and exercises that I'd been doing for PT.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYF9fg8x6eGQf_7eXKvgX4qViRTPHQ7eUlMkSGtg6z790772bjj_3al3PNIZvW9arH6UHgANSpWRszQHbJ7HW5-FkKVwxWv055sqST8SuPCjFBq8WOnUXwqVf4PJBfbhZmE2_C9qrVVDwl53cYsYGDkpdoqRhGV2MChZPVEjgdO6ERqya1ht6-_iPiQ/s4032/IMG_2662.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYF9fg8x6eGQf_7eXKvgX4qViRTPHQ7eUlMkSGtg6z790772bjj_3al3PNIZvW9arH6UHgANSpWRszQHbJ7HW5-FkKVwxWv055sqST8SuPCjFBq8WOnUXwqVf4PJBfbhZmE2_C9qrVVDwl53cYsYGDkpdoqRhGV2MChZPVEjgdO6ERqya1ht6-_iPiQ/s320/IMG_2662.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sugar skull inspired carving has some lovely variety and is juxtaposed against a stairway</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Concern about my arm and swelling is probably a good portion of the reason I haven't gone in this weekend to unload and load a bisque myself. When I go in on Monday, students will help load and I know I won't overdo it on my arm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqTpKXdMI-iLP7yJw0g9ZXa1m3C_rUZOJ-Pno6Cy8CYZMRL1nUPs6-D0y7FJDakQBcbAvfVVd4q2JiZfkW74smLZAIP4eJsspvoBvvd3vq3iGmBlee8aSrUjY4MlqwHlFqzDjFiGG1IUyqoIWN0ISYgDqVAP-Pyx7v2O67YfTogKlRS1sML3UYJONug/s4032/1D559B31-4230-4711-9DCA-C382AE290497.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqTpKXdMI-iLP7yJw0g9ZXa1m3C_rUZOJ-Pno6Cy8CYZMRL1nUPs6-D0y7FJDakQBcbAvfVVd4q2JiZfkW74smLZAIP4eJsspvoBvvd3vq3iGmBlee8aSrUjY4MlqwHlFqzDjFiGG1IUyqoIWN0ISYgDqVAP-Pyx7v2O67YfTogKlRS1sML3UYJONug/s320/1D559B31-4230-4711-9DCA-C382AE290497.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And there's the arm and nose on the other side</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I know that Monday is going to be hectic in class. We are planning to raku fire during class. We are going to unload and load bisque kilns first thing when folks get in (before class). Students are going to be expected to glaze all their bisqueware and we are also going to start loading the high temp gas kiln with glazeware during class. All of that and class is less than 2 hours long.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWS7PSh4UngzMB6UQ8HPQlL2quUvSOGebG728_vg7Z4Mk68Xkj61Fz8PG_LSth8cKeP1BYQcuAVAFNIJVbj5ciDf_BmiKmM9spzJg80neysE0atkFqumNh9fOA0qjHUPODev_k-LFZ2oTqH4R_xP8utWuf8EW7qX--VV60emYQa0OhRkoAOAMsigYCyQ/s3734/IMG_8778.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3734" data-original-width="2800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWS7PSh4UngzMB6UQ8HPQlL2quUvSOGebG728_vg7Z4Mk68Xkj61Fz8PG_LSth8cKeP1BYQcuAVAFNIJVbj5ciDf_BmiKmM9spzJg80neysE0atkFqumNh9fOA0qjHUPODev_k-LFZ2oTqH4R_xP8utWuf8EW7qX--VV60emYQa0OhRkoAOAMsigYCyQ/s320/IMG_8778.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yarelli Sanchez's slab built mushroom house </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By the end of the week, a number of students should be able to leave class early, since we'll be done glazing, waiting on kilns to fire or cool, and students will only be responsible for clean up jobs, painting or epoxy as needed, and an online test.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQn8W1eDynqX9Tfrc1Ohh4lCuxYlIElvAhVMcllrk-4z_MUKeYCbZQbOowXCUEw0s2aSs_sqOi1TQHs7a24jkiEq-f2nTztZv18jjqebo0y2OHscnKJCfDW4_EYzLjznNSvAYgrcOr5lB8DGY1ml1-7aQJHqAb3B9AWF6NPiSSQYfZwNBRlF20y46Bg/s4032/IMG_8780.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQn8W1eDynqX9Tfrc1Ohh4lCuxYlIElvAhVMcllrk-4z_MUKeYCbZQbOowXCUEw0s2aSs_sqOi1TQHs7a24jkiEq-f2nTztZv18jjqebo0y2OHscnKJCfDW4_EYzLjznNSvAYgrcOr5lB8DGY1ml1-7aQJHqAb3B9AWF6NPiSSQYfZwNBRlF20y46Bg/s320/IMG_8780.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this base and lid is a challenging shape to get to fit right</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The hand-building critique is the next Monday (the first day of finals week) at 10 am and we will likely be unloading the glaze kilns before class that day. If we have too much stuff to get through kilns, we might be loading or firing Monday, which means that work might not be done in time for final critique.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioeVUEHWR9PX663EgY_3OgYXq0ByFoFYBNHE_x_-aUMb7mizRsVI4xSVpONuvUDLCrGmsYxvGryTeLGhbNRS4D2OLaksaa5SJ1Vk_kWxn44YM3Cdf9CYkmMjn21gX-wvgPjOKiMExbE_WzkLMJB2Xfvr_9EE6pOdMWRfLhsJwWjL6dRsVyH3hgemsdwg/s4032/IMG_8781.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioeVUEHWR9PX663EgY_3OgYXq0ByFoFYBNHE_x_-aUMb7mizRsVI4xSVpONuvUDLCrGmsYxvGryTeLGhbNRS4D2OLaksaa5SJ1Vk_kWxn44YM3Cdf9CYkmMjn21gX-wvgPjOKiMExbE_WzkLMJB2Xfvr_9EE6pOdMWRfLhsJwWjL6dRsVyH3hgemsdwg/s320/IMG_8781.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coil built spaghetti by Yarelli Sanchez</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I always tell my clay students that they can't cram for the final in the way they could in a math or history class. The clay and the kilns won't let them. I started talking to them about how close we were to the final critique about 4 weeks ago. They were asked to get their work from projects 1 and 2 glazed before finals week, and told why it mattered for getting work finished in time.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1BuSCf72mjXrhj_soB6mGQsyF2QQ38wtePUZ6Q2aCjN0pJ2c10Sf_fUi4ZykqBlV4K41CwJKPurQwMfEhoCIj8f3kqnU06_RXw4LeYSIsQ6xpwZaTJx1iDwx4lxjeHKmEhXyV8MA35Tg1yrtjP1gV3XHFygHF96bGM8YEjXILKMRaDIDsyuUq8bRq-Q/s4032/IMG_8783.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1BuSCf72mjXrhj_soB6mGQsyF2QQ38wtePUZ6Q2aCjN0pJ2c10Sf_fUi4ZykqBlV4K41CwJKPurQwMfEhoCIj8f3kqnU06_RXw4LeYSIsQ6xpwZaTJx1iDwx4lxjeHKmEhXyV8MA35Tg1yrtjP1gV3XHFygHF96bGM8YEjXILKMRaDIDsyuUq8bRq-Q/s320/IMG_8783.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the bowl was coil built first, then the coiled spaghetti and hollow meatballs were added later</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Unfortunately, most project 2 work was not glazed, some was only bisqued last week. And some project 1 work is also not fired or even ready for firing. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyaX9PsuuRe2vCtwE8doglo5Aj7XTmEO7O_0JswubrrsE17Acx7s2zKLs7SEI4rgN2e43lPNtqQ8OfWJf29EhvnENii6gH3f2m-evJ9Hro6NFOnTMtfXt9uF67xqK6sZG8tbSdICLoGfTqSOVSFGkzaKjI_qTX_iFL9EXUYnFYLUetWSVgcb2bzN-RBg/s4032/IMG_8784.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyaX9PsuuRe2vCtwE8doglo5Aj7XTmEO7O_0JswubrrsE17Acx7s2zKLs7SEI4rgN2e43lPNtqQ8OfWJf29EhvnENii6gH3f2m-evJ9Hro6NFOnTMtfXt9uF67xqK6sZG8tbSdICLoGfTqSOVSFGkzaKjI_qTX_iFL9EXUYnFYLUetWSVgcb2bzN-RBg/s320/IMG_8784.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cracks add some nice variety to the back side of the work</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The good news is that hand-builders in my class are allowed to high fire, low fire, raku or pit fire, and they are allowed to paint one item using acrylic or other "cold finish" techniques that don't require a kiln or firing after the bisque. For that reason, some work on the shelves may not need to find a spot in a kiln this coming week.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUlSqOn5hzitmYQjPMo1ZSQhhhrbwAFIJCpkyLJXMOJO79VEUPJheNlAB4IpQgsTSYTzQKuoRMxu6RTG6qpzmkrPiQQsGvNjiUwr4UfsuRf2nictcr7ZlEq3ma5kLssofYwgS0CbyxmG2glGQiv37-N5AH3BUWV_tNXUbt15NNLwKWbwvPTlXi7XCiw/s4032/IMG_8786.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUlSqOn5hzitmYQjPMo1ZSQhhhrbwAFIJCpkyLJXMOJO79VEUPJheNlAB4IpQgsTSYTzQKuoRMxu6RTG6qpzmkrPiQQsGvNjiUwr4UfsuRf2nictcr7ZlEq3ma5kLssofYwgS0CbyxmG2glGQiv37-N5AH3BUWV_tNXUbt15NNLwKWbwvPTlXi7XCiw/s320/IMG_8786.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And as I told her during critique, I'm only a bit scared about how thick the bottom /back might be</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-27759905139467967042022-11-24T14:12:00.002-08:002022-11-24T14:12:25.311-08:00My Outstanding Hand-builders (part 2)<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguv6h18C_ES0M6p9BcTAWRnaagS-6QnPkNn6N6z4hLHFdCeeTEbF5q8rWD8VF0vUS4F3WMVfKVKI0JZ5DiNOP7AAdR8L6fZOAyhLBVqZfB90UiNMS8J8sFjUP2k7Dw1ZQ47N0xHfy-gQHLBCp2v-jVwlQpFTyj3nb5oArlr58n4WXd4I8C45K4MWhd6A/s4032/CarlosGarciaAlcantarF22handextrudeback.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguv6h18C_ES0M6p9BcTAWRnaagS-6QnPkNn6N6z4hLHFdCeeTEbF5q8rWD8VF0vUS4F3WMVfKVKI0JZ5DiNOP7AAdR8L6fZOAyhLBVqZfB90UiNMS8J8sFjUP2k7Dw1ZQ47N0xHfy-gQHLBCp2v-jVwlQpFTyj3nb5oArlr58n4WXd4I8C45K4MWhd6A/s320/CarlosGarciaAlcantarF22handextrudeback.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Extruded hand by Carlos Garcia-Alcantar</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/11/my-amazing-hand-builders-part-1.html" target="_blank">Last time I posted</a> about half of the coil, print, slab, and extruded projects from my hand-builder's first project. As I said at that time, I have lots more to show from that class. The pieces on this page are mostly the other half of that first project, with a few pieces missing and a few added from the last project. I plan on at least two more posts of this work to share them all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTCZucoQJiqJkWvocbW9Mp0eGifZ1KoOLcYJWEj1SZcrLYqvK_Wp3MBXSL4DeN53ggP59JfQiGnV8VB4MN_0qOBwivL1JrM-zJPLsRv6ON63ZoE5u9phpoyuedshEMdXvDz2DSr8-1hMRBr_vXVDE-YiVWpv_HMoUA1GBqXkdfKLTG3b4TaOpZNnJP0A/s4032/ValeriaAlvarezF22coil.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2874" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTCZucoQJiqJkWvocbW9Mp0eGifZ1KoOLcYJWEj1SZcrLYqvK_Wp3MBXSL4DeN53ggP59JfQiGnV8VB4MN_0qOBwivL1JrM-zJPLsRv6ON63ZoE5u9phpoyuedshEMdXvDz2DSr8-1hMRBr_vXVDE-YiVWpv_HMoUA1GBqXkdfKLTG3b4TaOpZNnJP0A/s320/ValeriaAlvarezF22coil.HEIC" width="228" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coil avocado by Valeria Alvarez</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />The first and third project in class have groups of students assigned to the <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/07/online-clay-students-slab-projects.html" target="_blank">slab roller</a>, extruder, and <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2018/03/student-projects-using-3d-printer.html" target="_blank">3D clay printer</a>, as well as building with coils. Students will do two techniques in the first three weeks and two different techniques in the last two weeks of building.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRNASTOMVpcBtmENphxMmBd88DttpVPPaCIwCTVUICbwaMwsHwNmfJk8WXMQXdCSaVZAlmOFEc0lN20-N9Idn3Eg1fcfSzUSbNm4Xc1de0pLcV70PT4dJ0pZaCqF2rUsH_es-v6p1Z66xe6QpxeCL5jjkNy964JGTjCyi-pooyEmCzN7gyNNwiVOV6w/s4032/DerekArneechercoil1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRNASTOMVpcBtmENphxMmBd88DttpVPPaCIwCTVUICbwaMwsHwNmfJk8WXMQXdCSaVZAlmOFEc0lN20-N9Idn3Eg1fcfSzUSbNm4Xc1de0pLcV70PT4dJ0pZaCqF2rUsH_es-v6p1Z66xe6QpxeCL5jjkNy964JGTjCyi-pooyEmCzN7gyNNwiVOV6w/s320/DerekArneechercoil1.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coil form inspired by a termite mound, by Derek Arneecher</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Starting in the middle of the quarter, students learn to glaze. They start glazing around week 5 and are allowed to glaze any work throughout the last half of the quarter. The last week or two of the quarter are focused mainly on getting their work dried, fired in the bisque firings, glazed, and then glaze fired, and we <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2019/03/raku-winter-2019.html" target="_blank">raku fire</a>, too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBkcvxca_nijXH6Frk09j1qIsX7HR19PEpJdwLKaKcQ0Hb1TwoYf15RcaaoQUT4SDDnlgZaSoU0gvCIxXt3iadtBkl1AMay8OUW87w0YjJnnxceF4bfnYRFNE2l3rhqd4FqDVHA_t3A7GQHH-ubGLBeohHqkEZtB-NAtsLlm1TUuFMRds-avgVExPqQ/s4032/CarlosGarciaAlcantarF22handextrude1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBkcvxca_nijXH6Frk09j1qIsX7HR19PEpJdwLKaKcQ0Hb1TwoYf15RcaaoQUT4SDDnlgZaSoU0gvCIxXt3iadtBkl1AMay8OUW87w0YjJnnxceF4bfnYRFNE2l3rhqd4FqDVHA_t3A7GQHH-ubGLBeohHqkEZtB-NAtsLlm1TUuFMRds-avgVExPqQ/s320/CarlosGarciaAlcantarF22handextrude1.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To create his hand, Carlos extruded some large hollow tubes and lots of small hollow tubes for the fingers</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Students have four critiques in the hand-building class, for building projects 1, 2, and 3 and for the glazing project during finals week. The second project in the class is the <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/11/student-portraits-works-in-progress.html" target="_blank">solid portrait project</a>. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsNagE6cvh8uImAQMlL4Xso6SsGMZlb2-6BdAfZfw7xvhJLHz89RmwveHd0ul9q28wEK97_9Vy2jDyj_XhK2Xndw7jgO8sKjgclzENUqWbE6_3Tl7o8uPVYYuTRlKNSuo-G-Y_GyL_NtYqs1Nqqt0dyGqCia5JYagVsAOAEs5gpICLKKzub2YxkkfNuA/s4032/CarlosGarciaAlcantarF22handextrudeside.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsNagE6cvh8uImAQMlL4Xso6SsGMZlb2-6BdAfZfw7xvhJLHz89RmwveHd0ul9q28wEK97_9Vy2jDyj_XhK2Xndw7jgO8sKjgclzENUqWbE6_3Tl7o8uPVYYuTRlKNSuo-G-Y_GyL_NtYqs1Nqqt0dyGqCia5JYagVsAOAEs5gpICLKKzub2YxkkfNuA/s320/CarlosGarciaAlcantarF22handextrudeside.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carlos altered the shape of the middle hollow form to create the concave shape of the hand, but left the fingers open, showing some of the construction</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The first and third projects really combine 2 building techniques and 2 separate builds into the three week project, so by the end of the quarter, students have built at least 5 objects (as well as a mug they created during week 1). This quarter, several students had projects that consisted of multiple separate pieces displayed together. A few students even made extra pieces in between or along side their main projects.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_s5NQAOE-io5DsZxag3JgI1DrXf2y0sBHxAdWttH4mrwoj8oATXx7tqaqIb7GwNwjCqZn6BT-3ksH9U_8XOY5RXIKqyGVa3oHtxKZDul3HvlaiPGP4AZ5fExbJdb9uPu2O1cKIuJextbtdbTWmDYUgjKWfnRmjJSlzIJ4kh1cTeLij6TDQ5yAztGjA/s4032/CarlosGarciaAlcantarF22print1.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_s5NQAOE-io5DsZxag3JgI1DrXf2y0sBHxAdWttH4mrwoj8oATXx7tqaqIb7GwNwjCqZn6BT-3ksH9U_8XOY5RXIKqyGVa3oHtxKZDul3HvlaiPGP4AZ5fExbJdb9uPu2O1cKIuJextbtdbTWmDYUgjKWfnRmjJSlzIJ4kh1cTeLij6TDQ5yAztGjA/s320/CarlosGarciaAlcantarF22print1.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carlos Garcia Alcantar was one of the first students this quarter to print </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In class or online, I share lots of pictures of the <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/11/student-portraits-works-in-progress.html" target="_blank">solid portrait projects</a> done by previous students, so current students can get inspired and also see what sorts of things are possible from peers (as well as from professionals). </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMbTuQKSRwW6gWGQXZwXJ-7lde8Vf7yrpa8jfWqp97zPMCKLnlGnyNl1Hzg28XPLjcjnPp8bBAmJExUowBehOd4DaFUwRbd_bmjxHMMEVFW3LRvxTBsju_DCkLyqyd9zVXP2z0EzeFZCnPzvTJ_CdSSVnMIYmhfdZWijQ3tqRPlSNiog1adLC5imvjQ/s4032/CarlosGarciaAlcantarF22print2.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMbTuQKSRwW6gWGQXZwXJ-7lde8Vf7yrpa8jfWqp97zPMCKLnlGnyNl1Hzg28XPLjcjnPp8bBAmJExUowBehOd4DaFUwRbd_bmjxHMMEVFW3LRvxTBsju_DCkLyqyd9zVXP2z0EzeFZCnPzvTJ_CdSSVnMIYmhfdZWijQ3tqRPlSNiog1adLC5imvjQ/s320/CarlosGarciaAlcantarF22print2.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He used the 3D printer to print a series of hollow forms that remind me of Tetris shapes. The forms stack or nest together in a variety of combinations</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have lots of examples of slab and coil projects in the studio, as well as photos of this work online and on their assignment pages. These two techniques (<a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/07/online-clay-students-slab-projects.html" target="_blank">slabs</a> and coils) continued to be used during the pandemic when my <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/03/getting-ready-for-online-clay-in-spring.html" target="_blank">handbuilding classes were entirely online</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBG4EZ6pXkOt2OHKTgyjzxTm8eUWamLqIt_lvWCtwKg-IT1lMpxFxfmsoAUEqolvqUmDiLfwsdmBw9TUBRPTXXVV98I_XcgnPe6wjOiQBeAN1VcmX7hLmXgJfgAT0JWL-DpWVNC_uYftnpoo71hkIhilawAMMTdqeyH4jnVxWE2tgpfC_NDnWeahPcA/s4000/BrookeMasonF22krakeninprogress.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBG4EZ6pXkOt2OHKTgyjzxTm8eUWamLqIt_lvWCtwKg-IT1lMpxFxfmsoAUEqolvqUmDiLfwsdmBw9TUBRPTXXVV98I_XcgnPe6wjOiQBeAN1VcmX7hLmXgJfgAT0JWL-DpWVNC_uYftnpoo71hkIhilawAMMTdqeyH4jnVxWE2tgpfC_NDnWeahPcA/s320/BrookeMasonF22krakeninprogress.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brooke Mason took a very different approach to coil building, creating a coil built body later, after using the individual coils to create tentacles for her Kraken (unfinished view above)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But I've had fewer examples of the printed and extruded projects, in part because we couldn't do them during the pandemic and in part because I started <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2017/11/3d-clay-printer-first-weeks.html" target="_blank">using these tools as the basis for beginner projects later</a> in my career. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RdavHMPmCkbxJnFOwmlwEwlWClkTqdXKPgFOsg8W_aee9p4ECZLaHVpgJFj6IvKb-qGUbK2qM9KZygMWY53W-5gDNeDxFgc9YdgwMK12Mo8SsVh0adRg8W-2Bu1XzoHHq5X0LmYerB8klwGfnJhV4YLfysBCc0ZUi06EFHEs6nVud4vfyNVFAyNRLw/s4000/IMG_20221013_112203989lighthouse.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RdavHMPmCkbxJnFOwmlwEwlWClkTqdXKPgFOsg8W_aee9p4ECZLaHVpgJFj6IvKb-qGUbK2qM9KZygMWY53W-5gDNeDxFgc9YdgwMK12Mo8SsVh0adRg8W-2Bu1XzoHHq5X0LmYerB8klwGfnJhV4YLfysBCc0ZUi06EFHEs6nVud4vfyNVFAyNRLw/s320/IMG_20221013_112203989lighthouse.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slab built lighthouse with lid by Brooke Mason</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm pretty excited to have great examples and lots of variety in these projects for next quarter's students. I've got the photos from project 1 (mostly) here and in the previous post. There's some exciting stuff that was just finished before Thanksgiving, and that I hope to be able to share later.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdAG7XeSQjD7vCA_19tpzAM3gE5nRIbSABghhM28HCAzXmTDJtYRVCjtExux4oMWQk0OBLxi1yil8HBmVideM9QuRhPbEsi2CZJb-5jr3X8mfTVKbZEbFezz0zEOL42R5Da2VKlfuBka4shHUpuu8RkXx6-0Awt7UKM2IzqVeAaqWan6IUonp3UXdPA/s640/Anonymous%20F22%20202%20extrudeantlers.