Day 4!

5/2/19

Today marks the first day of my finally decided senior project. I am splitting my time between the proctor forge and ceramic studio in order to create art that combines both crafts. I arrived on campus and began in the forge to finish an aspect of one of my metal sculptures. I am currently working on a little paddle and kayak, made from forged steel.

The paddle has an offset of about a 45 degree angle. This took about two hours start to finish. I began with the square bar seen in the first picture and thinned it using the gas forge and a hammer. I then thinned the edges and tapered them into the paddle shape. A little grinding got the edges to look really nice. As seen in the last picture, I finished by bending each of the blades of the paddle into an artistically rendered curve.

Next I headed over to ceramics. After spending about an hour and a half working with clay today, I have two new pieces drying, waiting to be trimmed as well as four pieces glazed. These last four will be finished after another round in the kiln.


 

The three smaller bowls are going to be placed on metal bases with long legs holding them up as a set. The last image is one of the two pieces I threw today.

Total time today: 3 1/2 hours

Total project time: 9 1/2 hours

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