A bonus entry, because I just thought of this. I know in my entries regarding the Louvre and the Freer/Sackler galleries I did a lot of "Look at this picture! Look at these forms! They're so nice, and I shall emulate them" type stuff. And here's a thing about me: I'm not much of one for sketching, at least not for sketching ceramics before I make them. I can draw okay, but I prefer to just get an idea in my head of what the piece will look like, and then make it. Call me lazy but it almost always works out.
For this project, though, it being so life-changing and all-important and all, I think I had better set some guidelines for what my pieces are going to look like, and put them all in one place so that you, esteemed reader, don't have to go hunting through all my entries and potentially get fed up enough to dock my grade.
So, I am going to make relatively small pieces, as a general rule under the 6-inch in height mark, and I would like them to have small bases and then flare out near the top and then taper in again to a narrow opening (and I haven't ruled out tiny handles like the Naqada ceramics from the Louvre have, but I haven't ruled them in either). My pieces are not going to be tall or thin or have long necks or rims that taper in and then flare out again, like many vases. The exact shape will vary but as a rule they will be reasonably short and squat, with small openings.
So there you have it - no sketches, I wouldn't go that far - but better than nothing. Now let us see if I can stick to my plan.
For this project, though, it being so life-changing and all-important and all, I think I had better set some guidelines for what my pieces are going to look like, and put them all in one place so that you, esteemed reader, don't have to go hunting through all my entries and potentially get fed up enough to dock my grade.
So, I am going to make relatively small pieces, as a general rule under the 6-inch in height mark, and I would like them to have small bases and then flare out near the top and then taper in again to a narrow opening (and I haven't ruled out tiny handles like the Naqada ceramics from the Louvre have, but I haven't ruled them in either). My pieces are not going to be tall or thin or have long necks or rims that taper in and then flare out again, like many vases. The exact shape will vary but as a rule they will be reasonably short and squat, with small openings.
So there you have it - no sketches, I wouldn't go that far - but better than nothing. Now let us see if I can stick to my plan.
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