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="640" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdAG7XeSQjD7vCA_19tpzAM3gE5nRIbSABghhM28HCAzXmTDJtYRVCjtExux4oMWQk0OBLxi1yil8HBmVideM9QuRhPbEsi2CZJb-5jr3X8mfTVKbZEbFezz0zEOL42R5Da2VKlfuBka4shHUpuu8RkXx6-0Awt7UKM2IzqVeAaqWan6IUonp3UXdPA/s320/Anonymous%20F22%20202%20extrudeantlers.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Extruded vases with extruded antlers and horns by a student</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was also hoping to put together a list of troubleshooting tips and suggestions for these techniques. I created troubleshooting and tips pages for slabs and coils when we were online, at the request of my students, but haven't had time to make these pages yet for the on-campus class.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwP0NvCw3PJeyIZKgbb249XRHLyuK43-b_5D9cSDakRwJ4y7zt7vobHYIYfiRFMUqaks1SIUV_f5iaRUPgZLR0K2-BUAIVPQ9VpD57FVqhkNodowJMli5Y2HG44IGY4jfRl1voyM47lHd9UTtACgX3ec536vrpVgRglD1Iv8NdOrNYhlM9xkQgBtnzw/s640/Anonymous%20F22%20202%20turtle%20print.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="640" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwP0NvCw3PJeyIZKgbb249XRHLyuK43-b_5D9cSDakRwJ4y7zt7vobHYIYfiRFMUqaks1SIUV_f5iaRUPgZLR0K2-BUAIVPQ9VpD57FVqhkNodowJMli5Y2HG44IGY4jfRl1voyM47lHd9UTtACgX3ec536vrpVgRglD1Iv8NdOrNYhlM9xkQgBtnzw/s320/Anonymous%20F22%20202%20turtle%20print.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3D printed turtles by a student</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was thinking of asking my current students to provide suggestions for some of the tips, because they know what was particularly useful or helpful for them this quarter, but when I asked, during critique, if they'd found the existing lists of troubleshooting tips helpful, I was greeted with silence. Apparently they hadn't ever looked at the troubleshooting tips pages.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9f4iUTv2D77ZJKZo0uakB7W-rJkGHG6OVnieqRNZzfWgDC-1hGX2BR_TvS6QzfQP-4bvTBPUBkwJ_4jPjmF_5F9Mb4IZznsfV8t1xgpvumw_UZcGLPnpBBK4W0TT_GrphehKEXDnzfHdzBwsb0Eqmo5YxHJaHcual9aIMHNXJMD2FLDDBJzT_ZPLZYw/s2203/AmyMatsonF22Printed%20Pot%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2203" data-original-width="1683" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9f4iUTv2D77ZJKZo0uakB7W-rJkGHG6OVnieqRNZzfWgDC-1hGX2BR_TvS6QzfQP-4bvTBPUBkwJ_4jPjmF_5F9Mb4IZznsfV8t1xgpvumw_UZcGLPnpBBK4W0TT_GrphehKEXDnzfHdzBwsb0Eqmo5YxHJaHcual9aIMHNXJMD2FLDDBJzT_ZPLZYw/s320/AmyMatsonF22Printed%20Pot%202.jpg" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3D printed vase by Amy Matson</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was honestly a bit stunned. I thought putting together so many online resources would be something all students would appreciate, not just online students. This quarter's class is hybrid, meaning that they're responsible for an hour of online class time, plus some online homework, but the question and (lack of) response the other day has me rethinking how they approach the online parts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdHMSZe0gSnvpkT77FlpNApPtVaOkt-NmfH0_sWBzVBM34MT3cbFzVuogg9n0mMdxfMu00WHkN7FyH0ty2qsI4A-F7dfkEciLtl4ZrJi7eo6gr4glFwiOd6ZV9g2gSiU9rUlZ7MmgroUGPklw7v8Z1HrrXJkJeN-EA481YlL6RCeFIQgGMiusMP36Kg/s2815/AmyMatsonF22SlabAssembledA.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2815" data-original-width="2465" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdHMSZe0gSnvpkT77FlpNApPtVaOkt-NmfH0_sWBzVBM34MT3cbFzVuogg9n0mMdxfMu00WHkN7FyH0ty2qsI4A-F7dfkEciLtl4ZrJi7eo6gr4glFwiOd6ZV9g2gSiU9rUlZ7MmgroUGPklw7v8Z1HrrXJkJeN-EA481YlL6RCeFIQgGMiusMP36Kg/s320/AmyMatsonF22SlabAssembledA.jpg" width="280" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nesting form, slab-built by Amy Matson</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am teaching the same clay classes in winter quarter this year, which means I get an instant redo on some of the format of the class. This fall I was making some substantial changes to the classes, especially the hand-building class, because last fall I had taught both clay classes with more online class time and less on-campus class time, as well as less studio access than usual. Last fall we were also trying to <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2020/03/teaching-pottery-online-with-social.html" target="_blank">socially distance.</a></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBK5zB2-9Cjjj6bEt-TJ5poJ8XalDfcua7EEP2_QTRaNPH9rk7Vp1R8LiMiLSk1-rn9xVrvza4T8hIZ7SUZ1l6430MST0ZOF_VaKWxy_F_dpQTou9-RG3mdtZki-5sJteMikKnpKc0KoQo9dBE26-dF4EFIRmMcX8xQOxE9nLRXo7oDRpJ0_EFZivE1Q/s4000/AmyMatsonF22SlabPieces.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2515" data-original-width="4000" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBK5zB2-9Cjjj6bEt-TJ5poJ8XalDfcua7EEP2_QTRaNPH9rk7Vp1R8LiMiLSk1-rn9xVrvza4T8hIZ7SUZ1l6430MST0ZOF_VaKWxy_F_dpQTou9-RG3mdtZki-5sJteMikKnpKc0KoQo9dBE26-dF4EFIRmMcX8xQOxE9nLRXo7oDRpJ0_EFZivE1Q/s320/AmyMatsonF22SlabPieces.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The many pieces of Amy Matson's nesting form, unstacked</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not insignificantly for me, last fall I was going through the distracting process of getting <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/12/my-world-is-strange-now-and-thisthi.html" target="_blank">diagnosed with breast cancer</a> and getting ready for treatment. Then I was on medical leave for winter and spring quarters (and summer) while I did <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/02/taxol-vs-ac-and-savi-scout-fail-at-scca.html" target="_blank">18 weeks</a> of <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/12/chemo-begins.html" target="_blank">chemo</a>, multiple <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/05/surgery-waiting-on-tumor-board.html" target="_blank">surgeries</a>, and 7 weeks of <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/07/first-week-of-radiation-plus-setback-in.html" target="_blank">radiation</a>. So returning this quarter <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/10/cancer-year-in-review-whats-next-for.html" target="_blank">felt like I was coming back after a long time</a>.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2X4QG4mpGUHDCGyp1MxmP2JOR95VEqwa1rmYchyoxQ_52nhecnCQugtH6nQ17AZ1jKoCsQjHIqqwKuiu7Kuls0sQhwk0oaigQdicOJAPKvjNmBC6Zuj_WxnANlol0pmzvH-2lhs3WL88BRnm8HOyGarqawwwYxtG0e6_pL6rpXK6oQ4SoRmBy_6RI4A/s4000/AmyMatsonF22Trick%20teapot%201%20(extruded).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2X4QG4mpGUHDCGyp1MxmP2JOR95VEqwa1rmYchyoxQ_52nhecnCQugtH6nQ17AZ1jKoCsQjHIqqwKuiu7Kuls0sQhwk0oaigQdicOJAPKvjNmBC6Zuj_WxnANlol0pmzvH-2lhs3WL88BRnm8HOyGarqawwwYxtG0e6_pL6rpXK6oQ4SoRmBy_6RI4A/s320/AmyMatsonF22Trick%20teapot%201%20(extruded).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Extruded trick teapot (based on <a href="https://hackaday.com/2021/12/20/the-assassins-teapot-is-a-mischevious-design/" target="_blank">the poisoner's teapot</a>) by Amy Matson</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For winter quarter, I actually have an additional clay class besides the two repeats (beginning hand-building and beginning wheel throwing). This fall I had 1 intermediate wheel student whose class was "stacked" on the begining throwing class, meaning their classes met at the time time. For winter quarter, 6 students are continuing into intermediate hand-building. I teach intermediate handbuilding stacked with begining hand-building, so that means nearly half that class will be intermediate group!</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwbC9iCXgnKUVyH_bC1WzHXJCi64KCNRD-d6-Hif17DKc4K5Il7OuMCC6hCezIcBZFE3b8Unbhp7qv1oyunBny3ThT856PDMTk-0ICOrwbg3BdpXbYUHGobf660QpZgIPsaD4z2BA1DljLSy6NJYzn1_aYzaR72WEyLCmJNSRQLLZPsiIFxb09J_pcCA/s4000/AmyMatsonF22Trick%20teapot%203%20(extruded).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwbC9iCXgnKUVyH_bC1WzHXJCi64KCNRD-d6-Hif17DKc4K5Il7OuMCC6hCezIcBZFE3b8Unbhp7qv1oyunBny3ThT856PDMTk-0ICOrwbg3BdpXbYUHGobf660QpZgIPsaD4z2BA1DljLSy6NJYzn1_aYzaR72WEyLCmJNSRQLLZPsiIFxb09J_pcCA/s320/AmyMatsonF22Trick%20teapot%203%20(extruded).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The teapot body and spout were both created out of two extrusions. They can hold two different liquids and the person pouring can control which one comes out. </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I am excited to have so many intermediate students, but it will take some thinking about how to organize the class, since I won't be able to have 4 groups of 3-4 beginners working with every tool. On the other hand, I will have 6 ringers in the studio, most of whom know how to use all the tools and techniques, and all of whom know how to work with clay.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CFbZ6HD2fbIcEFyo7cSOMt2iicdbmgAU2xZgzxqe70XXWD2i4OPP4I9Q4pDt1M461Ezb1_6aU6J9raikRu9GZkIG18L1QIz6z9KjGcjHXQ7SI1TjezAQs8wmYimWbG1XOAQEfGeznGhqstjWc0G0Giod-clZV24qH5AnuDSuzR3HeSnwyHVzADMwOg/s3123/AmyMatsonF229%20Lives%20(Print%20and%20Extrude)_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2692" data-original-width="3123" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CFbZ6HD2fbIcEFyo7cSOMt2iicdbmgAU2xZgzxqe70XXWD2i4OPP4I9Q4pDt1M461Ezb1_6aU6J9raikRu9GZkIG18L1QIz6z9KjGcjHXQ7SI1TjezAQs8wmYimWbG1XOAQEfGeznGhqstjWc0G0Giod-clZV24qH5AnuDSuzR3HeSnwyHVzADMwOg/s320/AmyMatsonF229%20Lives%20(Print%20and%20Extrude)_.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3D printed (cat faces), extruded (coyote bodies), and slab built (cat face shapes) wall-hanging with cats and coyotes by Amy Matson</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The absolutely fun and exciting thing about having intermediate students in a class is that they usually are students who work fairly hard, and their skills are, of course, more advanced. All of this means that beginners working alongside these students see hard work modeled, and get inspired by the work the intermediates are making. I'm looking forward to seeing how that turns out in winter.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkvs5Q0e6_MgN4qaP1GiPWV1Jv3jHMFBcp4tclj8gGMDHnxII_jW0H70WbMO54DtfHpkVbhpAu-XqesUlUtfJ2v8hRExefaJOFoNOSbIZYP9RVQRAr_u8StukHfwPZD0gBcMoQvbRbdeQl4qUNaf-C10w0IQfFcI4xKQTGu1avPenQanZzdeSm2C8iMA/s4000/CoilAAmyMatsonF22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2481" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkvs5Q0e6_MgN4qaP1GiPWV1Jv3jHMFBcp4tclj8gGMDHnxII_jW0H70WbMO54DtfHpkVbhpAu-XqesUlUtfJ2v8hRExefaJOFoNOSbIZYP9RVQRAr_u8StukHfwPZD0gBcMoQvbRbdeQl4qUNaf-C10w0IQfFcI4xKQTGu1avPenQanZzdeSm2C8iMA/s320/CoilAAmyMatsonF22.jpg" width="198" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">coil built form by Amy Matson</td></tr></tbody></table></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-49051256626393554232022-11-20T12:29:00.001-08:002022-11-20T12:29:26.203-08:00My Amazing Hand-builders (part 1)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi64BpeAspUxOnBV_acEPLQQIl_QDMmP20J1XEpwi1ZldR0xML91nCUyNscm2bt2VVFdy3CHcvGholoKaI2VC6NBpCNk9Z_IKEynzh64Zuj01YDXQExolKYs2_7fJZysbxVOkJ1rQjBr60FqgyAjg7q-N1qIKEqwYeYN8apRU5uWxPuvJ9HUg0awLc9w/s4032/arelliSanchezF22extrudeopen.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi64BpeAspUxOnBV_acEPLQQIl_QDMmP20J1XEpwi1ZldR0xML91nCUyNscm2bt2VVFdy3CHcvGholoKaI2VC6NBpCNk9Z_IKEynzh64Zuj01YDXQExolKYs2_7fJZysbxVOkJ1rQjBr60FqgyAjg7q-N1qIKEqwYeYN8apRU5uWxPuvJ9HUg0awLc9w/s320/arelliSanchezF22extrudeopen.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Extruded Project by Yarelli Sanchez (the chains in the middle are loose and the two bases can be positioned closer or farther from each other).<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;">I've got a pretty incredible group of potters and <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/11/student-portraits-works-in-progress.html" target="_blank">hand-builders </a>this quarter. All three of my classes are producing really interesting work, especially at the end of the quarter. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKneDkplmlz4ekGNRQWLc3z-Aiw_-uZRRTFnr1HE5ISAm8_3t6M9CY1ghKVcu7-n_lVr8Bu8SAcufqRseakVooveWcf6-YJj7S9pGfOZY2HBmi0ziMx7rkADb3OTqktSaQDoc_rTvCHfMam5ZNMznVRyQ6JfoA0DLoub4s_ylrlbPjFyjdyleUnY_edg/s4032/ThaiSeerobot2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKneDkplmlz4ekGNRQWLc3z-Aiw_-uZRRTFnr1HE5ISAm8_3t6M9CY1ghKVcu7-n_lVr8Bu8SAcufqRseakVooveWcf6-YJj7S9pGfOZY2HBmi0ziMx7rkADb3OTqktSaQDoc_rTvCHfMam5ZNMznVRyQ6JfoA0DLoub4s_ylrlbPjFyjdyleUnY_edg/s320/ThaiSeerobot2.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thai See's extruded Robot </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I like to challenge my students and we start right away building and throwing on the first days of class and I expect them to be making stuff to keep by the end of the first week. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvpfXMkf16AkDb9-ycDStw5b_mkJy7KSA5UrK5u84B2FGBp-tuMHYFI4lg7eoVdl-sYmwfLn8KEi6LzSeiEwniIhQOfkSqbKvJ5pLyAjBGruHsoUFAL21fJ_ig3TII6Zv_qUfoeZvE2dFZRLYJ1kcSKJB_X_1BwDRTwbIxzZqYy09cAM6uwyG55pasw/s4032/ThaiSeerobot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvpfXMkf16AkDb9-ycDStw5b_mkJy7KSA5UrK5u84B2FGBp-tuMHYFI4lg7eoVdl-sYmwfLn8KEi6LzSeiEwniIhQOfkSqbKvJ5pLyAjBGruHsoUFAL21fJ_ig3TII6Zv_qUfoeZvE2dFZRLYJ1kcSKJB_X_1BwDRTwbIxzZqYy09cAM6uwyG55pasw/s320/ThaiSeerobot.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Follow Thai on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thaiidraws/" target="_blank">@Thaiidraws</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Both the wheel throwing and hand-building classes are designed to use class time and non-class time in the most effient way. In both classes this means <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2018/01/videos-for-flipped-hand-building-classes.html" target="_blank">demonstrations are mostly available online</a> so that students can use class time to practice. My school won't allow me to give students weekend or late evening access to the studio, so I try to make use of class time to build and move lectures and demos online.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMZ0fEg6vZDiS_cfZOisWKxCqOMN0TNJofqFIaaJ1iP8OXdBFGTt80nSwyfr4Y4zLyt7YsTlP_2KNWDWEI3RsowKcboaDiZ-CKG76dGAbJU3zwwH4iXqM3_FmtAE85SFLar9TNTbxP26WJof7xez9ZxAz6O-B4Q92hA29IEnUpEEDonV8ECTEl1CVmg/s4032/ThaiSeerobotback.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMZ0fEg6vZDiS_cfZOisWKxCqOMN0TNJofqFIaaJ1iP8OXdBFGTt80nSwyfr4Y4zLyt7YsTlP_2KNWDWEI3RsowKcboaDiZ-CKG76dGAbJU3zwwH4iXqM3_FmtAE85SFLar9TNTbxP26WJof7xez9ZxAz6O-B4Q92hA29IEnUpEEDonV8ECTEl1CVmg/s320/ThaiSeerobotback.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thai extruded hollow square pieces for the legs and body and hollow tubes for the arms. She did a lot of altering the extrusions to achieve the size change in the legs</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">In the hand-building class, I also have made adjustments to best manage student access to tools and equipment. I like to introduce students to the <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/07/online-clay-students-slab-projects.html" target="_blank">slab roller</a>, extruder, and <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2018/03/student-projects-using-3d-printer.html" target="_blank">3D clay printer</a> in class, but I can't have 12-16 students using the slab roller, extruder, or <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/search/label/3D%20Clay%20Printer" target="_blank">3D printer</a> all at once, so I divide them into groups that work with these technique simultaneously. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi25I04X4aI-3HGqvo74BGNg87Ml1Gtu6WIwb9_FTVg4nxPStCYvqCbcqJ2UVyfCiPpa4FVqNwftlpCu55Vdp3BvkWfm-IOqe2TstjvkU-VPamxxxp95ZZfgliVFREQspiz-UOg3nGRWGUaKtVv9VG-s5vT6VDj8LdaHKkIyoxuJdwFJPuFPorBP9dTVA/s320/AmandaGoodrichwaveF22.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi25I04X4aI-3HGqvo74BGNg87Ml1Gtu6WIwb9_FTVg4nxPStCYvqCbcqJ2UVyfCiPpa4FVqNwftlpCu55Vdp3BvkWfm-IOqe2TstjvkU-VPamxxxp95ZZfgliVFREQspiz-UOg3nGRWGUaKtVv9VG-s5vT6VDj8LdaHKkIyoxuJdwFJPuFPorBP9dTVA/s1600/AmandaGoodrichwaveF22.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amanda Goodrich's extruded surfer</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Three to four students start the quarter with the printer, while others use the extruder. Halfway through the build time for the first project, these students swap tools, but are still allowed to continue building on the first project. Meanwhile the other half of the class is working with <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/06/time-lapse-coil-building-video-series.html" target="_blank">coils</a> and slabs (and swapping halfway through).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqsX0NLGwQ6xqSoAauKnEObkDu7pIjRE8rsE-y2rc1IFGx0_OET8TT8JVLtgrhRDN2fJwZyGv2YpDTThr_KvjpBDb8aix2kRMzjCjwJjrJv9OQB2uBZ2uyomVf-OoRvcuoN4-YE-OrCNqkAZ1KxJlBi3vnR71CUQTPqLjdprwBXfqOjTF69CZdQzp6w/s320/AmandaGoodrichF22wavside.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqsX0NLGwQ6xqSoAauKnEObkDu7pIjRE8rsE-y2rc1IFGx0_OET8TT8JVLtgrhRDN2fJwZyGv2YpDTThr_KvjpBDb8aix2kRMzjCjwJjrJv9OQB2uBZ2uyomVf-OoRvcuoN4-YE-OrCNqkAZ1KxJlBi3vnR71CUQTPqLjdprwBXfqOjTF69CZdQzp6w/s1600/AmandaGoodrichF22wavside.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wave consists of several extruded pieces attached together and curved</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This structure makes for a super exciting class for me and lots going on for the students. It also means that by mid-way through the first project, students can help each other with the new tool. Those on the printer first have learned that tool enough to help student who start on it second. Those coil building second can see what the first coil-builders did before they begin their projects.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zGGhpE6jvmgWI0EB6P8AOp2vAekbib6MI4usB9HwomO_QsGgU3tzD61cGcAUC03r2qoQ-DP0yKGQEtwoWxAtQq0DoWnjsfKDuph81u-KA2zmLBhRPiB2ewovL4hkW4trPxOaru_CbnhSQQvSpVOR_bg_ld8sUccqwIpFV7hX6m3hLCbTzDyyZtFBmw/s320/AmandaGoodrichF22castleprint.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zGGhpE6jvmgWI0EB6P8AOp2vAekbib6MI4usB9HwomO_QsGgU3tzD61cGcAUC03r2qoQ-DP0yKGQEtwoWxAtQq0DoWnjsfKDuph81u-KA2zmLBhRPiB2ewovL4hkW4trPxOaru_CbnhSQQvSpVOR_bg_ld8sUccqwIpFV7hX6m3hLCbTzDyyZtFBmw/s1600/AmandaGoodrichF22castleprint.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amanda Goodrich's printed castle, made of 3-5 separate printed parts, altered and attached together</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At the first critique, the class has four distinct projects and techniques to discuss. Each person has tried two and has two to look forward to later in the class. They can also give each other advice before they start these other techniques. