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I definitely struggled more with this tray, the lack of time made it look very rushed. I think I could’ve spent more time making each side look relatively symmetrical so that it would have been a bit more pleasing to the eye.

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I had some extra clay so I made another kind of tray with the same pattern. I went through the same process of rolling out the clay on a slab roller and rolling the pattern onto the slab with a rolling pin. I also flared out the ends of the tray in order to make it easy to pick up off of a table or flat surface.

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I then went through the same process for the second handle on the other side. I slipped and scored a handle onto the other side of the slab and I used the same process to shape and attach it.

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I slipped and scored a handle that I cut out onto my slab. At first I cut out a dome shape but I wanted to make the tray easier to pick up so I changed the shape to more of a trapezoid and cut out a small rectangle in it to make a handle.

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After I rolled out a slab from some clay and I used this pattern to roll onto the slab. I first tried using the rolling pin to transfer the pattern to the clay but that didn’t work super well so I rolled it out with the wheel.

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The first step I took was just getting a hunk of clay and rolling it out with the slab roller. I ended up using a different slab than the one pictured above but this is the slab I have a photo of. The slab I ended up using was a bit thicker and was a bit wider. This slab was not the exact shape that I wanted for my tray, so that’s why I had to roll another one.

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started making bowls for empty bowl and got distracted from my mug project. i had an easier time making bowls so that is why i think i was so drawn to the process. this is the first bowl i made after it had dried overnight and was ready to trim.

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my first attempt at a handle, i did a poor job of documenting the process of putting my handle on the mug base but i cut out the shape of my handle from a slab of clay and attempting to slip and score it to my mug base. i did a poor job of cutting the handle out of the slab and it looked rather sloppy, i also need to work on my attachment skills because it was loosely and poorly attached to the base. i ended up removing this handle from my mug to try again.

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here is the after math of my trimming, i created a foot ring and trimmed out the weight from the bottom.

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here i had centered my mug base and set it into place with clay scraps and had begun trimming the foot.

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here is the process of me throwing my first mug base, i wanted a longer time lapse but unfortunately my phone died. this video shows me center my clay (which took me a humorously long amount of time) opening the clay and pulling the clay to make an even cylinder. after throwing this i cut it off of my wheel and onto a board which i then let sit on my shelf for 24 hrs. it dried and became leather hard and the next day i began trimming.

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i like this simplicity/shape and am planning on glazing a similar color. i like the light blue and light gray, i think they might both have a white base.

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prepping clay so i can begin throwing my mug.

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current stage (refining and cleaning)

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attempt to soak/ reattach

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tragedy

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“worry lines”

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nose/refinement (Radiohead song)

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adding eye

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carve out mouth

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Shape!

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Lines, adding texture/design