The Fifth Assignment
May 7, 2008 by Melynn
The fifth assignment in my ceramics class was to make something out of clay using the shape of an isosceles trapezoid. We could duplicate it, orient it in different ways, cut it in half, use it in different sizes, but we couldn’t alter the actual shape. My project was rather simple compared to some of the others and it warped a bit in the gas kiln, but I still like the way it came out. The glaze (Malcom’s Red Shino) is very bright and warm and gives off a lustrous sheen in the light. It’s hard to tell from the photo, but every other panel is impressed with a leaf pattern. I think it will make a nice planter and the warped panels won’t be so noticeable once it is filled with dirt and a plant of some sort.
i love this one–fun to see how you used the shape. What other ways did people interpret the assignment? i bet that’s fun to see as well, different people’s different takes on the idea.
Hi Julia, this was a fun project for sure. Some of the other designs were very creative. One person made a pitcher, another a free form sculpture with the trapezoids placed at all different angles, and another one I really liked was a tall vase which looked like my planter but with a second layer on top turned upside down.