Adam Simon's Ceramics Senior Project!

Pots from the last firing.  Here are some pots I threw on Tuesday.  Glazing pots.  Here's me sifting a glaze. Dale taught me how to mix an old glaze that'd been out in use for a while, with a new batch of that same glaze. After the first glaze, I started figuring things out and kept thinking about how much work goes into making a studio space ready to use.  Before loading the kiln.  After! This took much longer and was a much more involved task than I'd prior expected. Here's me adding the finishing pieces to this puzzle.       This past week at OCAC, I continued throwing pots, glazing, loading and unloading kilns, and I learned how to stir glazes. Althouh last week I unloaded several kilns with Dale, this week I learned how to load one as well. This seems straightforward and simple, but loading this full kiln pictured above took us over 2 hours! I found it fascinating that despite all the technology around us, the system for loading a kiln s...

Making some pots!!   Properly learning to pull handles In progress mug, after trimming Greenware pots waiting to be bisque fired!                                                            Learning how to recycle clay using this machine!                                                                        The materials room at OCAC. Some pots I made after a long throwing session with Dale:) ----------------------------------     My first week working at OCAC with Dale was a pleasure in all regards. Working for about 4 hours each day, I was able to accomplish much more in a period of time...