When I started these exercises I wasn’t particularly excited about coiling, I couldn’t get my first couple of eggs shaped in the way I wanted, and smoothing them out seemed like such a chore. However by the 3rd egg I started to get the hang of it, and by the last one I was able to push the clay in the ways I was hoping. You can see the huge improvement from egg 3 to egg 5! Which is really encouraging for me to see.
This week I’ve started playing around with my own ideas, applying what I learned while doing the exercises. Around 4 hours into this coiled dog mouth vase, still some more to do and definitely not as refined as I’d like but enjoying the process.
Tomorrow I will hopefully start adding some texture and possibly some underglaze, unsure about finish at the moment but will start researching some potential glazes.
Devon Smith Ceramics 