Slab Construction

To create my slab piece, I created a thick piece of clay so that when I used the slab machine it made a slab that would be at least ten inches high. Next, I used a lot of material to make my decorations, but I decided to use leaves. I picked plumeria leaves in its large, medium, and small sizes. However, I did not use the slab machine to stamp them unto my slab. I actually put the pot together first because I was still unsure of what to do. First I cut the bottom to make so that when I stood the piece up it would not fall. Next I slowly wrapped the piece around to construct tall round piece. Then I decided that I did not want to cut the piece, I wanted the wrap it unto each other instead. So I incised both side of where I wanted to wrap them together, then I put a lot of slip on both sides. After, I just slowly squeeze them together so it would stay. Then I started to stamp the leaves where I wanted them. After that, I smoothed the top, bottom, and the wrapped area to make it look smooth. Finally I constructed the bottom piece with the slab machine and placed it inside my pot.

         After my slab construction was fired, I glazed it with a sandy white color for the base and chrome green for the leaves. I used a brush to glaze the whole piece and I only used one coat of glaze. This is because I wanted it to have more of an organic look not being to shiny.