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPyk4Elz_SY8w8tsQdhc1iXNFEtJduX38YU-qW5RAwO6TPZzmEMAkApTz-_ZRIcbEGctKJuFdsvFPYq2pJb81SkXbCI7oCYa-z7kuJX_id0Gf8Xqh77iXr-64nWrJpw3RAzyQHVyZ-Kxzl6yGMh_UcBEg0w3d0BIF0A5QynnRapJ7agikuvv2Nq0DyAA/s4032/ThaiSeeprinthandslugup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPyk4Elz_SY8w8tsQdhc1iXNFEtJduX38YU-qW5RAwO6TPZzmEMAkApTz-_ZRIcbEGctKJuFdsvFPYq2pJb81SkXbCI7oCYa-z7kuJX_id0Gf8Xqh77iXr-64nWrJpw3RAzyQHVyZ-Kxzl6yGMh_UcBEg0w3d0BIF0A5QynnRapJ7agikuvv2Nq0DyAA/s320/ThaiSeeprinthandslugup.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thai See's printed and altered hand</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By the time we switch techniques, students have seen and heard a lot. This quarter, especially, I noticed that the students seemed energized and ambitious when they started their last projects. I noticed this energy and excitement in the wheel throwing classes, too, so maybe there was something in the air this time around.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwX3f_8h1-bqILRYEh1rbE2iys3yL2hY3lHQsWFsO5RIl83nO-IjKNXbjqKQejcqTHKuHia_gPt71HZ_XmmiWvLZmyKHJcjuHc5TAZ_V20A7A-7mRnCh_al4rkyoBhX1IvEMKo-fkVMYcB9jGOfHyJa6GTkIriHocnM1MJVcsgacHNjYGNiHLTcu34w/s4032/ThaiSeeprinthandslug.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwX3f_8h1-bqILRYEh1rbE2iys3yL2hY3lHQsWFsO5RIl83nO-IjKNXbjqKQejcqTHKuHia_gPt71HZ_XmmiWvLZmyKHJcjuHc5TAZ_V20A7A-7mRnCh_al4rkyoBhX1IvEMKo-fkVMYcB9jGOfHyJa6GTkIriHocnM1MJVcsgacHNjYGNiHLTcu34w/s320/ThaiSeeprinthandslug.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thai designed the hand in blender, printed it solid, then hollowed it and added the texture and wrinkles. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ok, honestly, I do think that there was something in the air. I believe in a kind of magic that can happen in a studio when enough students are excited about what they are doing. This quarter has that magic happening and it is just so exciting to come along with the students as they make so much exciting and interesting and challenging work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDFceO9AcHw014WxIsxaVXgiSaVEHNc7ieGySP_mr_XBechbbdYTYM8ufSi0W5oIPHa9s8TWFUyLk2qZFIeEJxh5ClLesk5ojTBbHw7I4RQ5dFvH3krc-hj9Bxb_8TGUcXAOAhbNJMIGBQiQw3WAspDo0jF0vG_UezV_vA9x0pGyDuxuFvVbJeKUXdYA/s4032/CoilProjectJuliaSFall22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDFceO9AcHw014WxIsxaVXgiSaVEHNc7ieGySP_mr_XBechbbdYTYM8ufSi0W5oIPHa9s8TWFUyLk2qZFIeEJxh5ClLesk5ojTBbHw7I4RQ5dFvH3krc-hj9Bxb_8TGUcXAOAhbNJMIGBQiQw3WAspDo0jF0vG_UezV_vA9x0pGyDuxuFvVbJeKUXdYA/s320/CoilProjectJuliaSFall22.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia Snow's coil built form. Julia experienced a tragedy after she had built this form, the day of the critique it had gotten too wet and crashed down, but she was able to rebuild it in a slightly revised form.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The projects I am sharing in this post come from the first project of the quarter, though they don't represent everything from that first project. I simply had too many pieces to share in one post (and I know how long it takes me to write a post and I just wanted to get something published fairly soon), so I selected, at random, half the projects I had ready to share and put half of them here and half in another post (coming soon).</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_FjqoDfEOQcYJh7iKaN32ByU94Vw6wADOeYseO02Ux_YoAlXTeC9zjyRvvYT-8KvglVAdjIojet4jVqGcnfGs0TTK-uEyedM5TPfTJiAknemS2S94CrH1XW1-hlnXGJ1T02eNnBfg_r3S6uNk_HzJN7P9EPazsAHmYMMTX9SyXFuAj6BJtD-I6vFpw/s4032/SlabProjectJuliaSFall22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_FjqoDfEOQcYJh7iKaN32ByU94Vw6wADOeYseO02Ux_YoAlXTeC9zjyRvvYT-8KvglVAdjIojet4jVqGcnfGs0TTK-uEyedM5TPfTJiAknemS2S94CrH1XW1-hlnXGJ1T02eNnBfg_r3S6uNk_HzJN7P9EPazsAHmYMMTX9SyXFuAj6BJtD-I6vFpw/s320/SlabProjectJuliaSFall22.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia Snow's slab box. The form here is deceptive in its complication. She made this with 7 sides of different sizes.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The really exciting thing is that these aren't even half the items made in the first project (I didn't get pictures of everything) and there's still another half of the projects that will be critiqued (with pictures submitted) tomorrow! The stuff getting ready for critique tomorrow is generally larger and more ambitious than the stuff they did the first time around--and that's no shade on the first project!</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cFn1mmZJppfi6xvCW7bieJ7CP6tQCxC5ZSeG3e-Ha69jrf5UUC6m8xRzvFLJzfUzS3MLZMu1EcosIHQotlcEC9Hnyg3fEzCS58FplTfOgF18c3Z3UVj1OZCt0DjxZOX744o_hfQsDcvOb0a5sbn2QSAIPFGNI8gU2i6ZR6mRxTaDzqNLDKoOp3TxxA/s4032/DerekArneecherslab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cFn1mmZJppfi6xvCW7bieJ7CP6tQCxC5ZSeG3e-Ha69jrf5UUC6m8xRzvFLJzfUzS3MLZMu1EcosIHQotlcEC9Hnyg3fEzCS58FplTfOgF18c3Z3UVj1OZCt0DjxZOX744o_hfQsDcvOb0a5sbn2QSAIPFGNI8gU2i6ZR6mRxTaDzqNLDKoOp3TxxA/s320/DerekArneecherslab.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Derek Arneecher's slab piece, the central part is a kind of lid that comes off the base</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Very sadly, we lost one project that a student had worked on for weeks. It was fumbled on its way into the kiln and absolutely shattered. The student did nothing wrong, and the person loading the kiln felt terrible, but that's one of the risks of working with clay, unfortunately. I had a conversation with the student after it happened about how I'd grade based on what she'd created, not what survived, but sadly she hadn't gotten a photo yet.</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMp7OiLpekgyElL3QQ7LyVSSOlpMlZK6w-Ti1jvqy0ZSrpUX7vXvos4JsiOLZzFs8DKcje1yCgJLDR7s0EFiJn0S2fie68pAHyt905eVB0gTG5L4bnQ9hDK1v4VFROhmYFtNuzhcEnpJEQaHzzAmvSYKgK1OopWI29CDXzl7_huFxoLpX0yqx5-ptuA/s3066/ThunderMoralesF22coilsdie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3066" data-original-width="1819" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMp7OiLpekgyElL3QQ7LyVSSOlpMlZK6w-Ti1jvqy0ZSrpUX7vXvos4JsiOLZzFs8DKcje1yCgJLDR7s0EFiJn0S2fie68pAHyt905eVB0gTG5L4bnQ9hDK1v4VFROhmYFtNuzhcEnpJEQaHzzAmvSYKgK1OopWI29CDXzl7_huFxoLpX0yqx5-ptuA/s320/ThunderMoralesF22coilsdie.jpg" width="190" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thunder Morales' coil form, inspired by an octopus</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The work represented in this post includes pieces for the slab-built project, the extruder project, the coil project, and the 3D printer project. The slab pieces had to have a lid or a stacking mechanism and couldn't be a simple cylinder or box. The </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPXQHLHpG_gZ1RF5AGqWixVK_h_PNb5Das5MT_EAW5ekD_RhJIbxwmfFu3VVYUhYnYz3X86IcSKiKeRzX9zbXmtV8Gw8P1VDncPLrBvQMj_mBfwKYBPR6IBgZFQrd4vvpDpMi6U1_JKhAUP2DfIYkmgD9WwJEbKtr6HpY9t-9vRRQtidoIwebSZMBaA/s4032/YarelliSanchezF22extrude.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPXQHLHpG_gZ1RF5AGqWixVK_h_PNb5Das5MT_EAW5ekD_RhJIbxwmfFu3VVYUhYnYz3X86IcSKiKeRzX9zbXmtV8Gw8P1VDncPLrBvQMj_mBfwKYBPR6IBgZFQrd4vvpDpMi6U1_JKhAUP2DfIYkmgD9WwJEbKtr6HpY9t-9vRRQtidoIwebSZMBaA/s320/YarelliSanchezF22extrude.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a slightly diffrerent arrangement of Yarelli Sanchez's extruded form from the start</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>The extruder project needed to use at least 10 extruded pieces and at least 5 hollow extrusions, but students could make any other decisions about form or decoration.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFwcetbwifwknjzEJqqNbitjU9FtdVgLeqnH30Tt3lfMbmUHcx4W2L9ja6Fi5Ugw3_3FoT0ONs_VNoo8qfkkdZiRuxEVQIVrCGMgL11XRUVfiyXG8GMTroc07CCu6cGdmzP5w1Z1IEW3OCga9kFDpd2rZTmUu_orPNP10mP_Ep1yL5IoR7lE-9jDqyQ/s4032/YarelliSanchezF22printchickenside.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFwcetbwifwknjzEJqqNbitjU9FtdVgLeqnH30Tt3lfMbmUHcx4W2L9ja6Fi5Ugw3_3FoT0ONs_VNoo8qfkkdZiRuxEVQIVrCGMgL11XRUVfiyXG8GMTroc07CCu6cGdmzP5w1Z1IEW3OCga9kFDpd2rZTmUu_orPNP10mP_Ep1yL5IoR7lE-9jDqyQ/s320/YarelliSanchezF22printchickenside.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yarelli Sanchez's printed chicken pitcher</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The 3D printer project had some options. Students could design a complicated form in TinkerCAD or Blender or a similar program and print that, or they could print a bunch of simple forms and attach them together to make a new form.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRI7wrOfjI5AksS0CSxcPE_ybTzMH904TsZgTqOQ_t958DKyay-EPwgXkcoLBy_l0-_7sHBPG0-5PywTW2vOqwZA5_biCiKj8YCd6VLcaGR_M8gw4jy-DpUsWoqQMjFlJi6-ddJz2k-7Ll0_DsRXd904Y0SnIR_fDYjGDKPtmTvQeDR7wYp4Vd2VXtDA/s4032/YarelliSanchezF22printchickenfront.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRI7wrOfjI5AksS0CSxcPE_ybTzMH904TsZgTqOQ_t958DKyay-EPwgXkcoLBy_l0-_7sHBPG0-5PywTW2vOqwZA5_biCiKj8YCd6VLcaGR_M8gw4jy-DpUsWoqQMjFlJi6-ddJz2k-7Ll0_DsRXd904Y0SnIR_fDYjGDKPtmTvQeDR7wYp4Vd2VXtDA/s320/YarelliSanchezF22printchickenfront.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yarelli used 9 separate printed parts to craft this huge pitcher</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The coil project needed to be asymmetrical and could have smooth or visible coils. It also needed to be at least 10" high. All of the projects needed to be well crafted with visually interesting forms and surfaces.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQNaX1e027W2dLj6n7EzSjqLQI7wCBJDP-okLT6qd57XYXe-8Gr9aRG2K_O7W7kgdL3ZgzFW_zioWrBbTsL1dPZLCYdO-tSGvZfFOvxcpSwNN3o474jt3tnGNsOk7vZ8eNxyrW0Ok4XVXKITAflpUtScIt0NxEUGVax5D95aiQB71vk0gQ28Dv5KHEg/s4032/YarelliSanchezF22printchickenback.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQNaX1e027W2dLj6n7EzSjqLQI7wCBJDP-okLT6qd57XYXe-8Gr9aRG2K_O7W7kgdL3ZgzFW_zioWrBbTsL1dPZLCYdO-tSGvZfFOvxcpSwNN3o474jt3tnGNsOk7vZ8eNxyrW0Ok4XVXKITAflpUtScIt0NxEUGVax5D95aiQB71vk0gQ28Dv5KHEg/s320/YarelliSanchezF22printchickenback.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was a tricky form to plan and print because of it's size and small base</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-78558733030036996242022-11-01T19:45:00.005-07:002022-11-01T19:45:57.997-07:00Student Portraits, Works in Progress, Fall 2022<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpEfLvT3QLHVWFwHinxPeyhfeo6pKeE0qELuKdyZWWwGtwk688Zsa_6RqvkMDodlsrU2MRsBVh7tYxx60qRaunQAA0zlotcSdr_xaCvqK62MVqI3fJZ2TZ30qPsSUvB0QnPMnnq05WOS-ng4PnaMFCM0nMo7UWvZeKLiDT8SN09Nv7-YZLFppMDjijQ/s3705/658CE5AC-5C30-4A02-827B-112D3543B2E0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3705" data-original-width="2563" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpEfLvT3QLHVWFwHinxPeyhfeo6pKeE0qELuKdyZWWwGtwk688Zsa_6RqvkMDodlsrU2MRsBVh7tYxx60qRaunQAA0zlotcSdr_xaCvqK62MVqI3fJZ2TZ30qPsSUvB0QnPMnnq05WOS-ng4PnaMFCM0nMo7UWvZeKLiDT8SN09Nv7-YZLFppMDjijQ/s320/658CE5AC-5C30-4A02-827B-112D3543B2E0.jpeg" width="221" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Solid Scream sculpture, with the thin parts covered while the thick parts are left to dry out before hollowing</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This quarter I'm teaching hand-building, something I taught <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/01/teaching-studios-online-design-clay-and.html" target="_blank">throughout the pandemic </a>and <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/11/hand-builing-student-portraits.html" target="_blank">again last fall</a> before <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/10/cancer-year-in-review-whats-next-for.html" target="_blank">my medical leave</a>. This is the first time since <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2020/02/hand-built-student-work-portraits-part-1.html" target="_blank">Winter 2020</a> that I've been able to teach this class with as much <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/11/solid-sculpture-in-progress-fall-2020.html" target="_blank">hands-on and interactive elements</a> as I like. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH37HCvqNb4EdyNvlSxaspcZj1SDFguHhg5lOAzAaSLgDiCl-4Kanur9S3pIldKOU_GRDP7ML9mmM9uumqrNqqiZnoUYnfXRQqB4PvlD0k3e-IK-zZS_s7T4AEDIHZW3WQcYMbhronc2-dDjV1rHz-mcVCVxfoDb-R7iuiOnU7gvYo9mAsgLhtMifVNA/s1830/202F22AmandaGoodrichScream%20front.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1830" data-original-width="1582" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH37HCvqNb4EdyNvlSxaspcZj1SDFguHhg5lOAzAaSLgDiCl-4Kanur9S3pIldKOU_GRDP7ML9mmM9uumqrNqqiZnoUYnfXRQqB4PvlD0k3e-IK-zZS_s7T4AEDIHZW3WQcYMbhronc2-dDjV1rHz-mcVCVxfoDb-R7iuiOnU7gvYo9mAsgLhtMifVNA/s320/202F22AmandaGoodrichScream%20front.png" width="277" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scream, by Amanda Goodrich, after hollowing</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I feel a bit funny saying this, since this class <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/07/online-clay-students-slab-projects.html" target="_blank">translated suprisingly </a>well <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/03/getting-ready-for-online-clay-in-spring.html" target="_blank">to an online format</a> and the online format forced me and the students to make some interesting changes that resulted in <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/08/online-clay-students-carving-from-solid.html" target="_blank">some projects I'd never done before. </a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoaWPOEDyn9tpcWldWFChaKYBGAuyCKB-G1eyCw1vJqYjwpJqeQIQvvpSRpozxDqOF65V0KrSGDZKl-7hqnayfqBoiSbjDmwHD8VxTSVauIr1WwO3ZqOeE9LJp8s7EHJ8MyU-cap_B6uTS5qVqEiWUWTknY8WA7MYT_dw_OuekNqxB3r4mxZrXfWuo3w/s2098/202F22AmandaGoodrichScream%20side.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2098" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoaWPOEDyn9tpcWldWFChaKYBGAuyCKB-G1eyCw1vJqYjwpJqeQIQvvpSRpozxDqOF65V0KrSGDZKl-7hqnayfqBoiSbjDmwHD8VxTSVauIr1WwO3ZqOeE9LJp8s7EHJ8MyU-cap_B6uTS5qVqEiWUWTknY8WA7MYT_dw_OuekNqxB3r4mxZrXfWuo3w/s320/202F22AmandaGoodrichScream%20side.png" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amanda did a nice job of capturing the sense of weight in the cloak</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But while they were online, we weren't able to work at the <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2019/03/solid-built-portraits-snow-days.html" target="_blank">scale of this portrait project</a>. Even last fall, though we did this project, we had fewer on-campus days and we were awkwardly <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2020/03/teaching-pottery-online-with-social.html" target="_blank">trying to maintain social distancing</a>. This quarter, with those restrictions lifted, the class has felt pretty much <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2018/01/student-solid-portraits.html" target="_blank">back to normal</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiHXf4Z8-u9XeBKuY50McSdQ5MkfbNOhPFMqAl1iCRsiHtBFjIT5kWqsvgbvHCxM1moHS6Z1Va9MtKixSe6RDer0lO7AhMo_HOJg12N1OuVtTAAO8T3QPBgJ3BFySLzD2iX_Yvn_k2i8b6GIIo7trGvSHJSPECx3cHKGv5dS1OIdZiAiZpBB9HoV7LQ/s3150/4CE74EDD-C5E2-4721-97E9-5677B2D9CAE4.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3150" data-original-width="2549" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiHXf4Z8-u9XeBKuY50McSdQ5MkfbNOhPFMqAl1iCRsiHtBFjIT5kWqsvgbvHCxM1moHS6Z1Va9MtKixSe6RDer0lO7AhMo_HOJg12N1OuVtTAAO8T3QPBgJ3BFySLzD2iX_Yvn_k2i8b6GIIo7trGvSHJSPECx3cHKGv5dS1OIdZiAiZpBB9HoV7LQ/s320/4CE74EDD-C5E2-4721-97E9-5677B2D9CAE4.jpeg" width="259" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After building the solid sculptures, we let the surface dry, then cut the pieces apart in order to remove the armature and remove the excess clay</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This quarter has also felt like it absolutely flew by. Maybe it always feels like that, and maybe time is always relative, but it feels like I just blinked and we're already at week 7! On the other hand, I counted the other day and was surprised to realize that it has been less than 3 weeks since I started my hormone therapy to try to keep the cancer from returning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXP8MPYm-8vtFPgqDK0AdBgGK6HoNYmXwJfbth1tMbvp8rsXHeygxpgrbsFchdgRr9PDO_WFyG5zwHTyq1lqY6MvtJDqXGEL3RF754-D--yggzNXTs5sluRfGRbfPKHB4SuFlxLkVesV2I0mSW0rQ833f9Vg1-m7wcu-PLJlmIQqcbqaUomD9p0kOdA/s1828/202F22ThaiSeePortrait%20front.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1828" data-original-width="1608" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXP8MPYm-8vtFPgqDK0AdBgGK6HoNYmXwJfbth1tMbvp8rsXHeygxpgrbsFchdgRr9PDO_WFyG5zwHTyq1lqY6MvtJDqXGEL3RF754-D--yggzNXTs5sluRfGRbfPKHB4SuFlxLkVesV2I0mSW0rQ833f9Vg1-m7wcu-PLJlmIQqcbqaUomD9p0kOdA/s320/202F22ThaiSeePortrait%20front.png" width="281" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kate Winslet as Clementine (from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thaiidraws/" target="_blank">Thai See</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This quarter's classes are larger than the ones I had last fall. Though they aren't full, there are enough students to make the studio space fun and energizing. It helps quite a lot, actually, that most students are working hard. I have always observed that a solid group of students working hard in the studio, coming to class regularly, and working in the studio outside of class has a positive impact on everyone in the class.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc5HzTSAeFoHvMoBllV4klS9QjqCz8SKamu7R73EayGf_asWhKvfZq-zAtXBOIXbwOpiroerbPnM4fZDsekJnnScCtpsrPapVAGvT4bAfrHQzlaf8P7xGmO1oPLJ5aFQXuLWQtk0PVJUPlhzGV3mtFFRWhSlAknqBLZNQxhkNobPcZeTWRzZkWvabqCg/s2160/202F22ThaiSeePortrait%20side.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="2016" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc5HzTSAeFoHvMoBllV4klS9QjqCz8SKamu7R73EayGf_asWhKvfZq-zAtXBOIXbwOpiroerbPnM4fZDsekJnnScCtpsrPapVAGvT4bAfrHQzlaf8P7xGmO1oPLJ5aFQXuLWQtk0PVJUPlhzGV3mtFFRWhSlAknqBLZNQxhkNobPcZeTWRzZkWvabqCg/s320/202F22ThaiSeePortrait%20side.png" width="299" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thai really managed to capture the hair texture as well as the nearly-crying expression</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Students feed of each other's energy to create a studio atmosphere unique to each class or quarter. When they come in to the studio outside of class and other people are there, or when they can arrange to come in a the same time as their classmates, it makes it easier and more pleasant to stay and work for longer periods of time. When they can work at the same time as classmates, they compare notes, borrow from each other, and help each other along in their work. