BLOG ONE- cups
Hailey Potter
The first person
I looked at was Tara Wilson and her cups. I like the way her handles are
attached because they look almost seamless while still keeping a seam. I really
have no idea how to explain it. Other than they look as if they absolutely
belong on these particular cups.
Im also
interested in sgraffito for integrating my concept into my cups, which lead me
to the work of Yoko Sekino-Bove’. Most of her work is very precise but I like
these cups a lot because of the way the glaze is running. I believe that the
article she has on her work states that these were fired at cone 5 in an
electric kiln but were originally meant for cone 10 reduction. 
Third I came
across Chris Baskin while looking for darted
cups. Im not sure if these cups are indeed darted but I like the intentional wonkiness
of them. I would like to see if I can dart cups and integrate the technique
into my concept.
Deborah Schwartskopf is another really
awesome artist I found who uses darting and gives examples of how to do so.
BLOG 2
I decided to look up clay artists that use geometric shapes.
I decided this because I love using geometric shapes within my art and
throughout my concepts. Reductionism is a concept/ strategy within psychology
where you break a system done into increasingly smaller parts in order to
understand it.
The first artist I found was Nicholas Bivens who uses
geometric shapes to portray perfection within handmade utilitarian object. Just
as I see the tension between the idea of perfection and the beauty of art he
uses geometry to portray the tension between perfection and hand made objects.
My favorite part about his work is his handles and I want to
look into incorporating my handles into my concept.
I am also incredibly intrigued by ken prices geometric cups
even though they aren’t thrown. I like this work mostly because of the
geometric foundation even though I don’t see it as a user friendly utilitarian
object I think the straight edges and hard lines are really cool.
BLOG THREE- vessels with lids
Once again Debrah Schwartkopf is an artist that I looked at
for this project because I like how her lids sit down almost inside of her
vessels. As I continue to make lids I am slowly figuring out how these types of
lids work and like them a lot. (Below)
I also looked at Shoji Hamada because I like the shape of
his pots even though they are small. Usually I am drawn to the intentionally
wonky pieces but there’s something to say for the traditional shape that I like
and am drawn to. (Above)
Last since we are getting ready to glaze I have been doing
research on different types of glazing techniques the two that have stuck out
to me the most are Wood Ash 
and Raku.
I like both of these styles because they are so different
from the typical glaze. Typical is a strong word… I mean that they are more
unpredictable, and that’s the point I love the idea of creating something just
to see what will happen, like a happy accident.
They are intentionally wonky which is a theme throughout all
my work, along with my concept of being a little wonky in a world that wants
everything to fit into a definition.
The first artist that I had a gander at was Joy Brown a U.S. based artist in Connecticut. Brown's pieces look like renderings from purist paintings and are very simple and methodical. They are wood fired, which gives the figure a doughy appearance. 
The last artist that I took a look at was Louise Radochonski who falls in between the two artists I mentioned before. Radochonski still keeps the proportions of the human figure but renders her piece in a more stylized fashion that produces a lumpy uneven surface.
