For my second project I made another bowl. It is slightly smaller than my first with a wider and shallower base that is about 4 inches by 3 inches with a simple white glaze and blue drips all around the inside of the bowl. When making my second bowl I learned that it is important not to make your base too thin otherwise you will have a hard time opening and creating a specific shape. I also learned how the rib tool makes the bowl look a certain way. When creating this bowl I started out with a pretty small amount of clay as I wanted to mainly focus on color and balance with the glaze along with movement of the way I applied the glaze. In addition I made a bowl without using the rib tool in order to see how the absence of that specific tool would affect the overall form of my bowl.When it came time to glaze I decided to try adding some drop of black glaze on top of a white dipped bowl in order to create movement throughout the bowl and to add a nice deep blue color after it got fired. While I am not very pleased with my second bowl in terms of progress I know that this is all a part of the process of advancing in my ceramic journey as failing over and over will allow me to re evaluate what I need to change in order to get better and grow. Even though I feel frustrated when I get on the wheel this bowl will always make me feel calm due to its cool colors and the symbolism it holds of my struggles during that time I made the bowl.
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