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXTmzP0pcF9K5rvKhP3XIKWdOL0CziM9n2smNe30DOmSrbefwcGK2YpoiOETUVqiSSMoFLnxDAbF_WRpLnjrwR-6E2p5wSXa4FJiMnC0wnoBpmS_eNdIkdLqIGmZP-fWubyibxYhY7DWdY3PupkbJ8K-RdhFLIU-FsKhk_kKZ09eKOfmpHuaLMTTGgg/s3956/71495EEE-6222-422D-AC6D-B39D8359ADB4.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1967" data-original-width="3956" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXTmzP0pcF9K5rvKhP3XIKWdOL0CziM9n2smNe30DOmSrbefwcGK2YpoiOETUVqiSSMoFLnxDAbF_WRpLnjrwR-6E2p5wSXa4FJiMnC0wnoBpmS_eNdIkdLqIGmZP-fWubyibxYhY7DWdY3PupkbJ8K-RdhFLIU-FsKhk_kKZ09eKOfmpHuaLMTTGgg/w400-h199/71495EEE-6222-422D-AC6D-B39D8359ADB4.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charlie and Clementine during their hollowing out phase</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is the organic process that makes a shared studio so great, and I try to replicate in a critique when I ask students to give each other helpful feedback and suggestions. Usually, in a shared studio where folks are already talking during and between classes, a more formal critique works well because students feel more comfortable discussing their work and giving suggestions, not just compliments to classmates.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiEkIQGy7c1PcDUWGY79ASQXXwv_rKX0t5_AgilTAYhZAltRl1zYTeZ9aSVu_fZPjYJ_rV8-_XJXfY4YQHxArSBxvhpr6KgbCZFN-GQ5P-rB2YEzBpa57lhpJfY14S5ud-B4rrsvyLhFSXJ1Nb-c84wypGVfVre8oCgltgHGe9sUxT8j5DeHKBrx9QDQ/s1896/202F22AmyMatsonportrait%20front.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1896" data-original-width="1628" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiEkIQGy7c1PcDUWGY79ASQXXwv_rKX0t5_AgilTAYhZAltRl1zYTeZ9aSVu_fZPjYJ_rV8-_XJXfY4YQHxArSBxvhpr6KgbCZFN-GQ5P-rB2YEzBpa57lhpJfY14S5ud-B4rrsvyLhFSXJ1Nb-c84wypGVfVre8oCgltgHGe9sUxT8j5DeHKBrx9QDQ/s320/202F22AmyMatsonportrait%20front.png" width="275" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charlie from Heartstopper by Amy Matson</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In a studio where folks don't really know each other or don't feel comfortable, it seems like the critique ends up being more awkward and more focused on compliments than on suggestions for improvement or sharing ideas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSO31Dol5nFDDRm0hX4Te2c9UpmwJqlzD-iDWAfvPzPbppMHiYdLY4AHNtQLrRg7WoAjFtiJIgoPvkfBlsQ3Y3RpaMD0WRQIw3VviOsZFOVf6VeNPdqmH8wIqWrLwhC-_hrpDtu0ao9JndgJA35sDDGvMkXse2HQsLjcPP3T88YkxBPzwzvLC2FR6Cg/s2028/202F22AmyMatsonportraitside.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2028" data-original-width="1636" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSO31Dol5nFDDRm0hX4Te2c9UpmwJqlzD-iDWAfvPzPbppMHiYdLY4AHNtQLrRg7WoAjFtiJIgoPvkfBlsQ3Y3RpaMD0WRQIw3VviOsZFOVf6VeNPdqmH8wIqWrLwhC-_hrpDtu0ao9JndgJA35sDDGvMkXse2HQsLjcPP3T88YkxBPzwzvLC2FR6Cg/s320/202F22AmyMatsonportraitside.png" width="258" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amy managed to capture the facial features as well as the hair texture and added leaf imprints to the shoulders to reference the imagery in the story</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Trying to replicate the sharing and support of a shared studio in an online class is tough because students don't know each other as well and because they aren't really together. It's harder to make a connection via typing comments and sometimes waiting hours or days for a response.</div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioBid6oF0Drytm0wS89zZjD-pUOaVTt-RwUBO_f4AGswFlTzeQjdDV6Aq9NOj2cvdTtkIgZs_0O8UGK-9emPXe14usMQzm3pasHdoY1fesGurjyXP56ferWgsp6lstcfgN6AIXGkTTnAMCAnLsa8GTPTQD3KGDckoqzQCQu_E0dl0ytbEgsU7VlIM80g/s2048/73F6F8D6-163F-4E82-8BEB-BA5BA34731FF.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioBid6oF0Drytm0wS89zZjD-pUOaVTt-RwUBO_f4AGswFlTzeQjdDV6Aq9NOj2cvdTtkIgZs_0O8UGK-9emPXe14usMQzm3pasHdoY1fesGurjyXP56ferWgsp6lstcfgN6AIXGkTTnAMCAnLsa8GTPTQD3KGDckoqzQCQu_E0dl0ytbEgsU7VlIM80g/s320/73F6F8D6-163F-4E82-8BEB-BA5BA34731FF.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The plastic in the middle is covering the armature that most students used to hold up their heads during sculpting</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last fall, because of the social distancing requirements and the more limited class time, I chose to keep the critiques online and I really, really missed critique time in both classes. This fall I immediately made the adjustment to come back to in person critiques. I also took back the extra on-campus class time that had been shifted online. We also no longer have to maintain social distancing, though <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2015/08/new-clay-studio-tour-mostly-moved-in.html" target="_blank">the studio is spacious enough</a> that we can keep that distance much of the time.</div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQi6zBO26bvvV1aU9POwitJNEEUj7hZ9se4DzJpeQK9bPqFEtvL79c81EuIRuzJ2ha6T6cJYK4iWgkzzWEM7ofRPXECqn_-RIxPxEc5aqVurqj4ZFQBusgH0MwKPwgLR45owMiXAIrIMaShGkjs3lrHqeCltxbxuw4dxECADKsftaRCecIxekezGSyw/s2926/202F22CarlosCarciaAlcantarPortrait%20front.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2192" data-original-width="2926" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQi6zBO26bvvV1aU9POwitJNEEUj7hZ9se4DzJpeQK9bPqFEtvL79c81EuIRuzJ2ha6T6cJYK4iWgkzzWEM7ofRPXECqn_-RIxPxEc5aqVurqj4ZFQBusgH0MwKPwgLR45owMiXAIrIMaShGkjs3lrHqeCltxbxuw4dxECADKsftaRCecIxekezGSyw/s320/202F22CarlosCarciaAlcantarPortrait%20front.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nien Nunb from Star Wars by Carlos Garcia Alcantar</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This quarter, in the hand-building class, I returned to the structure I'd had before the pandemic. They start the class divided into four groups, each of which starts with a particular tool or <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2018/01/videos-for-flipped-hand-building-classes.html" target="_blank">technique</a>: <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/06/time-lapse-coil-building-video-series.html" target="_blank">coils</a>, <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/07/online-clay-students-slab-projects.html" target="_blank">slabs</a>, the <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2011/11/music-in-clay-studio.html" target="_blank">extruder</a>, or <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2018/03/student-projects-using-3d-printer.html" target="_blank">3D Printer</a>. A week or so into the quarter they switch to a new technique. In the middle of the quarter everyone comes together and builds an expressive portrait, then they return to the two techniques they didn't do the first time around. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNn2oJVgxT3lHYc-RLGS88M26xq-TuLZ9mzEqRcN4z_1NxzEAAUSBPn-hNt8uDHxd9xvr0FnKqbH_mKRCDKvgl8YBkF4rLYl9bBtfL5oAtZ-K2FdzjH7FdwNaU92RjcGRSQpMmVa-_PzAc70D-8EVHqnyOxw8jkp9_AbOv2GySst8phaluloRQeNbZYA/s2914/202F22CarlosCarciaAlcantarPortraitside.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2178" data-original-width="2914" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNn2oJVgxT3lHYc-RLGS88M26xq-TuLZ9mzEqRcN4z_1NxzEAAUSBPn-hNt8uDHxd9xvr0FnKqbH_mKRCDKvgl8YBkF4rLYl9bBtfL5oAtZ-K2FdzjH7FdwNaU92RjcGRSQpMmVa-_PzAc70D-8EVHqnyOxw8jkp9_AbOv2GySst8phaluloRQeNbZYA/s320/202F22CarlosCarciaAlcantarPortraitside.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nien Nunb has such interesting surface layers on his face that it's easy to miss the smirking expression when you first look at him</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love this format because they get to try so many different techniques. It isn't really feasible to demonstrate all this during class, but because I've flipped the class, I can assign the demos as homework. They also couldn't all fit on one slab roller, one extruder, or the 3D printer at once, so dividing them up into groups of 3 or 4 allows them all better access to the tools. By the time they switch techniques the first time, they can often help each other. By the time of their first critique, they are able to give advice to classmates who move on to those techniques later in the class.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnWwwjd_mXgQNrAmUxSZs_06O3dQ8PIAr7FDDKxTZlXc0YVgr4n5zF1U4PzmrwMb9IkPpuhMcO3k5oD7JN7atmizGWVyIF8LtKeGTf29XA42jIabdEqDJ3Q7aC7TLLTWA-2jRJw5JX9wNGPQwx0gZlokMWalmMlDDr8vBQHWVXAycMn3UcvqwHG4iKw/s2048/3146E80C-D542-4AAE-88D4-13B2307153D9.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnWwwjd_mXgQNrAmUxSZs_06O3dQ8PIAr7FDDKxTZlXc0YVgr4n5zF1U4PzmrwMb9IkPpuhMcO3k5oD7JN7atmizGWVyIF8LtKeGTf29XA42jIabdEqDJ3Q7aC7TLLTWA-2jRJw5JX9wNGPQwx0gZlokMWalmMlDDr8vBQHWVXAycMn3UcvqwHG4iKw/s320/3146E80C-D542-4AAE-88D4-13B2307153D9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winifred from Hocus Pocus, during the hollowing process, work in progress by Derek Arneecher</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For the solid portrait, students are asked to choose a particular person, animal, or creature, real or fictional and create a dynamic or expressive portrait. The idea is to work from photos or from real life and capture something of the real expression or position of that subject. Most students <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2017/12/building-solid-for-video.html" target="_blank">work on an armature</a> and most choose either the full body of an animal, or the bust of a person or humanoid form.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixjXwS5kQOm_p21rEOXmNFWg731A5lAU9wLhZJUpmfkpVq_shmYoSPrvV0-Rm2DnQW11qDdirfR_5CuflY6x8eCFCB5_tiF9TLKCx5GBfjqZ_hjUEY6tKLxZOVisdLS7DwITuMhsXaBga1RPVmkRPqTGVur89RszgkJVaQkQH-yBfh7b1NE9fJAiTn_w/s2200/202F22ValeriaAlvarezMedusa.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1548" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixjXwS5kQOm_p21rEOXmNFWg731A5lAU9wLhZJUpmfkpVq_shmYoSPrvV0-Rm2DnQW11qDdirfR_5CuflY6x8eCFCB5_tiF9TLKCx5GBfjqZ_hjUEY6tKLxZOVisdLS7DwITuMhsXaBga1RPVmkRPqTGVur89RszgkJVaQkQH-yBfh7b1NE9fJAiTn_w/s320/202F22ValeriaAlvarezMedusa.png" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Medusa by Valeria Alvarez</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This quarter most students picked characters from TV or movies, including a couple of non-human creatures from Star Wars, a particular Spiderman, and the Scream mask guy. There were four pets (two dogs and two leopard geckos) and Medusa.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTG6hJyhLrcPn71ss_KOBFW28yXRlHmS6bEr-NgYM1RQkeiXzGRyv2eGuBba-G45iN-vgW_Xi2gAn5FSCfByCqKU3aCl23-sjLX57vcA1yG4-WtzHE0abblYG_T2qGXVfx_K-eQCs7J1X_N4btzEBjulabga45_-fojRMu6wPZqgkx2GGgGvK1eUlSg/s2628/C0E25467-CB56-4521-BFE5-CC6E9334F19F.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1938" data-original-width="2628" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTG6hJyhLrcPn71ss_KOBFW28yXRlHmS6bEr-NgYM1RQkeiXzGRyv2eGuBba-G45iN-vgW_Xi2gAn5FSCfByCqKU3aCl23-sjLX57vcA1yG4-WtzHE0abblYG_T2qGXVfx_K-eQCs7J1X_N4btzEBjulabga45_-fojRMu6wPZqgkx2GGgGvK1eUlSg/s320/C0E25467-CB56-4521-BFE5-CC6E9334F19F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two geckos in progress by Brooke Mason</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The students were asked to work from photos and to take or find photos of one position or expression from multiple points of view. Sometimes students choose to bring in a physical object, like a stuffed animal or statuette, or <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2019/04/dova-student-and-faculty-exhibition-2019.html" target="_blank">work from life by sculpting their classmate</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQe1guRxNwpNmDVX-1jApHLayxjCoB_oBzuaVdZ_w-2ygHj9I1YnMq8u-v5_OWdcpr-QV3fVSUcbaTjcKeZF6tV-byyEdmmnI4MVnixRQ4L4bXYDSSWH24nZa23Wm4F_gU9pLoOe1cs0pyOYhhYMZT1if30DncrujOJccEbe_I16wRTUGmcJe0hXsTkg/s2048/3BBD5866-F337-4A5E-B143-7655D615054F.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQe1guRxNwpNmDVX-1jApHLayxjCoB_oBzuaVdZ_w-2ygHj9I1YnMq8u-v5_OWdcpr-QV3fVSUcbaTjcKeZF6tV-byyEdmmnI4MVnixRQ4L4bXYDSSWH24nZa23Wm4F_gU9pLoOe1cs0pyOYhhYMZT1if30DncrujOJccEbe_I16wRTUGmcJe0hXsTkg/s320/3BBD5866-F337-4A5E-B143-7655D615054F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dog on a pillow, work in progress by Thunder Morales</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is always harder when the subject is a pet, because pets won't always pose in the right position for long enough to take photos from multiple views. This is especially hard when the pet is no longer with us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0IMAMcxlVI2-Ay6-30JAqqCh2NjGF06mUBHoJwnZshrUIQbB6ulTI7PB5nG6rzBoSCg7hhjO9flsdTbfRcfJBPuCQc6S17bVPj64xQBQfUI5sMtVm9WbLDOAhMRNiWTR3ZPqHQ1nIxlf_44W51v0ouM-Guu3erQJyNqGPl7Sv3FTsYGghpEb4mK7Cw/s2048/94151E0E-61D9-47DB-8EB7-EF9D790C5658.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0IMAMcxlVI2-Ay6-30JAqqCh2NjGF06mUBHoJwnZshrUIQbB6ulTI7PB5nG6rzBoSCg7hhjO9flsdTbfRcfJBPuCQc6S17bVPj64xQBQfUI5sMtVm9WbLDOAhMRNiWTR3ZPqHQ1nIxlf_44W51v0ouM-Guu3erQJyNqGPl7Sv3FTsYGghpEb4mK7Cw/s320/94151E0E-61D9-47DB-8EB7-EF9D790C5658.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dog after hollowing before he was put back together</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This can also be tricky with famous people or characters from TV or movies for the same reason. Family and friends can be easier to get the photos of, but then it is more frustrating when minor details are off, because we know those faces so well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0TtO1XU5fISZf690zM8D_i7rrd_2TBzneJupwSERFyIBBbdfOp1Pu_2fZlhZsqUgAjYmVDE6yoIt-xytdgpeqonDM0i2dy4sxhmLSWDgW-7JftrbRkFMbMgbawcUpSH90u9wfASlEe6VgC_3kRU_21aQ7YT-vSQ8MlytwIV6QirPmeEYoc9jn7xqCzg/s2156/202F22YarelliSanchezdog%20side2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="1522" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0TtO1XU5fISZf690zM8D_i7rrd_2TBzneJupwSERFyIBBbdfOp1Pu_2fZlhZsqUgAjYmVDE6yoIt-xytdgpeqonDM0i2dy4sxhmLSWDgW-7JftrbRkFMbMgbawcUpSH90u9wfASlEe6VgC_3kRU_21aQ7YT-vSQ8MlytwIV6QirPmeEYoc9jn7xqCzg/s320/202F22YarelliSanchezdog%20side2.png" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dog by Yarelli Sanchez</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This quarter had some fun expressions or poses and several students did a particularly nice job of capturing some of the subtleties of facial expressions. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6PHTixqoSwoQ3JXkKgVA7vSmDvlthnMVr_lkrORauAKLsOVi55eLcWzLNpXZXKquLEaXxii_Z3flbMYsoMcLegCW7XAlaQbu4kfq7viSPV0UgXdP_yWfkdrrZY6aP9VsKpQnhEz-SNBbiSSb7Mh1xOIkI4Ctxg_zLUv1zmCe2H6GuJ2oatRySv9spQ/s2070/202F22YarelliSanchezdog%20side.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2070" data-original-width="1526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6PHTixqoSwoQ3JXkKgVA7vSmDvlthnMVr_lkrORauAKLsOVi55eLcWzLNpXZXKquLEaXxii_Z3flbMYsoMcLegCW7XAlaQbu4kfq7viSPV0UgXdP_yWfkdrrZY6aP9VsKpQnhEz-SNBbiSSb7Mh1xOIkI4Ctxg_zLUv1zmCe2H6GuJ2oatRySv9spQ/s320/202F22YarelliSanchezdog%20side.png" width="236" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Besides the soft bumpy fur texture, Yarelli captured the dog's funny sitting position and the idiosyncratic expression in the lips</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now that the builds are (mostly) done, we need to dry them slowly to prevent cracks. Assuming that students thinned out their walls enough when they were hollowing, they should all survive the firing and be <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/05/last-week-to-see-dova-student.html" target="_blank">ready for glazing</a> late this month or early next.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9DNxSuTeyTskYYrcdC0_HJjs3OulSSzemCRg3EUYmQZ7cWniro1d-OkfdHT6nZYgPW-T51n2Zl7B58C_5iG6eqsFRbONBdtJk6TyM76QF2EuPU2nPMw6_hgb1Q4GSzCW1TWMFlzGcrG4nsKMtCYHuSTdO_9Sh4-H6pWSIW096UGJgxGomb_v05dto3w/s3942/DAB87317-E747-4AAC-8563-1B90BBC6DE7C.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3942" data-original-width="2529" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9DNxSuTeyTskYYrcdC0_HJjs3OulSSzemCRg3EUYmQZ7cWniro1d-OkfdHT6nZYgPW-T51n2Zl7B58C_5iG6eqsFRbONBdtJk6TyM76QF2EuPU2nPMw6_hgb1Q4GSzCW1TWMFlzGcrG4nsKMtCYHuSTdO_9Sh4-H6pWSIW096UGJgxGomb_v05dto3w/s320/DAB87317-E747-4AAC-8563-1B90BBC6DE7C.jpeg" width="205" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gollum by Amy Matson, work alarmingly covered by plastic to keep it wet</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-64426123424559982972022-10-02T20:16:00.001-07:002022-10-02T20:16:39.542-07:00Cancer: The Year In Review & What's Next for Treatment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>cw: cancer and some times when it felt hard<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd9RtahRLNYM2IJzELyD1BLfVJHLv-OmIRem3JjlX45CpiOdBjjQt0QNdUtKsW8O25Y5ezzV7H6_PVMzTBqXca7UwmyQIk9GI_WNLCXZbZGNQjHAyAHtjTYQnFUqunAWdSCVTIIy0pL13dLBSU0pK6vGDGiYijKy1ZlPhgt6f-BbtfRAqyXyTfGqv2vA/s3088/IMG_9126.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd9RtahRLNYM2IJzELyD1BLfVJHLv-OmIRem3JjlX45CpiOdBjjQt0QNdUtKsW8O25Y5ezzV7H6_PVMzTBqXca7UwmyQIk9GI_WNLCXZbZGNQjHAyAHtjTYQnFUqunAWdSCVTIIy0pL13dLBSU0pK6vGDGiYijKy1ZlPhgt6f-BbtfRAqyXyTfGqv2vA/s320/IMG_9126.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pictures below are a mostly chronological record from diagnosis to end of chemo. This one above is how I look today. It might be morbid or strange, but from when I was diagnosed I wanted to track how the experience looked (and, as it turned out, how a smile probably makes more difference in how I feel looking back at these than even the loss of hair--though I am happy to have that back, too).</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">At the start of October, it has been just over a year since I first felt a lump in my breast, thus putting in motion a year of medical appointements, tests, consults, and treatments. The other week my count was that I'd been to well over 100 medical appointements this year. In fact, I think it's been over 100 days of appointments, and many times there were several different medical tests, meetings, or procedures in a day.