Gabe Machado
Slab building with slump mold
Unit 3
Reflection:
this is one of my favorite pieces that I have done so far, and its probably also my most used piece. right now it is being used as a fruit bowl in my kitchen and I think that it actually looks pretty good. the only thing I would change is how flat it is, I should have made it deeper
Plan:
my plan for this piece was completely inspired by a Pinterest post that I saw online. I had no idea what to make so I looked up cool fruit bowl ideas and this is what popped up and I instantly liked it. the whole time I worked on it I looked at the picture on my phone
*DOUBLE DIP*
sgrafitio + slab building with darts
Reflection:
I really like how the sgraffito turned out on this piece, but I will say that I messed up pretty bad with the darts. it was my first time with the darts and they are kind of lop sided, but overall I like the design on the cup and I'm somewhat happy with it.
Plan:
​my plan for this cup was not clear at first, I just rolled out a slab and knew I had to make a darted cup but I didn't know what to put on it. I browsed google and found a cup just like this one and it really inspired me because of the forest, it reminds me of here
Coil building
Reflection:
I think this is my most hated piece of all time, I will say that I do not like coil pots and I hope to never have to make them, mine is not the prettiest and overall I do not like it
Plan:
for this my plan original was to make a pattern of each and every type of coil, but when I started to actually make the coils I realized that it would take forever and I just put stuff wherever it fit, I honestly really didn't like this one and rushed it a bit
relief carving
Reflection:
I will say that out of this unit this piece might be my favorite, I really like how the blue water came out, it almost looks real is and I love the lily pads. overall Im very happy with this piece
Plan:
For this piece I had a very good plan. at first I didn't know what to do so I started to think about stuff and koi came to mind, so I looked up a koi relief carving and I took influence from it but also added my own touch