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkk91NVNR3YejhyABTT6ddgEsVDjCfLfjiDZCd9Vvko_OBnjNwMEbE7OSh0ZDsGSoLxMxvgW_X0CimC1fmWEQX3fFUxRDqC279kCt7-aqWhCJZbilhYtcHdiaZepEUC5LpJWMXA4MKP3wiB0iWxJn8siBwSOvR_eAVFZUlfpU06UvIivde9iLdcOJZA/s3088/A88B58B9-70D4-4924-A152-49C98D647E78.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkk91NVNR3YejhyABTT6ddgEsVDjCfLfjiDZCd9Vvko_OBnjNwMEbE7OSh0ZDsGSoLxMxvgW_X0CimC1fmWEQX3fFUxRDqC279kCt7-aqWhCJZbilhYtcHdiaZepEUC5LpJWMXA4MKP3wiB0iWxJn8siBwSOvR_eAVFZUlfpU06UvIivde9iLdcOJZA/s320/A88B58B9-70D4-4924-A152-49C98D647E78.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The picture I took in my office a day or two after diagnosis. I was pretty terrified and this was as happy as I could force my face to look. Looking back on it I vividly remember how I felt (not great).</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My 100+ number includes 20 weeks of chemo with 16 infusions, sometimes three appointements in one week, with the blood work and doctor visit, infusion, and growth factor shot on three consecutive days. Three different days of surgery, which includes 6 separate surgeries, at least 3 surgeons, and three hospitals, plus the initial biopsy. We took 7 trips to Seattle for consults, operations, scans, and other appointments with specialists. I believe 4 or 5 of those were overnight trips.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFmNAFxbGiSzKSKP4R27SfSnlkHRqL2hPxt63ZCZ8a24ueH_btp9ZghpqdaFauw-7m4ZtzE1iq3Do_fdBRfYphZ60o-Eda1BHD7v7kU5GkvjNyNUieirPrd58x0TKUf0hCwy45hiJ2FgFx6e0QO9mctR23VlQMvcgP-_UIHXmGc5647-9bVoWbZ6KpNw/s3088/C33D09F2-9CB3-42C7-9BCB-6DBCEA3728A7.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFmNAFxbGiSzKSKP4R27SfSnlkHRqL2hPxt63ZCZ8a24ueH_btp9ZghpqdaFauw-7m4ZtzE1iq3Do_fdBRfYphZ60o-Eda1BHD7v7kU5GkvjNyNUieirPrd58x0TKUf0hCwy45hiJ2FgFx6e0QO9mctR23VlQMvcgP-_UIHXmGc5647-9bVoWbZ6KpNw/s320/C33D09F2-9CB3-42C7-9BCB-6DBCEA3728A7.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The picture I took during one of my last workouts before chemo started in December. I felt morbid, but I also figured I'd lose all my hair and most of my strength and kind of wanted to see how drastic that change could be (spoiler, I lost all the hair and a significant amount of strength, but it was never as bad as I imagined it would be).</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There were also 33 days of radiation, plus several days of meetings or appointments to plan and take images (CT) for the radiation treatments. I counted 18 or more Lymphedema Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy appointments, but I didn't write all of them down. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdl3sRdJevxte87ltyPzOJWGR6kBJl3GUtxvIB09lvoJSx_5PWqdh8Dridn1UNerDlrJbROY9GsmMh6udc-dmbnjH42W9VnAEH2Tml1hDB2gu06Ydo9qJUBBdh2gbHa5g0GyOwis-sSc9ONRx6UD9S0oIZyR8833ZEpWuF9v7NrX5PWWtoGMSp1dj6_Q/s3088/1AD1D476-3D03-4B9E-8F93-B9ABB8070208.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdl3sRdJevxte87ltyPzOJWGR6kBJl3GUtxvIB09lvoJSx_5PWqdh8Dridn1UNerDlrJbROY9GsmMh6udc-dmbnjH42W9VnAEH2Tml1hDB2gu06Ydo9qJUBBdh2gbHa5g0GyOwis-sSc9ONRx6UD9S0oIZyR8833ZEpWuF9v7NrX5PWWtoGMSp1dj6_Q/s320/1AD1D476-3D03-4B9E-8F93-B9ABB8070208.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">During one of my first infusions (obviously, as I still had hair). Alison had trimmed my hair fairly short because I was told I'd lose it, but was too chicken to shave it. I kinda still thought I might not lose it all.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As of today it's been nearly 15 months since I first consulted my doctor about symptoms, 12 months since I asked to see another doctor, and a little over 10 months since I was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4GYfVT3RMOtLU3oG48V_GXGDzM2sgxdFCx0BIluBRLJjQ0AzrazUr8s98lxvWDLP3om1beu8DW8GffCxY4g--DYi4lwv4zsTXrWnY5ZC1CxhOvTyb7bisKY-uNu11wUySPUdr5gXSLTdRo5P0r11WG8If-E-V6RwjUuV7MQRQmvCytnupneiapQmt7Q/s3088/893EF91E-F60F-44E1-8131-82A9697B080C.jpeg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4GYfVT3RMOtLU3oG48V_GXGDzM2sgxdFCx0BIluBRLJjQ0AzrazUr8s98lxvWDLP3om1beu8DW8GffCxY4g--DYi4lwv4zsTXrWnY5ZC1CxhOvTyb7bisKY-uNu11wUySPUdr5gXSLTdRo5P0r11WG8If-E-V6RwjUuV7MQRQmvCytnupneiapQmt7Q/s320/893EF91E-F60F-44E1-8131-82A9697B080C.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The day I started losing my hair. I wanted to remember this day as funny and shocking, and it was, but it was also downright scary (I screamed in the shower when the hair started coming out).</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Though I think the way they say it is that I am done with "active" treatment, I'm really not done with treatment or with medical appointments. I met with my oncologist last week to consult about what's next. I also had a lymphedema appointment and a PT appointment last week and another of each this week, which makes me question how people use the term "active treatment" (I feel fairly busy, at least).</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4IbqmiLQqCPj8LeB2LfgGIwazGB2amNMuDTRqcBMZPqvBHt1RWBOFc701xvRBjXozavVgSbhC0yhuGjp2JeeoEbVeZidsRSbj0P-JqHHSYkCW3PafnI8Mr5KqnqvfS6v573Wc2qzsq8oqRkrEP7VCvdAPSBsx7h9S6OzqEVGE2Z1IuVdOkNVzvH5MA/s3088/3A40E10B-9F2F-4F72-AB8B-A81C2597177F.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4IbqmiLQqCPj8LeB2LfgGIwazGB2amNMuDTRqcBMZPqvBHt1RWBOFc701xvRBjXozavVgSbhC0yhuGjp2JeeoEbVeZidsRSbj0P-JqHHSYkCW3PafnI8Mr5KqnqvfS6v573Wc2qzsq8oqRkrEP7VCvdAPSBsx7h9S6OzqEVGE2Z1IuVdOkNVzvH5MA/s320/3A40E10B-9F2F-4F72-AB8B-A81C2597177F.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> I really hated how it looked to have the hair thin like this and felt better once it was shaved off. Also, though I promised my nephew it wouldn't hurt to lose the hair, it kinda did (sorry Cam, but it didn't hurt much).</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">The meeting with the oncologist went more or less as expected. In December, both sets of doctors (Yakima and Seattle) had said that I'd be on some kind of hormone therapy pill for 10 years. I knew a bit about what the options were and had looked into them online and asked about them in some breast cancer support groups. Because my cancer was hormone positive, limiting the body's production of estrogen or limiting how the estrogen can be used by the body should limit the cancer's ability to come back or grow. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrUPHUYP65nvGuouNpUoCX2GZ9eQSnfrPs7DWGRXYig9rztJiEVMZ3rEQdnI0lDh7Hi0yEKrAVoCZDIrx9gy_jTfaTYcExecYpnwiGGDzLys0xNJIQ7p8KPVdKuOssR8OLKCm9SVbgw0QLovkDUDGRd5B9yHFBUakJRjcHWzi1e3PS6rd_PfcRU3RRg/s3088/87849EB0-5D55-4BD3-A374-D6F479E4F3F6.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrUPHUYP65nvGuouNpUoCX2GZ9eQSnfrPs7DWGRXYig9rztJiEVMZ3rEQdnI0lDh7Hi0yEKrAVoCZDIrx9gy_jTfaTYcExecYpnwiGGDzLys0xNJIQ7p8KPVdKuOssR8OLKCm9SVbgw0QLovkDUDGRd5B9yHFBUakJRjcHWzi1e3PS6rd_PfcRU3RRg/s320/87849EB0-5D55-4BD3-A374-D6F479E4F3F6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sean came with me to nearly every infusion and has also been pretty incredible with his advice or his calm and reasonable response to things that scared me. </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">My oncologist gave us two options for what kind of hormone therapy I'd be on. Sean asked which was better and she clarified that one had very slightly better risks of recurrence so we are doing that one. I will start taking a daily pill called <a href="https://www.breastcancer.org/treatment/hormonal-therapy/femara" target="_blank">Femara</a> (which sounds like an off-brand female superhero to me) and I will also be getting a shot of <a href="https://www.oncolink.org/cancer-treatment/oncolink-rx/leuprolide-acetate-lupron-r-lupron-depot-r-eligard-r-prostap-r-viadur-r-for-women" target="_blank">Lupron</a> (her werewolf sidekick, obviously) once every three months, if the insurance company approves it. The werewolf sidekick also comes in 1 month and 6 month shots, so the insurance company may dictate one of those instead.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #050505; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkuw2a1PBazt3hSrFMKJ2kxizGIHafWeLOuG_eumLCzpagekXbxwNkPH645yQGjx9xEc83oX1Y6WYm9fxK7dewmq87HXvGkLJQqzdRPJnQToMqNJclxn1Ikd7Ps8AEC-Qb-mlcpK5GzfEr92Ut38A21RZOx-Vr0XLy1Wxe43HLY0K03ZgJ0nKE63q5A/s3088/EE4D02C9-98B9-4C6B-9938-FC3A016C7978.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkuw2a1PBazt3hSrFMKJ2kxizGIHafWeLOuG_eumLCzpagekXbxwNkPH645yQGjx9xEc83oX1Y6WYm9fxK7dewmq87HXvGkLJQqzdRPJnQToMqNJclxn1Ikd7Ps8AEC-Qb-mlcpK5GzfEr92Ut38A21RZOx-Vr0XLy1Wxe43HLY0K03ZgJ0nKE63q5A/s320/EE4D02C9-98B9-4C6B-9938-FC3A016C7978.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After we shaved my head, I had a hard time getting used to the bald. It didn't help that my shirt appears to be an inch above my actual shoulders here.</td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Femara is an aromatase inhibitor that, I believe, keeps the estrogen from being accepted or used. I think the Lupron is to reduce the amount of estrogen in the body. They both come with potential side effects. The ones my oncologist highlighted were bone pain (been there), hot flashes (done that) dizziness or vomiting (hello again), and fatigue (I know you), as well as osteporosis (a new member of the team). My flippant reaction is that I've had most of these side effects already, how bad could it be? My justifying reaction is that I am fairly young for breast cancer and fairly active, so the osteoporosis shouldn't be as concerning for me and exercise appears to be the recommendation for fighing fatigue, so that's me in a good position going in. My panicked reaction is that all of that is better than more cancer.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #050505; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjga5L-sZ422kGqoqGMIIOVOWI-tLk00CG9tA1b0VDLnGmDi2PF7T0I3I4eITiugZevPNnAMOkdmGuSJXcPB3lP2j2vi1RnDUfD6zgxtpdC7cfHLJ8Ob6Y7vXwHJXRaPwQc0ott42sF4avgaAwhky189POGCaWmtyA6rmylPxRUSU0tGp6WiRvz_IkmbQ/s3088/90D4B7F7-8F4F-4511-9DCF-F5D92CD9080E.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjga5L-sZ422kGqoqGMIIOVOWI-tLk00CG9tA1b0VDLnGmDi2PF7T0I3I4eITiugZevPNnAMOkdmGuSJXcPB3lP2j2vi1RnDUfD6zgxtpdC7cfHLJ8Ob6Y7vXwHJXRaPwQc0ott42sF4avgaAwhky189POGCaWmtyA6rmylPxRUSU0tGp6WiRvz_IkmbQ/s320/90D4B7F7-8F4F-4511-9DCF-F5D92CD9080E.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My daughter's friend did try to give me some styling advice. Here she is treating a scarf like hair, but I think she'd prefer if I'd gotten a wig.</td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">I asked the oncologist about my risk of recurrence and her response was simply "we don't know" which, I mean, yeah, but... I appreciate that she is honest with me and clear on what we do and don't know, but I also want her to tell me that I'm going to be fine, fine, fine. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhm5fQcrg2Lpi9insP-CvnORvwx4K-GOzMf-os4kYChO1uXupHk_k290SdHFDoF3jQYowc5LDnSmMr7vup-yzwS3bZ9tWacn4Sy1rZb4BbjBzZu_7CeUP0_zQZt84B_GaPzbN5m8R0LIjR3TyVCHYP3Rvtr0rUjGBNaTGq0TLWucHYSaqIqjJV6m-lfw/s2022/E81AF9F0-59FC-4838-93BA-94778DB2025E.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1877" data-original-width="2022" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhm5fQcrg2Lpi9insP-CvnORvwx4K-GOzMf-os4kYChO1uXupHk_k290SdHFDoF3jQYowc5LDnSmMr7vup-yzwS3bZ9tWacn4Sy1rZb4BbjBzZu_7CeUP0_zQZt84B_GaPzbN5m8R0LIjR3TyVCHYP3Rvtr0rUjGBNaTGq0TLWucHYSaqIqjJV6m-lfw/s320/E81AF9F0-59FC-4838-93BA-94778DB2025E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wanted to keep a visual record of how I looked throughout treatment, but I haven't been a fan of taking pictures of myself, so I used cats to make it more fun<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Later in the appointment she said "not to be pessimistic, but..." which, I mean, this sentence isn't going to end well. She said that because my cancer hadn't been entirely erradicated by the chemo, that meant that some of it was (is?) resistant to the chemo and that increases my risks of it coming back. Before chemo she had said that my type of cancer was unlikely to be completely erradicated by the chemo, so I felt a bit wrong-footed with the way she talked about it last week. I kinda hoped she was going to say "good job, your body really fought to make that cancer smaller, this is super duper news and you're going to be all better for ever and ever" or something like that. This take on it doesn't change what happened or my risks, but it made me a bit blue for a day, until I got swept up in the manic speed of classes and union and all of Alison's many activities (we spent 18 hours doing marching band stuff yesterday).</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hdhNhED5pEM" width="320" youtube-src-id="hdhNhED5pEM"></iframe></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Video (poor quality, sorry, I'm not a videographer) of Alison with the AC Davis high school marching band at their second performance of the competition we attended yesterday in Everett. She's playing marimba in front ensemble (near the middle, front) and wearing a mask. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">The other thing the doctor said that got to me was that there's another shot they can give me to help prevent the cancer from metastasizing to the bones. My reaction was "sign me up, here's the arm, ready and waiting, let's do this." She wants me to try to superhero duo first to see if I tolerate the side effects before adding the no bone mets shot, so I don't know much about it. I'm anxious to not have bone metastasis, but I'm trusting that she knows what's most important now.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKmG-fYE3-eRR9MVpQFlqCIv53kXOCBIHXWIvserxNtKboR-8Pd2Y3ewz92FmfHwoS-jPg1UMoN3XI-oNbzPox0BIBPif6ryiKiCXcMmcHYbM-VwUnfYxy8sehFwl_nfeG0WSMKhOOjmaiPmCXFlBIy81BIg-tsQLCA6mNYN-yFnCCM7veIs65Va8jQ/s3088/64952C7C-5955-4809-828D-2C4400CEA74B.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKmG-fYE3-eRR9MVpQFlqCIv53kXOCBIHXWIvserxNtKboR-8Pd2Y3ewz92FmfHwoS-jPg1UMoN3XI-oNbzPox0BIBPif6ryiKiCXcMmcHYbM-VwUnfYxy8sehFwl_nfeG0WSMKhOOjmaiPmCXFlBIy81BIg-tsQLCA6mNYN-yFnCCM7veIs65Va8jQ/s320/64952C7C-5955-4809-828D-2C4400CEA74B.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My approach to feeling awkward about selfies and how I looked with no hair was to exaggerate how happy I felt <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Right now we're waiting (again) for my insurance to approve the Femara/Lupron. The standard is to start hormone therapy one month after radiation ends, which would be next week, so as much as I may feel like it, I am not actually late or behind (again, I always feel like this when waiting before/between treatments). When I walked into Northstar last week, I got out my insurance card since it'd been so long since my last appointment. When they didn't want to see it, I realized it had, in reality, been less than a month since I'd been in that same building for radiation treatment. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNW76JLjJxvQsPbALDqPSDu07FDDMHkA793r6SmG8TZL8T_KCCoKv27KJ2HndyBYjhc9sWi8cuKMGNiyL92_QQMN3R7lNI89Sb1QD_-RguozoKmQtVx8SehOLpCIblW0AkVXnwi06lNXqhNEdsj8AJ5_7ReY6Oy_Il8ecmztfIz8ocnghAIuyy9wLRg/s3088/E4D9FCD0-13AB-4985-85E7-FE0077662243.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNW76JLjJxvQsPbALDqPSDu07FDDMHkA793r6SmG8TZL8T_KCCoKv27KJ2HndyBYjhc9sWi8cuKMGNiyL92_QQMN3R7lNI89Sb1QD_-RguozoKmQtVx8SehOLpCIblW0AkVXnwi06lNXqhNEdsj8AJ5_7ReY6Oy_Il8ecmztfIz8ocnghAIuyy9wLRg/s320/E4D9FCD0-13AB-4985-85E7-FE0077662243.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another awkward selfie, but one I wanted to take to celebrate and compare how I looked and felt after chemo vs before. I was also pretty relieved that the hair seemed to be the biggest change</td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">I've been told that it is normal to feel kind of abandonded when radiation ends because regular doctors visits end and you're done. I feel done, but I also feel decidedly not done. Waiting in the check-in line for oncology I simultaneously felt like I viscerally did not want to be in that line, like I didn't belong there because I don't actually have cancer anymore and thus shouldn't be taking up space in that line along with folks with scarves on their heads, but also like I didn't actually know if I was done with cancer. It wasn't a comfortable bag of feels.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSgB5oPhJdzWixOtHE8NH72JwCTim8eFZ9UG47DMUd6VUojlCtWblyeiSr-v213avxsrmoRsBUy7wOm44QGfFMGEOmW2lmaSE4IBTIObiSDT58VDyXlqlwqxXGnXhWxWa5JR9MEu0SU6ZCWY288S6rlEis6l1a5PGyNrgfjy9d63mc2zGWlt7Fs8h3g/s3088/BB2709E4-E51C-4B43-B537-4F6BD73EC044.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSgB5oPhJdzWixOtHE8NH72JwCTim8eFZ9UG47DMUd6VUojlCtWblyeiSr-v213avxsrmoRsBUy7wOm44QGfFMGEOmW2lmaSE4IBTIObiSDT58VDyXlqlwqxXGnXhWxWa5JR9MEu0SU6ZCWY288S6rlEis6l1a5PGyNrgfjy9d63mc2zGWlt7Fs8h3g/s320/BB2709E4-E51C-4B43-B537-4F6BD73EC044.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feeling more confident with more hair and celebrating the day I was able to lift my arm to 90 degrees after surgery</td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today I went to get my COVID booster (I had waited for the ok from my oncologist) and was stumped by the question: Do you have any other health conditions? Um...do I have cancer? I was afraid to say "no" because what if the cancer heard me and started coming back? Or what if the tiny bits of undetectable cancer have survived all this treatment and are hiding inside my body, just waiting for me to say "no, I don't have cancer anymore" so that they can metastasize to my bones or brain or whatever? But also, how can I answer that question "Yes" when they took out the tumor? I'm done-ish with treatment, kinda, sorta. I don't-ish have cancer. How do I answer? The pharmacist probably didn't care much about the answer, but it was an emotionally difficult question for me.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio1Ts6IXEGYJXhGQrh5beafP1woC3QG40TJ3zTt8Ml1h9Kkzl6IKFjXynPmTu0Au5gK_OAkwmKSoBSZ_Dbs-DC8yZBwSu_oleIU3k2oNpoj671z1AmG05X0C2_Cn8hvbAgxtGQ56Kf2My2N3pD4WKpQSbaBXFpCDWDvGRpN42dGdW_DkujSbtn4yAJ_Q/s4032/69DFF7FA-26FD-4D77-8B44-A3EAFF5904DA.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio1Ts6IXEGYJXhGQrh5beafP1woC3QG40TJ3zTt8Ml1h9Kkzl6IKFjXynPmTu0Au5gK_OAkwmKSoBSZ_Dbs-DC8yZBwSu_oleIU3k2oNpoj671z1AmG05X0C2_Cn8hvbAgxtGQ56Kf2My2N3pD4WKpQSbaBXFpCDWDvGRpN42dGdW_DkujSbtn4yAJ_Q/s320/69DFF7FA-26FD-4D77-8B44-A3EAFF5904DA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">visiting with a fellow cancer survivor at my home for the Yakima Artists Studio Tour</td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">The one piece of good news from the oncology meeting is that the standard for treatment is apparently now only 8 years of pills rather than 10. They want you to take it for at least 5, but realize that the side effects can be pretty severe. At this point, 5, 8, or 10 still seems like a long time to take a pill and get a shot every three months. I suspect that by the next time I find time to write, I will have started the pills and shots.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiknudbwrmDXiIrY-kNRteL10dgqOrIre8yKNjX4SHhYPc0XT-PuS7ETRhgMgR1v-LDDBrLkHmsDB406599Mne4d9tRMfuA8MISlOAnG9PSSTxjoZXciG-UGzor_8MQYAfdwPenaQZB7Z84MzieTSDdcpONxl63JLWnEVuLzLZbyZyTUZBYDZG0Hu6KA/s3088/B793BDA6-6EA2-4EA3-B0D3-9904AB53ACDC.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiknudbwrmDXiIrY-kNRteL10dgqOrIre8yKNjX4SHhYPc0XT-PuS7ETRhgMgR1v-LDDBrLkHmsDB406599Mne4d9tRMfuA8MISlOAnG9PSSTxjoZXciG-UGzor_8MQYAfdwPenaQZB7Z84MzieTSDdcpONxl63JLWnEVuLzLZbyZyTUZBYDZG0Hu6KA/s320/B793BDA6-6EA2-4EA3-B0D3-9904AB53ACDC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Celebrating my last day of radiation at North Star Lodge</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div></div></div><br /><p></p></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-67097843639190957122022-09-02T15:58:00.007-07:002022-09-02T15:58:41.820-07:00Studio Tour Preview<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRFgiQweNH7phJgkBlz0LyCqJpfQd-8x7thHyrHVIV023azqP5SkBkSLJ9yWCPbtZ76jF9fyt5BBGmEDd--dNWK4PhkNqxu7i4SOBxEU0QzaJKyrVRic4n1L4kg6pSqRu2gyoFmQKiFQsxgo-P7DfzdU-XCuuNmiXQ9Y4DLYRxm4aEKOOaXw18Yao1A/s4032/DED2CD4F-4C82-43E1-88E6-86CCBE6F7EDA.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRFgiQweNH7phJgkBlz0LyCqJpfQd-8x7thHyrHVIV023azqP5SkBkSLJ9yWCPbtZ76jF9fyt5BBGmEDd--dNWK4PhkNqxu7i4SOBxEU0QzaJKyrVRic4n1L4kg6pSqRu2gyoFmQKiFQsxgo-P7DfzdU-XCuuNmiXQ9Y4DLYRxm4aEKOOaXw18Yao1A/s320/DED2CD4F-4C82-43E1-88E6-86CCBE6F7EDA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">new abstract bulbs</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This weekend, September 3-5 is the Second Annual Yakima Artist's Studio Tour! Stop by my home studio, 203 S. 8th Ave, in Yakima from 10-4 tomorrow or Saturday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghinwPI8w5Ujy44b5-AHSnUK4MoTj_s8un0uHr3qDBcjnKK-ZcJjEL36JhwKLw1Mx4McFmUPMbvDF7e9U7qHMHTRASCtWQOofPlwbLBUn9vP4LJjCk1B-OrrggQevSEvIRte5VFDUHMe5NEdp9JxH3kYFCvC53_Yw0eLmT-QBRdhvNKk2a21DMD06t-Q/s4032/51ADF817-9234-4974-9F5F-F858B0985725.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghinwPI8w5Ujy44b5-AHSnUK4MoTj_s8un0uHr3qDBcjnKK-ZcJjEL36JhwKLw1Mx4McFmUPMbvDF7e9U7qHMHTRASCtWQOofPlwbLBUn9vP4LJjCk1B-OrrggQevSEvIRte5VFDUHMe5NEdp9JxH3kYFCvC53_Yw0eLmT-QBRdhvNKk2a21DMD06t-Q/s320/51ADF817-9234-4974-9F5F-F858B0985725.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monika Lemmon's painting and my tiny vases</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See paintings and prints by Monika Lemmon and Photos by Chris Otten, as well as my ceramic sculpture and functional pottery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2n3Ctcg_5Oa6IwtLu3HeAIV41w347n2qmY1R4zd60DvqYllnrNy93NwlyLYe8fowj_uL161l-Z8LNnPkQd8c8emIHmeRkcHMbSB2ol56iguMcv_BO8rIgr9qFztOZJ57fYQ0VR48nnmCkgJrjw0s3R8Am7Tns28sMMNTnP7K0-PSjmbjueDMLrzu7Q/s4032/2DFA669D-A829-45EE-B058-DB7460BFAA4E.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2n3Ctcg_5Oa6IwtLu3HeAIV41w347n2qmY1R4zd60DvqYllnrNy93NwlyLYe8fowj_uL161l-Z8LNnPkQd8c8emIHmeRkcHMbSB2ol56iguMcv_BO8rIgr9qFztOZJ57fYQ0VR48nnmCkgJrjw0s3R8Am7Tns28sMMNTnP7K0-PSjmbjueDMLrzu7Q/s320/2DFA669D-A829-45EE-B058-DB7460BFAA4E.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photos by Chris Otten</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Alison, Mili and Nancy's Dezignosaur jewelry will be back again this year. They've spent a lot more time with school and sports this past year than in 2020-21, but they still have new polymer clay jewelry and maybe a few felted and wire wrapped items for the show.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAuXsS5EK5NTbZaocLjqk-F1Urkw5h0rvZNWNI84ALhzvXh9VlQ9mNGIk28IuqDsV6dmRUJHB0RGNQcmt-FWRjT6Bdu6LQ-TJD2k2VNci4qn8RGOh2ts69X0L4wI1Y4pfYsSuQc600cnk7I4i3ydIkd_YhAV6bKoWhwjfF7fAJfGmFZ6g56zviS2WPrw/s4032/78F73010-B3CA-4E8A-8423-AE241C1B212D.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAuXsS5EK5NTbZaocLjqk-F1Urkw5h0rvZNWNI84ALhzvXh9VlQ9mNGIk28IuqDsV6dmRUJHB0RGNQcmt-FWRjT6Bdu6LQ-TJD2k2VNci4qn8RGOh2ts69X0L4wI1Y4pfYsSuQc600cnk7I4i3ydIkd_YhAV6bKoWhwjfF7fAJfGmFZ6g56zviS2WPrw/s320/78F73010-B3CA-4E8A-8423-AE241C1B212D.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alison and Mili getting ready before cross country</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've blogged plenty about my new work from this past year. You can <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/09/port-cath-bulbs-finished.html" target="_blank">see and read about my bulbs here</a>, <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/08/port-cath-and-heart-cath-mugs.html" target="_blank">my mugs here</a>, and my <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/08/finished-sculpture-2-weeks-left-of.html" target="_blank">new sculpture here</a>.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcbXZuTJy8llDbAiiqFN75fMFQ1rWvtB-PiM_SBoBV0oEsqfTGSG98Sl7Srz3hvmOJpnDQtt49V2FTlDOsiXY54UdRDyn8L9M8QVUufuFsuVgAFMSaYM2O2iIIO2O--qKQi9AyPTI_Wzian2yQ9GYklaRfXae1trawRcAqlaykJBmVQC6V7SAFnS_Cw/s3570/B823B044-FDC6-4946-AC7B-8549B8983D7C.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3570" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcbXZuTJy8llDbAiiqFN75fMFQ1rWvtB-PiM_SBoBV0oEsqfTGSG98Sl7Srz3hvmOJpnDQtt49V2FTlDOsiXY54UdRDyn8L9M8QVUufuFsuVgAFMSaYM2O2iIIO2O--qKQi9AyPTI_Wzian2yQ9GYklaRfXae1trawRcAqlaykJBmVQC6V7SAFnS_Cw/s320/B823B044-FDC6-4946-AC7B-8549B8983D7C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my port bulbs</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>You can <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/08/studio-tour-2022.html" target="_blank">read more about the tour</a> here. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgDViNv6LZa3Mq_3xgKun6fJEKE1BKSigSWr6d-ExNjQAnJpgGMK8GBzZjrSe30pcibSUt9Bd3s1AF506w6KZWL5ssi0U5t7EZWmz6XH8BLyWYekTm8HQGPw3bobps_djHD-13xxCE9CO51axGzi7mMtqNTe3b11rl6R5JbxIh8IwAuBTJdveNX9dOIQ/s4032/C9E5D4E7-D4D3-4078-B80E-2C99B51A464C.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgDViNv6LZa3Mq_3xgKun6fJEKE1BKSigSWr6d-ExNjQAnJpgGMK8GBzZjrSe30pcibSUt9Bd3s1AF506w6KZWL5ssi0U5t7EZWmz6XH8BLyWYekTm8HQGPw3bobps_djHD-13xxCE9CO51axGzi7mMtqNTe3b11rl6R5JbxIh8IwAuBTJdveNX9dOIQ/s320/C9E5D4E7-D4D3-4078-B80E-2C99B51A464C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">balloons to highlight the path to the studio</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-27147623825644839472022-09-01T15:51:00.003-07:002022-09-01T15:51:47.745-07:00Port-a-Cath Bulbs, Finished<p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcT6kqsiZoUGm_6v1j2BqvOM_dm1FW3dOIrpkOpvYCvOdQeXPNFeqp610V8c0CzclEN0yVMJmwzRFyFB6CQRIk-8NvtcRYVpG_lQHa5CfyCl6h-I4ff4LXFF4PS5PwFt4I1RWCNLrV7p1XPNrmmamatRaTCz-DynmXj6-m8ACauctdJFmBIEbN9pqUw/s4032/C3230A52-9040-4B1E-AFE5-3CB28AB1289D.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcT6kqsiZoUGm_6v1j2BqvOM_dm1FW3dOIrpkOpvYCvOdQeXPNFeqp610V8c0CzclEN0yVMJmwzRFyFB6CQRIk-8NvtcRYVpG_lQHa5CfyCl6h-I4ff4LXFF4PS5PwFt4I1RWCNLrV7p1XPNrmmamatRaTCz-DynmXj6-m8ACauctdJFmBIEbN9pqUw/s320/C3230A52-9040-4B1E-AFE5-3CB28AB1289D.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">spiky port-a-cath bulb</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This year a lot of my studio time has been spent on these port-a-cath bulbs. I've gotten about 33 bulbs glazed, fired, hung, and ready to show this weekend at the <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/08/studio-tour-2022.html" target="_blank">Yakima Artist's Studio Tour.</a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2kkuuBi28mUwkvtORUReKHnGN3pKTjT8eGYaJ_ljNniR5bfnfHPBILMFT4aawFLKETmS6fqv53cD8cJR_MYpCcoF7h61nENsmmJDE51LdF1-JuEuoODUVVrJSdnLVFQAPL64EooG-W48uMk8t47-9DicIcKi_9WxCg1qCRUC-CWCDzmvO_yKSmX8Lw/s4032/IMG_8982.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2kkuuBi28mUwkvtORUReKHnGN3pKTjT8eGYaJ_ljNniR5bfnfHPBILMFT4aawFLKETmS6fqv53cD8cJR_MYpCcoF7h61nENsmmJDE51LdF1-JuEuoODUVVrJSdnLVFQAPL64EooG-W48uMk8t47-9DicIcKi_9WxCg1qCRUC-CWCDzmvO_yKSmX8Lw/s320/IMG_8982.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my studio, this afternoon, nearly ready for the weekend show</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/08/yakima-artists-studio-tour.html" target="_blank">Tour includes 8 locations in Yakima</a> and over 30 exhibiting artists. Artworks in a variety of media are for sale. Tickets are $10 each and get you into all 8 locations on any or all of the 3 days of the Tour. Saturday and Sunday, September 3 and 4, studios will be open 10-4. Monday, Labor Day, September 5, the studios will be open 10-12.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXomBypUHwz4CzGldTceiCHdzpOWyCOT365Nx1AzFKbYuipn43R13V7lluds_LCzeMmrj4G3X4u7flUPfp0tp8QLSk4CFPWAeHaH9B1FuN7AzrDsouNLqqO59yUUX_NnudgPsaP93ub3IE07X12r2GpPjbuhJiJl0K5zw1ptl286dfUo9rdBf8SYj1Ig/s4032/7645CE02-E376-4536-8D5D-3089711CBB70.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXomBypUHwz4CzGldTceiCHdzpOWyCOT365Nx1AzFKbYuipn43R13V7lluds_LCzeMmrj4G3X4u7flUPfp0tp8QLSk4CFPWAeHaH9B1FuN7AzrDsouNLqqO59yUUX_NnudgPsaP93ub3IE07X12r2GpPjbuhJiJl0K5zw1ptl286dfUo9rdBf8SYj1Ig/s320/7645CE02-E376-4536-8D5D-3089711CBB70.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">crackle texture port-a-cath bulb</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The port-a-cath bulbs have been a good fit for my year, both the imagery and the forms. The <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/02/port-cath-sculpture.html" target="_blank">imagery of the port-a-cath device and the catheter line</a> has been the thing that feels like it best represents the strange experience of chemo and of cancer treatment. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoghfaTMSC3LLUElpJkQJDjm9vEY5lQB3OpLw1lXUjSr9P5IDvtJXADZeV3oLmiNt60dTcwPtIj0pZHl0uW_OaQAzdVUIkh600jNOD-nPRcD5CyTtR03CIsNGtl8uBN6aEWFACrQi46G7Z6ElixR_4kHgQl3jYKh1iEc0sAePaad-FcllulWrX4L0CGg/s3672/95A9C91E-A6A3-48CE-B64C-347EC8C494F5.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3672" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoghfaTMSC3LLUElpJkQJDjm9vEY5lQB3OpLw1lXUjSr9P5IDvtJXADZeV3oLmiNt60dTcwPtIj0pZHl0uW_OaQAzdVUIkh600jNOD-nPRcD5CyTtR03CIsNGtl8uBN6aEWFACrQi46G7Z6ElixR_4kHgQl3jYKh1iEc0sAePaad-FcllulWrX4L0CGg/s320/95A9C91E-A6A3-48CE-B64C-347EC8C494F5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">detail of 9 port-a-cath bulbs on the temporary hanging wall in my studio</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A port-a-cath is the little device that was <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/12/chemo-begins.html" target="_blank">implanted in my chest for delivery of chemotherapy drugs</a>. Instead of starting an IV each time I had an infusion, the nurses at Northstar were able to use the three little bumps on top of the port to quickly insert a special needle into the port and thus start my infusion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2g-oZYq9osK4aE8qqHU9ZcC4O57cCg7LEDcxxC8Jkjy946VvEvQFUL65Nm7_yNgAi0NxeKe6hjQQnVCEPc9Bcf4Nfnj2wMfvC3aTkMskjB_mEdMyViyTCJfc0yn7TOy7dNi1l-3Gby1YDtq-Rme_yUQ_HQqMRIFL6RrISgSk3wJWtX8qgCv9fvdzyA/s4032/AA0F0539-D0DC-4607-AECB-82F3CA463912.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2g-oZYq9osK4aE8qqHU9ZcC4O57cCg7LEDcxxC8Jkjy946VvEvQFUL65Nm7_yNgAi0NxeKe6hjQQnVCEPc9Bcf4Nfnj2wMfvC3aTkMskjB_mEdMyViyTCJfc0yn7TOy7dNi1l-3Gby1YDtq-Rme_yUQ_HQqMRIFL6RrISgSk3wJWtX8qgCv9fvdzyA/s320/AA0F0539-D0DC-4607-AECB-82F3CA463912.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">port-a-cath bulbs before the hanging wall was up</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The port is a good thing. I hate IVs and I get queasy and faint around needles and the IV always feels uncomfortable and pulls more of my attention than I'd like. I like that, after the very first time, the port access was always easier on me than an IV. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDt4Gt6iI_pMP6p7eGK-k5fI88wiedcDlX1CstZ3slyfV9szFssbXHzvTF8lUCSLWuFj4P4WB3ffkBkHiyQxEW8HfYRAUox8bMORZ1djkWNfPfiVJkoEcsj43zuU8kwTddxeq1dX4yppIhNsSYSO3LFFx6v8xFDnhG8jZL9RcT19_iEgg7WYtJPU-LA/s4032/1B2DD7C9-A295-4B69-A2D8-13BD96FD879B.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDt4Gt6iI_pMP6p7eGK-k5fI88wiedcDlX1CstZ3slyfV9szFssbXHzvTF8lUCSLWuFj4P4WB3ffkBkHiyQxEW8HfYRAUox8bMORZ1djkWNfPfiVJkoEcsj43zuU8kwTddxeq1dX4yppIhNsSYSO3LFFx6v8xFDnhG8jZL9RcT19_iEgg7WYtJPU-LA/s320/1B2DD7C9-A295-4B69-A2D8-13BD96FD879B.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">port-a-cath bulb with multiple base layers</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But on the other hand, the port is icky and creepy. I felt like a cyborg, in that I had this inorganic device inside me. The ick factor is raised by the fact that this device is there for the "safe" delivery of poison, so that's a strange thing to contemplate. Throughout this whole cancer experience, it seems so strange that they hurt the patient to help them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5eRvTRvMjciubT27l3NmcmCo-Bz6OkXJ29OvHo4YVDXyroEWqvOC1vu395g_eKZmvCfAKrieNMtbAW4AQ41kd9vL6tMF0hnnTUmcI7roWtYzejTIDO_a63XTpJx9H6FfxyabhUO6JAc4RxHHAWZDh-7vd9-jYXQFwdSNcVaBvuuDI1tudAhZjNphfcw/s4032/37B6AD35-B87A-47D0-9FB0-DDCBC977E0F8.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5eRvTRvMjciubT27l3NmcmCo-Bz6OkXJ29OvHo4YVDXyroEWqvOC1vu395g_eKZmvCfAKrieNMtbAW4AQ41kd9vL6tMF0hnnTUmcI7roWtYzejTIDO_a63XTpJx9H6FfxyabhUO6JAc4RxHHAWZDh-7vd9-jYXQFwdSNcVaBvuuDI1tudAhZjNphfcw/s320/37B6AD35-B87A-47D0-9FB0-DDCBC977E0F8.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">double port-a-cath bulb</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To be clear, I'm not objecting to treatment. <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/02/medium-luck.html" target="_blank">I feel very lucky to have cancer in 2021 and 2022</a>, in a city with a quality cancer treatment center and expert doctors and within an easy drive to Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/12/my-world-is-strange-now-and-thisthi.html" target="_blank">The treatment I've received</a> is so much less unpleasant than it would have been even 10 or 20 years ago. I had high quality targeted treatments that will leave me with <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/01/hair-loss-and-lactose-intolerance-and.html" target="_blank">fairly minor short and long term side effects. </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9RZpYwvZ0mUdjNTc9glPpavfyx0MhhBFHKHkJI8PDpCKtaPe2VBJ2JHgmAVCKdBF90tMiZ-5PWeRRLyv2BLGYk9VxA2Pf5g3TVRT1108HlZQC1cnLEMH-W1yHwJowPXh4U9Wd4Pk_lnYyKtiOZFNgIbKMpnZWRp30wXCBjy-AvbDqVcXiyuWT6iQDQg/s4032/23E28F26-4744-46A1-BD15-B4F366B9B060.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9RZpYwvZ0mUdjNTc9glPpavfyx0MhhBFHKHkJI8PDpCKtaPe2VBJ2JHgmAVCKdBF90tMiZ-5PWeRRLyv2BLGYk9VxA2Pf5g3TVRT1108HlZQC1cnLEMH-W1yHwJowPXh4U9Wd4Pk_lnYyKtiOZFNgIbKMpnZWRp30wXCBjy-AvbDqVcXiyuWT6iQDQg/s320/23E28F26-4744-46A1-BD15-B4F366B9B060.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">carved background port-a-cath bulbs</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But. Chemo and <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/07/first-week-of-radiation-plus-setback-in.html" target="_blank">radiation</a> are still treatments that kill the good with the bad and I find that to be just a wild idea. I'm grateful for the treatment and the innovations, but I'd still rather not do this. Just like I'm grateful for the port, but I also found it icky and was also happy to have it removed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIul2jxx-MDVRQXO-f6DFdhtrjO5mCW58v8hxm11oizeTR09W6HN4O8J2K2sY81jRct7dpdIQCIznw4PXbDu_19FgRbxGcBW-zAR-SfACF3b64X4Xn2GWYn63yQI9Int1p42GiAshDazWIkBg6YKDFElcMziBrWoZGOshlekQ3_tWfydkbNHQ_2CUoCQ/s3570/92319211-54A4-4C6C-B317-F5442FF5D22D.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3570" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIul2jxx-MDVRQXO-f6DFdhtrjO5mCW58v8hxm11oizeTR09W6HN4O8J2K2sY81jRct7dpdIQCIznw4PXbDu_19FgRbxGcBW-zAR-SfACF3b64X4Xn2GWYn63yQI9Int1p42GiAshDazWIkBg6YKDFElcMziBrWoZGOshlekQ3_tWfydkbNHQ_2CUoCQ/s320/92319211-54A4-4C6C-B317-F5442FF5D22D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">port-a-cath bulbs on the temporary hanging wall in my studio</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The port was uncomfortable for the first week or two, but then I got used to it. Before it was implanted, I thought it was going to be sticking partly out of my skin, like some kind of easy access charging port with a flip-top lid. Instead, the whole thing was under the skin and just left a raised area on my chest, as well as a scar where I was cut when it was put in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp45UJDEfc8YCfkxOEdk0ZoM8juEECyJHZDZ-ycyg7vhd1LUhZb78p5s-eLEJe9qmHBiu3DdblGDquQEZwurzi8sZH0KXjTOY6hKscyFfr9ChJi7M4W3iR9ee36hpX2hRonzgAnBSaxlmx_h41niaO6YhQOTP146-z8zZJ5jjT7C5DOFazqeOLq3xHCw/s4032/DA6F48B3-C119-454B-B691-6DCF54C84A92.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp45UJDEfc8YCfkxOEdk0ZoM8juEECyJHZDZ-ycyg7vhd1LUhZb78p5s-eLEJe9qmHBiu3DdblGDquQEZwurzi8sZH0KXjTOY6hKscyFfr9ChJi7M4W3iR9ee36hpX2hRonzgAnBSaxlmx_h41niaO6YhQOTP146-z8zZJ5jjT7C5DOFazqeOLq3xHCw/s320/DA6F48B3-C119-454B-B691-6DCF54C84A92.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">port-a-cath bulb with calligraphic catheter lines</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I found it particularly creepy that I could feel not only the lump of the port itself and the three locator bumps on top, but also the catheter as it snaked up and then down into my body. The catheter wasn't exactly uncomfortable, but it felt strange and, like a missing tooth, I couldn't resist touching that area and feeling that strangeness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUrQHvUrBHyh-LMudPbeuR-XfnofIGb_3cLVGuwbaknOGXqCbjHGZiwrUMTCHGzEKPK5e_sufcFdRW1WYd9TIaayQAPhEnXMrxrAg8vKG9NZQgcY40W1f_xsbxKhJn53w9KwKLQagZ1VJAsIuwYkzXaNx6BNLJeIOezjZPDsBShXiDZ2_pbzfHdhSTA/s4032/5565B04C-38D3-4072-AF8D-3689973E11C5.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUrQHvUrBHyh-LMudPbeuR-XfnofIGb_3cLVGuwbaknOGXqCbjHGZiwrUMTCHGzEKPK5e_sufcFdRW1WYd9TIaayQAPhEnXMrxrAg8vKG9NZQgcY40W1f_xsbxKhJn53w9KwKLQagZ1VJAsIuwYkzXaNx6BNLJeIOezjZPDsBShXiDZ2_pbzfHdhSTA/s320/5565B04C-38D3-4072-AF8D-3689973E11C5.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">double port-a-cath bulb with the catheter winding inside </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first time I had the port accessed, it didn't work quite right, so the nurse had me lay back and move my arms around a variety of poses to get the blood flowing through. The idea was to kind of unkink the catheter so it would work right. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFY6a0HmPISblk5HnIKs27iOKH5qGVqUSu9QUyfDpT0x9ZYDAjbaKTLaSZt8nv82UTIrmtybzqQQeV5IZy58oZsS0rYRyO2kS6ACjqZdkQ3qD-QIPFIUepwCFpB2PR6SgddyghdfByrXR7KG2kR-ecG5h3dWVVLEdxB0n3PN5jx5ERFI-ZYvpQGHiOTQ/s1086/C180E37A-83AD-4CF4-AEB7-DCFE381DA94C.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1086" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFY6a0HmPISblk5HnIKs27iOKH5qGVqUSu9QUyfDpT0x9ZYDAjbaKTLaSZt8nv82UTIrmtybzqQQeV5IZy58oZsS0rYRyO2kS6ACjqZdkQ3qD-QIPFIUepwCFpB2PR6SgddyghdfByrXR7KG2kR-ecG5h3dWVVLEdxB0n3PN5jx5ERFI-ZYvpQGHiOTQ/s320/C180E37A-83AD-4CF4-AEB7-DCFE381DA94C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">port-a-cath bulb where the catheter line is tangled (this is what I was thinking of when the nurse was having me move my arms)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The contortions worked to make the port move, but thinking about what was wrong and what I was doing to fix it made me faint again. For weeks I worried that <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/01/week-6-staying-strong.html" target="_blank">doing jumping jacks or stretching</a> might re-kink the catheter, but I never had trouble with it again after that first day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3wKn7USwPELub7QmPNR5vt9ML64S42skcTSCGkzL1mBMmlKD767Usjqas1vDa10N0GfmGFbdJvgoAuqY7vNv2v_KgKdZe7c8_elkqQTqX1YV1eB_gEztH673a9MYUpfYqnC_5nsWBgiiiBRKZoVhvCHTmFVyW0Z27f78DcquAA2-CQibWUP1pkD9Zg/s4032/1B1AA5B5-3E0E-4553-A0B4-B74CA61EE9F5.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3wKn7USwPELub7QmPNR5vt9ML64S42skcTSCGkzL1mBMmlKD767Usjqas1vDa10N0GfmGFbdJvgoAuqY7vNv2v_KgKdZe7c8_elkqQTqX1YV1eB_gEztH673a9MYUpfYqnC_5nsWBgiiiBRKZoVhvCHTmFVyW0Z27f78DcquAA2-CQibWUP1pkD9Zg/s320/1B1AA5B5-3E0E-4553-A0B4-B74CA61EE9F5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">port-a-cath bulbs where the catheter lines become the bulb itself</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once chemo was finished, t<a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/05/surgery-waiting-on-tumor-board.html" target="_blank">he port was taken out, at the same time as my tumor and sentinel lymph nodes were removed</a>. Now I am hyperaware of the scar, which is more uncomfortable than the lumpectomy or the lymph node scar for some reason. The removal scar was done over or into the original scar, so I just have the four scars from this experience (counting the drain scar from the <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/05/alnd-and-lympha-surgeries-next-week.html" target="_blank">second lymph node surgery</a>).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE84MexPdvbOkPDNnfYZqNQ9Q-P6pEYEbGke-q-j0AtMXvQlnex1itcn3-a4CsXagYuCYduSyssZZR78CVf-bmj9aqP0b7I8FuikpuFnvGNR0DohqBeBHNfAFSERXX_KDd7TN5NaEG_4V61DWL_7YmiMEJ_sWIB7SIfVihPQAiHvWR2c0BQL3hrkxOcQ/s4032/5C450015-5225-465F-84B2-9CA5552B6572.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE84MexPdvbOkPDNnfYZqNQ9Q-P6pEYEbGke-q-j0AtMXvQlnex1itcn3-a4CsXagYuCYduSyssZZR78CVf-bmj9aqP0b7I8FuikpuFnvGNR0DohqBeBHNfAFSERXX_KDd7TN5NaEG_4V61DWL_7YmiMEJ_sWIB7SIfVihPQAiHvWR2c0BQL3hrkxOcQ/s320/5C450015-5225-465F-84B2-9CA5552B6572.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">port-a-cath bulb with a different style of port (I didn't like this one as much)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Because I found the creepiness factor of the port so fascinating and off-putting, it naturally became a subject of the objects I was able to make during and after chemo. The more I played with the position and arrangement of the catheters, the more I felt like this was an interesting idea to explore.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFkAk-P5xgr0FPp3qqti_huLotgXK7jziq5Sg0bgRAC8-ctsFS3IN-TyftTF1Xo2i26z0GQs-7zRQzqR-Npda8KvvLzM7Dml-gl1ZsAzsFysXOujw1ZKia44nNS7npZZF7xEmYfgG2gfm6VsjHlp5Aj_UwKgY1FjTckvFZApMboEHE2LNQ4bncmuLwA/s4032/23227595-2BD0-4FFF-8C5D-C79E43D88848.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFkAk-P5xgr0FPp3qqti_huLotgXK7jziq5Sg0bgRAC8-ctsFS3IN-TyftTF1Xo2i26z0GQs-7zRQzqR-Npda8KvvLzM7Dml-gl1ZsAzsFysXOujw1ZKia44nNS7npZZF7xEmYfgG2gfm6VsjHlp5Aj_UwKgY1FjTckvFZApMboEHE2LNQ4bncmuLwA/s320/23227595-2BD0-4FFF-8C5D-C79E43D88848.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">port-a-cath bulb with textured background</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I didn't know what my port looked like, exactly, before it was removed, so I worked from a brochure about port-a-caths that they gave me after mine was put in. In May, when I had it out, <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/05/surgery-tomorrow.html" target="_blank">I asked for the port to take home</a>, but was a little bit disappointed that mine was a more boring design than the ones I had based my bulbs on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCMB8JvJsBmGAfjHXqSTpkrG1KiyRa1FlhPr-dWsPSlMlgDn-oOdC9bXQjoZ2x-TDfMcO8xQzb_cBmlbmrXksBpeYL_cht62oEWE5_xA5qmLHzaUoBdw1WpBg6w1mXPlbgsndIWIAsnVGSAQRrMloYUkTZOoR-EbwvmsIyv6ae81Baq8bdUYh0c-6zA/s3411/F7695F1F-E308-438A-9951-7FDD2A38050B.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3012" data-original-width="3411" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCMB8JvJsBmGAfjHXqSTpkrG1KiyRa1FlhPr-dWsPSlMlgDn-oOdC9bXQjoZ2x-TDfMcO8xQzb_cBmlbmrXksBpeYL_cht62oEWE5_xA5qmLHzaUoBdw1WpBg6w1mXPlbgsndIWIAsnVGSAQRrMloYUkTZOoR-EbwvmsIyv6ae81Baq8bdUYh0c-6zA/s320/F7695F1F-E308-438A-9951-7FDD2A38050B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">temporary wall of bulbs in the studio</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Making these bulbs also fit into my sometimes interrupted work time, both <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/02/first-taxol-and-neuropathy.html" target="_blank">during chemo</a> when I was sometimes feeling nausea or fatigue and in the <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/06/surgery-recovery-getting-back-towards.html" target="_blank">recovery time after surgery</a> when I found it difficult to work for a long time in the studio. I can easily work on just a bulb or two at a time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTyu5XuRaoTy8OGDkbbat4V8cQqlSoKpVDfgE9vDgLEq7t1jJSBQWfY1UOqcdAx74y15jhtncRMzFE_2BhY2E__-kqmZlOBzeyyq-aGsMZPnPFwpcnukLsk5WL6Alf2wTcXW0EGY_QMRSDyS8GTU0GO2Br2tV-n0VjfMVsOBCHE-zgH4y7akCBzayNew/s4032/2CB80FF3-E6B4-47F6-860D-466AC4D37990.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTyu5XuRaoTy8OGDkbbat4V8cQqlSoKpVDfgE9vDgLEq7t1jJSBQWfY1UOqcdAx74y15jhtncRMzFE_2BhY2E__-kqmZlOBzeyyq-aGsMZPnPFwpcnukLsk5WL6Alf2wTcXW0EGY_QMRSDyS8GTU0GO2Br2tV-n0VjfMVsOBCHE-zgH4y7akCBzayNew/s320/2CB80FF3-E6B4-47F6-860D-466AC4D37990.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">plain yellow base port-a-cath bulb </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/08/port-cath-and-heart-cath-mugs.html" target="_blank">Unlike when I am throwing on the pottery wheel</a>, I can stop and start the work with more flexibility. I can keep the bulbs wrapped better in between work sessions and there isn't much set up or clean up for working on one of these press-molded forms.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXvD1L98Ezcg88dD-aWsLibpuU7BZgwPA66YbcGP1i567gJv62fSeHCcf6xqaQxUdXzyO-xSjjrTeIS7mv7pQYY-YEBvkbcU5u5dtyThc8vxcQqEvarH_ULbwRUUg4aP_8jOq7pQVBbf6-_2ywAIYXfDqSSZuZFDadjt27ko7cnr61qghSvS71RjRfg/s4032/1EF8EE26-5B07-4AF0-BBBB-9F11E2E5F797.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXvD1L98Ezcg88dD-aWsLibpuU7BZgwPA66YbcGP1i567gJv62fSeHCcf6xqaQxUdXzyO-xSjjrTeIS7mv7pQYY-YEBvkbcU5u5dtyThc8vxcQqEvarH_ULbwRUUg4aP_8jOq7pQVBbf6-_2ywAIYXfDqSSZuZFDadjt27ko7cnr61qghSvS71RjRfg/s320/1EF8EE26-5B07-4AF0-BBBB-9F11E2E5F797.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">squared off port-a-cath bulb </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In fact, as I was winding down my sculpting work so that I could get these fired and glazed before the upcoming Studio Tour, I kept making new bulbs, which are now in the kiln. It became a bit of a compulsion to keep making. I also made a sprig mold with my real port and wanted to use that on some new bulbs (ones that won't be ready for the Tour).</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9V3MP22NukkOe9dUpRSE8Ik91DH5qWTX6iSwFDcLPCSL05BW53vhhyWhbWxo69Xi2pVNXVO4ECQvW1COTZq-Jr3GOt-3p1Hw7cFFvqc09fj-6frd528bUxBNeRuB19JrZLElzyHs1Ncrd9W4MTRuI1YkpA__fRHQBvPBzCjwhtzZJLzoH2b2rjHw9gA/s4032/B41E2C58-C7A2-4441-A7A0-BDB246C2C1DD.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9V3MP22NukkOe9dUpRSE8Ik91DH5qWTX6iSwFDcLPCSL05BW53vhhyWhbWxo69Xi2pVNXVO4ECQvW1COTZq-Jr3GOt-3p1Hw7cFFvqc09fj-6frd528bUxBNeRuB19JrZLElzyHs1Ncrd9W4MTRuI1YkpA__fRHQBvPBzCjwhtzZJLzoH2b2rjHw9gA/s320/B41E2C58-C7A2-4441-A7A0-BDB246C2C1DD.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lots of port-a-caths layered</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I colored and glazed these cancer bulbs with the same kinds of bright contrasting and layered colors I used for my abstract bulbs. I feel like the playful and bright color is both joyful (for me) and a bit surprising when paired with cancer imagery. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6pqZze7TTb6w5yoxyxPUvRUH9BexQhqqEyESRykGGHwU68Rll0kKQ4ksGfUA31XH4sbMikvpHaGBmUnPR04rVmJrF4V-siDJnKcg6HQVcPzhvPXJR_kb0kgeM4KdT_WJpQdO6geE8d5VC0ARsRhpOulHBe6-rEBNb6L3zTp458YPkOfdTTIYgZh38A/s3507/E1F2AA72-82BF-44E2-BC54-9453AC520B64.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3507" data-original-width="2625" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6pqZze7TTb6w5yoxyxPUvRUH9BexQhqqEyESRykGGHwU68Rll0kKQ4ksGfUA31XH4sbMikvpHaGBmUnPR04rVmJrF4V-siDJnKcg6HQVcPzhvPXJR_kb0kgeM4KdT_WJpQdO6geE8d5VC0ARsRhpOulHBe6-rEBNb6L3zTp458YPkOfdTTIYgZh38A/s320/E1F2AA72-82BF-44E2-BC54-9453AC520B64.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">detail of hanging port-a-cath bulbs</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I didn't want these to be dark, depressing, or sad. I admit that I kind of like the idea of them being creepy or gross, in some ways. I really made them for myself. I really didn't care, at the outset (and still don't I guess) if other people thought they were appealing.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1gssSKf8eVtiQmC4Hj12_ZNj5hk0yLzfd6VkrUWF4hQ3HtooaizFq98uzw1XwhhI53rm2jAWUEbvGqIm_fDQgtJhQ8Mq7xrrLU_7okMQSUINHn6gMbne2i5tQCg-TVJu-gfXvhnZ1t4R4gaavy4pVNO_rJSAYgP5uUXrhiF9JcURedhVzLbcD1pU2rQ/s4032/9C656825-06F5-41C5-9C4C-FA01084273A2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1gssSKf8eVtiQmC4Hj12_ZNj5hk0yLzfd6VkrUWF4hQ3HtooaizFq98uzw1XwhhI53rm2jAWUEbvGqIm_fDQgtJhQ8Mq7xrrLU_7okMQSUINHn6gMbne2i5tQCg-TVJu-gfXvhnZ1t4R4gaavy4pVNO_rJSAYgP5uUXrhiF9JcURedhVzLbcD1pU2rQ/s320/9C656825-06F5-41C5-9C4C-FA01084273A2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">heart-a-cath bulbs</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What I think I've found, is that people who have experienced cancer themselves or in their family, especially people who had or have a port, find them interesting. I think they feel like a memento or maybe even an inside "joke" about this intense experience.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT5wYXzLJax5DyvNffKrtfnCe8rXRxT74w_XQPvUad4MB10fys_exGAJ6t4t-lK9lml27Kj1Q7PqFWDm62ULrxriHkXuq18UVE2Bx8XxyB1S3Nx0KHL9kioE78-1vuqmWrVF3eBZLjNqqqXeup4aBeJ0vs5mrlIZrU7WCQvKKdW09BcpG58RUjmUP1cA/s3933/39B429AF-BDD6-4D0E-AF24-F8F6AA73214B.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2460" data-original-width="3933" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT5wYXzLJax5DyvNffKrtfnCe8rXRxT74w_XQPvUad4MB10fys_exGAJ6t4t-lK9lml27Kj1Q7PqFWDm62ULrxriHkXuq18UVE2Bx8XxyB1S3Nx0KHL9kioE78-1vuqmWrVF3eBZLjNqqqXeup4aBeJ0vs5mrlIZrU7WCQvKKdW09BcpG58RUjmUP1cA/s320/39B429AF-BDD6-4D0E-AF24-F8F6AA73214B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">detail of installed bulbs</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ironically, though my nephew and I have both been dealing with cancer all year, he never had a port, so this imagery misses him entirely. I mean, he's 3, so presumably the bright colors and shiny texture is appealing, but the poor kid gets a new IV every time he has an infusion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingRIXfIRBjya9nHPodwBibW-5Ji9XhuqSedfwKwcxCvf-qfwMqXuFQpNDjZVihIg0HvIP_Z1xiPYKg5xbCHPiPhweGxBJxtdS9q2Pbpq5PeDCTsbu14iv4qjGNcoNUdhQwHVO7HpI0guwKF7atRLtI_i4vLWuaWe1Hffs7BwFglENYUHuyhMHXKuYyQ/s4032/5BEEE0E5-F22A-4530-9432-75233580C0F4.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingRIXfIRBjya9nHPodwBibW-5Ji9XhuqSedfwKwcxCvf-qfwMqXuFQpNDjZVihIg0HvIP_Z1xiPYKg5xbCHPiPhweGxBJxtdS9q2Pbpq5PeDCTsbu14iv4qjGNcoNUdhQwHVO7HpI0guwKF7atRLtI_i4vLWuaWe1Hffs7BwFglENYUHuyhMHXKuYyQ/s320/5BEEE0E5-F22A-4530-9432-75233580C0F4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">different type of port-a-caths</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did a couple of minor experiments with another physical object from the chemo process, one that my nephew might be familar with. Every time I had an infusion, they gave me an ID bracelet with my identifying information. Every time I came home, I cut it off, but instead of throwing it away, they started collecting on my desk. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNcpNj9KntO-Y0VPCzZr4FX0auqUDFPblmCXme9OtD8N__NE4bMJ3ZMdC79cZfCUDmdeiPsHyYF1uq2EtlYOMmC4yGPdSUPNj90hsdVt4QpWDt-gmSeXd3Wx8m3joAgCeuSYhtn1_9Y1Os8Hd3Ux06AksNJJYilN8yKwGXFHEr42HBnoXp6sBtFKL3A/s4032/3D368533-B469-4489-9792-CBFD33741062.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNcpNj9KntO-Y0VPCzZr4FX0auqUDFPblmCXme9OtD8N__NE4bMJ3ZMdC79cZfCUDmdeiPsHyYF1uq2EtlYOMmC4yGPdSUPNj90hsdVt4QpWDt-gmSeXd3Wx8m3joAgCeuSYhtn1_9Y1Os8Hd3Ux06AksNJJYilN8yKwGXFHEr42HBnoXp6sBtFKL3A/s320/3D368533-B469-4489-9792-CBFD33741062.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ID bracelet bulb</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pretty soon I had enough medical bracelets to fully cover a bulb if I wanted. The bracelets were plastic, so I tried pressing them into the clay. The result was just two bulbs with this texture. I think the color makes them work, to some extent, but I have no idea if the results "read" as anything recognizable.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcdGD2UUaaEFNLvQh0V1TqsHgMrxqu9skvbYx2lYKSqqrY5Wg4xusDZ6Ym5vWQqkVQOZxRbyCyUrwTZDYoscy_o2Zcp8zU3uS13XnlsE24v8TaZzkzol5BWQD_dsUIdayxc3o51ThwkF0JCohgyGonUcU1tFWoW52WEbdCI_d3ItUhe-JsGG-ztSBAXg/s3695/459F7D02-4A58-40D9-A7CA-D4F209A7B158.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3695" data-original-width="2814" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcdGD2UUaaEFNLvQh0V1TqsHgMrxqu9skvbYx2lYKSqqrY5Wg4xusDZ6Ym5vWQqkVQOZxRbyCyUrwTZDYoscy_o2Zcp8zU3uS13XnlsE24v8TaZzkzol5BWQD_dsUIdayxc3o51ThwkF0JCohgyGonUcU1tFWoW52WEbdCI_d3ItUhe-JsGG-ztSBAXg/s320/459F7D02-4A58-40D9-A7CA-D4F209A7B158.jpeg" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">port-a-cath vines</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once the Tour is over, I might have another think about the imagery that applies more broadly to the experience. I am also looking forward to talking with people this weekend when they see this work. I'm looking forward to hearing both from the folks who've had cancer and those who haven't.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRVhfL072hFC3uEQpydMGvb8-Kry7QtcPI6DpJpHW65Iod7Sw2Lr0A9tsB6H8KyzxEq7BYH4Z2QzsCUyjRbX6YuD1NzUjCiEfnJqPpyEDgUedCxh8BsmX1Qr-abe9gGfnnFHSqz_oUPzBbtiYgQV3iB-mgLh-vtnadOrDFUutcgGkNx4uhKvuvLYJqA/s4032/8B6C2CCB-180E-4C41-8A0A-DD0112A6F7F1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRVhfL072hFC3uEQpydMGvb8-Kry7QtcPI6DpJpHW65Iod7Sw2Lr0A9tsB6H8KyzxEq7BYH4Z2QzsCUyjRbX6YuD1NzUjCiEfnJqPpyEDgUedCxh8BsmX1Qr-abe9gGfnnFHSqz_oUPzBbtiYgQV3iB-mgLh-vtnadOrDFUutcgGkNx4uhKvuvLYJqA/s320/8B6C2CCB-180E-4C41-8A0A-DD0112A6F7F1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">heart-a-cath bulb with raised areas where the catheter seems to be below the surface</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Months ago, I asked on Facebook or Instagram if people knew what the object was. Folks who'd had a port knew, but others guessed a spaceship or a sprinkler. I may have further obfuscated the form by adding plantlike growths out of the port, or by layering ports on top of one another.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXBM4ooNzeb9Zg385iHxMIWQRulgqk-6HBw9sNpfw-R1sqH4D8tOXHI_0Zp06FYX5SLQwShH6iU6NnWvcahuZ_XyICSqtxtXLJetUzPsu9BFsQWsoUvOBvxAGqU1hrXTDkkfNpcUQvT41d5OqhBVwBmV3LoHD6K4-8TUoWwh-0d5gkjaJaY4cjSjPXQ/s4032/59D1A079-F36F-4CAD-AF66-04D22D499DF3.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXBM4ooNzeb9Zg385iHxMIWQRulgqk-6HBw9sNpfw-R1sqH4D8tOXHI_0Zp06FYX5SLQwShH6iU6NnWvcahuZ_XyICSqtxtXLJetUzPsu9BFsQWsoUvOBvxAGqU1hrXTDkkfNpcUQvT41d5OqhBVwBmV3LoHD6K4-8TUoWwh-0d5gkjaJaY4cjSjPXQ/s320/59D1A079-F36F-4CAD-AF66-04D22D499DF3.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">plant-like catheter lines</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As of this writing, I am nearly done getting my studio cleaned and getting these pieces out and on display for the show this weekend. Tomorrow night Monika and Chris will set up their work so we can be ready for Saturday.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQyZeY2DHgQUeO4cLCqdpdA35llc8u7W36akCrb7tCy-AUPuGBR6HSVqNtPNsvo5B-CZQ52Cf4dXUA9-_cVzaqt_vbOOJls0PdXWiQ6SbQIxCMarwuLQ9eKrCHWVygHYrNBVpkEhwhXGNz968_wVkROBLwADKTFJgnkrZET1ZYfixtU-lDqlm9ea2ng/s4029/378DBF3E-3A81-4688-96D9-93F12B9137FE.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4029" data-original-width="2659" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQyZeY2DHgQUeO4cLCqdpdA35llc8u7W36akCrb7tCy-AUPuGBR6HSVqNtPNsvo5B-CZQ52Cf4dXUA9-_cVzaqt_vbOOJls0PdXWiQ6SbQIxCMarwuLQ9eKrCHWVygHYrNBVpkEhwhXGNz968_wVkROBLwADKTFJgnkrZET1ZYfixtU-lDqlm9ea2ng/s320/378DBF3E-3A81-4688-96D9-93F12B9137FE.jpeg" width="211" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">port-a-cath bulb with raised area suggesting catheter is under the (yellow) skin</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you are in Yakima, join me at my house for the Second Annual Yakima Artist's Studio Tour this Labor Day weekend. My studio will be open 10-4 on Saturday and Sunday and 10-12 on Sunday. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPyd19cregXEZ8AcCTddkqJqRN3qBgJVn8XjP7I1VKya8OEZEVm29-lloAMz-wD43jzPyYwO9rA7Ab0w78zmKagscrUl-EIUhs2TLWgbtbbP_sGN0WiktJO9_Wk8H0wp3j_PuEvnX3VnmnWl8-lJFUK0nfaiHdj3-kS3AsjsKGP_6gZFhpRGLAhdD1g/s4032/A38ACC49-D5B7-4AE8-9F15-F983365A4213.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPyd19cregXEZ8AcCTddkqJqRN3qBgJVn8XjP7I1VKya8OEZEVm29-lloAMz-wD43jzPyYwO9rA7Ab0w78zmKagscrUl-EIUhs2TLWgbtbbP_sGN0WiktJO9_Wk8H0wp3j_PuEvnX3VnmnWl8-lJFUK0nfaiHdj3-kS3AsjsKGP_6gZFhpRGLAhdD1g/s320/A38ACC49-D5B7-4AE8-9F15-F983365A4213.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">catheter lines that twist and come off the surface</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448145685976829097.post-3090117345690892342022-08-29T13:49:00.001-07:002022-08-29T13:49:11.364-07:00Port-a-cath and Heart-a-cath Mugs<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQfGc2dVxtHmkKFVXV8I48Nz5ME5Lb-Q_Z_lokO0Zs9yRjwg7_7Tz3CFmoSR36Na7t9cJv92zR9V6lcQbOQnz_ksA72afjRA3bwkg21X-TQoUnEpHD1knfA91t-89MV2je4UZfC-b9dymhDIqQCF89MLuuyizHjDvkWDh-0TLA7rAno1DcevRfS2uZQ/s4030/AA3F2CC4-AF00-4083-A5EF-D0EC4BCE5D08.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1774" data-original-width="4030" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQfGc2dVxtHmkKFVXV8I48Nz5ME5Lb-Q_Z_lokO0Zs9yRjwg7_7Tz3CFmoSR36Na7t9cJv92zR9V6lcQbOQnz_ksA72afjRA3bwkg21X-TQoUnEpHD1knfA91t-89MV2je4UZfC-b9dymhDIqQCF89MLuuyizHjDvkWDh-0TLA7rAno1DcevRfS2uZQ/w400-h176/AA3F2CC4-AF00-4083-A5EF-D0EC4BCE5D08.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">port-a-cath and heart-a-cath mugs</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Studio Tour</b></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The second annual <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/08/yakima-artists-studio-tour.html" target="_blank">Yakima Labor Day Artist's Studio Tour</a> is coming up this weekend. This year I'll have new work, including dishes, mugs, bulbs, and <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/08/finished-sculpture-2-weeks-left-of.html" target="_blank">sculpture</a>. As I have been cleaning my studio and getting set up for the tour, I realize that a lot of the new work is explicity cancer-themed, including a small batch of mugs inspired by my horrified fascination with the port-a-cath that I had during chemo this year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQt17pPpDqKdWMSCnAJUG2hJ7RXyyfiaY8PC6jZkok8zicL_8ePOCvBWzPgiSaI_JgZrvGzC6SNkZ0vTIKyQz-WL6Bw7nCat69EoU4K2mE8DsM6YAo70ahUeJp-ZxrZ8g5n1098TM5rv0cqkYjgcuymsnUWtfUftxozh3YD9RWIjDbE__4-22Fnk7-mw/s4028/B71C2715-DA43-4952-9278-39CC00A6AD6D.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1796" data-original-width="4028" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQt17pPpDqKdWMSCnAJUG2hJ7RXyyfiaY8PC6jZkok8zicL_8ePOCvBWzPgiSaI_JgZrvGzC6SNkZ0vTIKyQz-WL6Bw7nCat69EoU4K2mE8DsM6YAo70ahUeJp-ZxrZ8g5n1098TM5rv0cqkYjgcuymsnUWtfUftxozh3YD9RWIjDbE__4-22Fnk7-mw/w400-h179/B71C2715-DA43-4952-9278-39CC00A6AD6D.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">heart-a-cath mugs</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cancer Mugs</h2>For those of you who haven't been obsessed with this item all year, or who haven't memorized everything from <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/12/chemo-begins.html" target="_blank">my many posts</a> about my <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/12/my-world-is-strange-now-and-thisthi.html" target="_blank">breast cancer experience over the past 10 months</a> (I just looked it up, I've written 23 posts <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/search/label/cancer" target="_blank">tagged "cancer"</a>), a port-a-cath is a little device surgically implanted under the skin to deliver chemo. The <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2021/12/chemo-begins.html" target="_blank">Adriamycin ("Red Devil" or "Dreaded Red") in the A/C chemo</a>, in particular, is hard on the veins if it is infused via an IV, so it is, instead, infused via a port in the chest. The port-a-cath makes it easier to access the vein for infusion (much more comfortable for me, the patient), and, as I understand it, having the chemo drugs enter nearer the heart means more turbulence in the vein so that the poison moves more quickly away from the infusion site.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqUze4IzinmC8Pwu5UUd7auf9faQzYmXJvjHc47vTCGkfbNAumUrDoyPdGg1bbMfzeGxReas1ofw93aGyfKRicyowFIPuXOviP-J1lGOHAzS4So4DK0L9M82mU7l54nxZSaX-Yjr6LQPFPCFbprIOV653XwJQfMFhsqEt1v-NGY2AC3d2dpfWTnNCyg/s4032/DFD68F67-A9FB-469C-8133-2FA1E431EA63.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqUze4IzinmC8Pwu5UUd7auf9faQzYmXJvjHc47vTCGkfbNAumUrDoyPdGg1bbMfzeGxReas1ofw93aGyfKRicyowFIPuXOviP-J1lGOHAzS4So4DK0L9M82mU7l54nxZSaX-Yjr6LQPFPCFbprIOV653XwJQfMFhsqEt1v-NGY2AC3d2dpfWTnNCyg/s320/DFD68F67-A9FB-469C-8133-2FA1E431EA63.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">port-a-cath mugs</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>In December, or maybe late November, I had surgery to get the port installed. In May, when I had my lumpectomy, <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/05/surgery-waiting-on-tumor-board.html" target="_blank">the port was taken out and I asked to keep it</a> because I had been making art based on it all year, but I didn't quite know what it looked like (disappointingly, my port-a-cath was a less interesting object than the ones I used for my clay molds--my friend Amy got one that looks like one I created).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_-CHE6TjXDVd5rMwJ7j0SdmaMSZ6SDh62467x46I0EoYmWq3kM26EI2oORIKN1_xp_-ea0IBfq7D90AjPX7vKYYMFrSpYijuq2jrI1HNIdlpgx7OtRZ2WH38kPTSg8znREpzg6IgirL1S9G-VxCW4cmehrSDpczuDY147a_OR0GWbetLyLgQn9WupA/s4032/08E30952-82CC-4BE2-B542-F3E93327DFAD.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_-CHE6TjXDVd5rMwJ7j0SdmaMSZ6SDh62467x46I0EoYmWq3kM26EI2oORIKN1_xp_-ea0IBfq7D90AjPX7vKYYMFrSpYijuq2jrI1HNIdlpgx7OtRZ2WH38kPTSg8znREpzg6IgirL1S9G-VxCW4cmehrSDpczuDY147a_OR0GWbetLyLgQn9WupA/s320/08E30952-82CC-4BE2-B542-F3E93327DFAD.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">port-a-cath mug</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Starting in December, I spent 20 weeks hanging out with the folks in the Northstar infusion room for my chemotherapy treatments. The people working there were uniformly great, just wonderfully patient and kind and helpful. They made the experience just that much more tolerable with how they treated us patients. I went into the process scared and worried, and spent a chunk of that time feeling unwell, but they explained things and did their jobs in a way that reduced the stress and anxiety. For this reason, I started thinking about how I'd like to acknowledge their efforts, and the efforts of my surgeon and oncologist, with something I made after the experience.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZt3aj9jINaxVCAlbl4WPZ-VhSFxj4DrC24Symrh5AelwAO9uadZ_d3lvuICoTXqaoYccha3Ux2vo4f8yLM_f2Ct83OItIrzny0jxfHt_C4FxsEeIkHWw2drAdX4srvkggAsHXoqOZBHBfawD5ypU_7_L81MkkFQT4gDD2Ya92FhVFUgAEC7gBU4HlYQ/s4032/454A7104-A232-4CAF-899C-4DEBE6A892E9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZt3aj9jINaxVCAlbl4WPZ-VhSFxj4DrC24Symrh5AelwAO9uadZ_d3lvuICoTXqaoYccha3Ux2vo4f8yLM_f2Ct83OItIrzny0jxfHt_C4FxsEeIkHWw2drAdX4srvkggAsHXoqOZBHBfawD5ypU_7_L81MkkFQT4gDD2Ya92FhVFUgAEC7gBU4HlYQ/s320/454A7104-A232-4CAF-899C-4DEBE6A892E9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">port-a-cath bulbs</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had started making port-a-cath bulbs earlier in the year. They fit both my mood and anxiety, in incorporating the port-a-cath and the catheter line, as well as fitting the level of effort I felt I could sustain. I didn't want to make art that was all pink ribbons and needles, both because that seemed cliche, but also because that wasn't really my experience (the needle for the port is shaped differently than the kind for a vaccine). The physical object that seemed to capture some of the creepiness and anxiety and strangeness of cancer, and chemo especially, was this thing I could feel under my skin. So I recreated the port-a-cath and added the line of the catheter. As I worked more and more with this imagery, I started wrapping the lines around and through the bulbs themselves in a way meant to be suggestive of getting under the skin.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNIyRrXX_CbHBQIdkwUwddL5Co6tGpYWNc7FzqKcB2ftA5k6uOlESng4Nr-sxmbhOvIk35cx0dERNi-vChJheD2OiyzaDM0Uq93_DkBjL6P82BCQdWhZSDGt3k_dcYjrRPRk2_iqw_7qoxRvejZRkotfEdPdusuYhZ0f-x7-Ozxzm1mwRswbmFujBfzQ/s1440/138973F4-A62D-480E-A3B8-0001FA9C0751.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="1440" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNIyRrXX_CbHBQIdkwUwddL5Co6tGpYWNc7FzqKcB2ftA5k6uOlESng4Nr-sxmbhOvIk35cx0dERNi-vChJheD2OiyzaDM0Uq93_DkBjL6P82BCQdWhZSDGt3k_dcYjrRPRk2_iqw_7qoxRvejZRkotfEdPdusuYhZ0f-x7-Ozxzm1mwRswbmFujBfzQ/s320/138973F4-A62D-480E-A3B8-0001FA9C0751.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">heart-a-cath mug before glazing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The bulbs were important to me in working through the ideas in winter, but I'm not sure how the nurses at Northstar or my doctors would react to this random art object. A mug seems more accessible, so I wanted to try it. When <a href="https://racheldorn.blogspot.com/2022/05/surgery-tomorrow.html" target="_blank">I was feeling up to throwing near the end of chemo, I threw some mugs with the idea of adding some ports as decoration</a>. Quickly realizing that drinking coffee out of something that was implanted under the skin might be gross, I switched to heart shapes for most of the mugs.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1VjwjjIhYbaUoH0DsdzXge2eZmdPJoU5Yw5CGQp-zAUHgwPDiaI0ivPGa2XwRXAbOXnA0tNHz6-j9mIsSa0y7key3VUIUiiH143x_MXo0S6ZyeqSPvqKQSPfBMXi4AqyEsV7Zma8WPraEekznqRPENgqkH4ggnigq5waUDsPdQRmiEs4vhxlr7j_tpw/s4032/05CF79F0-71B8-413F-9D99-278504E595AA.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1VjwjjIhYbaUoH0DsdzXge2eZmdPJoU5Yw5CGQp-zAUHgwPDiaI0ivPGa2XwRXAbOXnA0tNHz6-j9mIsSa0y7key3VUIUiiH143x_MXo0S6ZyeqSPvqKQSPfBMXi4AqyEsV7Zma8WPraEekznqRPENgqkH4ggnigq5waUDsPdQRmiEs4vhxlr7j_tpw/s320/05CF79F0-71B8-413F-9D99-278504E595AA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">heart-a-cath mugs with the new glaze inside</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A long time passed between when I finished building these in May and when I got around to firing and glazing them in August. I'm feeling a bit ambivalent about some of them because I tried out some new glazes that didn't look exactly how I anticipated. Now I'm also feeling strange about whether any of this is something that would be appealing to people who aren't me.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwJ9DTBU9Ftn0jIIGGn_EFYIpKek2eIG-Zv1FmlzPyNOLFk2Vsa0WkKtSimM62kjAtkNqnahfWQgA4HS5d-NQKqSnkodP_P8k-G1pk9EtWQrYyKO_df15v8EPKkZSHcZNE2bRLR-daSZBOyJACOMmstlDwLz0Zw8w4jl2VnbR3gMxnOQG1YpLDsm0Qw/s1440/D04E922D-C186-40D0-A418-073947AC3199.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwJ9DTBU9Ftn0jIIGGn_EFYIpKek2eIG-Zv1FmlzPyNOLFk2Vsa0WkKtSimM62kjAtkNqnahfWQgA4HS5d-NQKqSnkodP_P8k-G1pk9EtWQrYyKO_df15v8EPKkZSHcZNE2bRLR-daSZBOyJACOMmstlDwLz0Zw8w4jl2VnbR3gMxnOQG1YpLDsm0Qw/s320/D04E922D-C186-40D0-A418-073947AC3199.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the cat likes my mugs (during glazing)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This weekend's Artist Studio Tour should be a good time to show them and see what people think. Of course, the obvious catch is that if I show them for sale and people buy them, I won't have them to give as gifts to my medical teams, but if people don't like them, I won't want to give them as gifts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBDRiZJ2xOelcuUMAZ7MnmlImtbhuqlmC8SkTZ6pSt6Mpx4DA9O42FRfkZxw7oyTbZkwU8nXIpeCEbdhrBfIWCDK_Uf3UMgsGIxO9rR9ZQdastpz31mWARnWKe-dlNyKnxnUTEFEdEO7FewG5gCc09plw0w8ebkqzFT8dIBM_ecjd_-VLmR_6vIlHuA/s4032/63744E2C-E500-4AB7-8B40-989EB745F0ED.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBDRiZJ2xOelcuUMAZ7MnmlImtbhuqlmC8SkTZ6pSt6Mpx4DA9O42FRfkZxw7oyTbZkwU8nXIpeCEbdhrBfIWCDK_Uf3UMgsGIxO9rR9ZQdastpz31mWARnWKe-dlNyKnxnUTEFEdEO7FewG5gCc09plw0w8ebkqzFT8dIBM_ecjd_-VLmR_6vIlHuA/s320/63744E2C-E500-4AB7-8B40-989EB745F0ED.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The clay, in just this one mug dunted (bubbled) during glaze firing I don't know why because it should have been the same clay as the rest of these mugs and a whole bunch of other pieces I made with the same clay last year<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also only made eight mugs. It's not that mugs are that difficult to make, but all year I've had trouble with projects that require sustained energy levels within a short period of time. Press-molding bulbs can be done pretty quickly and with minimal effort, surface decoration can be suspended for a few days, and building small sculpture also can be done in fits and starts. But throwing requires a clean wheel, wedged clay, throwing, clean up, trimming at the right stage of drying, attaching handles and decoration at the right stage, and then more clean up. I've had relatively few pockets of time this year where I could rely on having a fully functioning body for long enough that I could commit to mugs.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzL9_vv-mtX311L8d06y7f_KEGIMLq4HqSIHd4QJBlxphlZ3aipLEsbB8vnMVk5kY05cgTPBcxi9GEFpGlcOMNfb9rHYsTbaGhLzT7kRCm-kEEMBlBQXM_mQZE96feCDpivqikip3VQy7jKRbc0HPlwTqRGubPkYOm84pP3JfvV1XUqUlVDdB7OWY6g/s4032/CC548BFF-DC30-43CF-923B-052647A174B6.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzL9_vv-mtX311L8d06y7f_KEGIMLq4HqSIHd4QJBlxphlZ3aipLEsbB8vnMVk5kY05cgTPBcxi9GEFpGlcOMNfb9rHYsTbaGhLzT7kRCm-kEEMBlBQXM_mQZE96feCDpivqikip3VQy7jKRbc0HPlwTqRGubPkYOm84pP3JfvV1XUqUlVDdB7OWY6g/s320/CC548BFF-DC30-43CF-923B-052647A174B6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">heart-a-cath mug with new glaze inside, old glaze (that I've used before) outside</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Radiation "Boost"</h2>Of course I am hoping that the body problem will be over by the end of September. Today was my last whole breast and lymph node radiation treatment. Starting tomorrow I have a 5 day "boost" of radiation to the tumor bed or the hole where the tumor used to be. This smaller field of radiation should mean that my armpit, throat, and upper chest can start to heal (as long as I don't listen too closely to all the women who say that the two weeks after radiation are the worst). <p></p></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRebL5w689mIrs7AzoHJeYDftB8dZV5Eu_EiAJYu3CGFIRQ94qn3kJvT8lAZ0gPcwrJT_cYbX0XviR_MytBAqGNSWO-K4Ln91MUnsN_QdV4Ntw_yUUwViFwXcHxbQevuTUdeZdu6TjtUyi5AD6-BwmBGLlmIQL2C9HdMxaiUuFi151NMol_IXOTzf9w/s3088/E9130DE9-CFA6-42B1-8596-C45A66E6A936.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRebL5w689mIrs7AzoHJeYDftB8dZV5Eu_EiAJYu3CGFIRQ94qn3kJvT8lAZ0gPcwrJT_cYbX0XviR_MytBAqGNSWO-K4Ln91MUnsN_QdV4Ntw_yUUwViFwXcHxbQevuTUdeZdu6TjtUyi5AD6-BwmBGLlmIQL2C9HdMxaiUuFi151NMol_IXOTzf9w/s320/E9130DE9-CFA6-42B1-8596-C45A66E6A936.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">setting up port-a-cath bulbs in my studio for the Tour</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>My armpit is getting very red and irritated. I'd say it looks angry. The rest of my chest looks like a have a sunburn, as predicted, though it looks like I made very strange choices about what I would have been wearing to get this sunburn. Before radiation, a lot of people said "it's like a bad sunburn" and while this might be true, I have never before had a sunburn in this area. My back also has a bit of redness, though I wouldn't classify this as a "bad" sunburn (aside from the fact that all sunburns are bad).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOraO1WxfiMzt_eGNGisO4vBhUOqjUO3wni-KOT9cylGoG6BvTUOgMZJmhTouXEfMzF-VSDVLAT-ry0M7llCUQHX3HqSxs2QUHYuIxM61ZD0pTAjawumcs98TlbVc-d4V7-F6zf6dvldfXGi9o7qVVRLkU34L7Hmen23oL1WHv94HQcD2F48x8wuUicw/s3835/4283AC80-C58A-4415-96E5-60CA54B94EEC.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="3835" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOraO1WxfiMzt_eGNGisO4vBhUOqjUO3wni-KOT9cylGoG6BvTUOgMZJmhTouXEfMzF-VSDVLAT-ry0M7llCUQHX3HqSxs2QUHYuIxM61ZD0pTAjawumcs98TlbVc-d4V7-F6zf6dvldfXGi9o7qVVRLkU34L7Hmen23oL1WHv94HQcD2F48x8wuUicw/s320/4283AC80-C58A-4415-96E5-60CA54B94EEC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">postcard for the Labor Day weekend tour.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>During the last radiation oncologist meeting, my doctor prescribed me some topical lidocaine to numb the most painful areas a bit. This helps me forget about the area until it starts to wear off. Unfortunately I am not allowed to put on lotion before radiation, so the morning is uncomfortable. With just 4 radiation days left before the Studio Tour, I'm starting to think that I should be feeling ok this weekend. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFdCaGFTIHfUEiRE1XyG4SpzM2-iVutRxkX86stwK-LhwnfR8rfciDKtWGxGONyJbaWZH_FwiIF6q9DIhS5eqYNKBE8tL2UphBvwLw-Kfi0_E9rBT6fyTagGuB3e4sd-Rk6RqYAglWtcVzacjnyUCTlv-zHMrtYGFROS_JHXDhRU53mbDorWZyV1Tig/s3832/73DBA7EF-6B00-46B7-9D5F-2DA714EBB55F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2897" data-original-width="3832" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFdCaGFTIHfUEiRE1XyG4SpzM2-iVutRxkX86stwK-LhwnfR8rfciDKtWGxGONyJbaWZH_FwiIF6q9DIhS5eqYNKBE8tL2UphBvwLw-Kfi0_E9rBT6fyTagGuB3e4sd-Rk6RqYAglWtcVzacjnyUCTlv-zHMrtYGFROS_JHXDhRU53mbDorWZyV1Tig/s320/73DBA7EF-6B00-46B7-9D5F-2DA714EBB55F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">brochure with locations for the 2022 Tour</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I hope you consider coming to see me at my studio this weekend. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door (of my house). Tickets get you into the whole tour, all 3 days and all 8 locations. The tour starts Saturday, September 3, from 10-4, continues Sunday 10-4, and again Monday, September 5, from 10-12. Chris Otten and Monika Lemmon will also be showing at my studio, 203 S. 8th Ave, in Yakima.</div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085769147864515618noreply@blogger.com0