I'm taking a pottery class every monday for the next few weeks.. And i don't have any ideas on what to make...

Question

So... Can anybody help me figure out what i should make tomorrow in class?
Thankies..

Nopers... We only get to work at a table with our hands and a few carving tools.. :P

Answer 1

Make some BUTTONS! To use on a wool winter coat, or to replace on a denim shirt, or as embellishments for window treatments.

Answer 2

Hi:

Try a teapot and some tea cups, coffee cups, A Set of nesting bowls, a pitcher is good, a vase, a oil lamp{ like Aladdin's }or a lamp, a birdhouse, a cantor with a cup, a candle holder, a book holder, a ashtray, a tray, a trivet and salt and pepper shakers. The list is endless but here are some books on it :

Pottery Basics: Everything You Need to Know to Start Making Beautiful Ceramics
by Jacqui Atkin

Ceramic Projects
by Thomas Sellers (Editor)

The Incredible Clay Book with Clay
by Sherri Haab, Laura Torres

The Complete Home Potter: A Practical, Accessable Course in Pottery Skills and Techniques Including Wheel Throwing and Hand-Building: Over 800 Photographs and 30 Step-by-Step Projects
by Josie Warshaw, Richard Phethean, Stephen Brayne (Photographer

Mosaic Techniques and Traditions: Projects and Designs from around the World
by Sonia King

Pottery Making Techniques
by H. Anderson Turner III (Editor)

The Art & Craft of Ceramics: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration
by Maria Frigola, Maria Dolors Frigola

Ceramic Painting Color Workshop: Paints,Palettes,and Patterns for 20 Projects
by Doreen Mastandrea, Livia McRee, Livia McRee

The Great Clay Adventure: Creative Handbuilding Projects For Young Artists
by Ellen Kong, Claire Mowbray Golding

Ceramics
by Editorial Team Parramon's, Dolors Ros, Parramon's Editorial Team (Editor

The Potter's Bible: An Essential Illustrated Reference for Both Beginner and Advanced Potters
by Marylin Scott

Wheel-Thrown Pottery: An Illustrated Guide of Basic Techniques from the Hit DIY Show Throwing Clay
by Bill van Gilder, Cara Biasucci, Cara Biasucci

Pottery Form
by Daniel Rhodes

Potter's Odyssey: A Guide to the Pottery Art
by Willard Spence

The Complete Potter
by Steve Mattison

Handbuilt Tableware: Making Distinctive Plates, Bowls, Mugs, Teapots and More
by Kathy Triplett

Potter's Workshop: 20 Unique Ceramic Projects for the Small Home Studio
by Jenny Rodwell, Ian Howes (Photographer)

Greg Woodard's Art of Bird Sculpture: Wood, Bronze, and Clay
by Kurt M. Robinette

Imagine Your World in Clay
by Maureen Carlson

Jazzy Pots: Glorious Gift Ideas
by Mickey Baskett

Making Ceramic Sculpture: Techniques, Projects, Inspirations
by Raul Acero

Modeling Clay: 20 Decorative Projects to Create for the Home (Inspirations Series)
by Penny Boylan, Lorenz

Architectural Ceramics for the Studio Potter: Designing * Building * Installing (A Lark Ceramics Book)
by Peter King

The Teapot Book
by Steve Woodhead

British Teapots and Tea Drinking, 1700-1850
by Robin Emmerson

Antique Trader Teapots Price Guide
by Kyle Husfloen - for ideas

Here some websites :

http://www.clay-king.com/booklist4.htm

http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/cr_clay/0,2024,DIY_13750,00.html

http://www.about.com - type pottery in the search box

http://www.clayzee.com/art_and_craft/polymer_clay/projects/

http://www.claytimes.com/ - a clay magazine website on pottery worth checking out

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_clay/0,1788,HGTV_3236,00.html

http://www.artclayonmain.com/

Hope this helps

Answer 3

Ashtray, spare change dish, piggy bank, a little 6"x6"x6" box (this was actually a project we were assigned when I was in 6th grade, I was a bit too much into toilet humor, and for the theme I went all literal and made the top of the box a tiled bathroom floor with a toilet. I went way overboard and had a plunger up there, a magazine, the top of the toilet tank came off... yeah. It was fun though.) Faces, Animals, Cars, Statues, Stamps (just roll out a slab and carve a design into it. This was another art project I had but from 4th or 5th grade, but we did it with pieces of thick vinyl) You can still make a pot, but you'd have to do pinch pots or rope pots. For more elaborate ideas just do a google image search for pottery - and if you're getting too many vases and pots search for "pottery -vases -pots".

Answer 4

I know I'm too late for your class tonight...but used to do a lot of pottery and had a great time with it.
How about coffee cups with animals for handles? I did a really cool one with a frog handle once.
Or if you are working with slabs at all you could create an 'alter' that you could carve and attach formed pieces to, you could set it up so you could put a piece of mirror and/or a candle inside.
You can make incsense stick holders, coasters...containers of all sorts. And surface textures can be really fun too. I used to use different types of fabric to get interesting textures. Heavier linens or burlap or that stiff mess that tutus are made with all make really cool textures. You can also imprint on the surface, I used to find tools all around the house that made interesting impressions.

Answer 5

A platter, beads and a Coil Vase. Everyone can use a good vase. You can then have a dinner party and wear the beads, while serving dinner on the platter which will be next to the vase.

Answer 6

If this is the kind of class where you get to sit at a wheel and throw the pot, I would make a cute little pot or catch all dish.

Answer 7

I made a coil pot with a snake warp around it. A stab pot of your own verison of pandora box. A pierce pot that can go over candles. A pinch pot that look like an indian artifact.

Answer 8

i've done quite a bit of sculpting and have a collection of noses...ethnic noses are really interesting. you can have hollows for the eyes and the noses can be somewhat twisted artistically.

Answer 9

Make some pottery. That's what I'd do.

Answer 10

i would make some "beads" for making jewelry....i would make circles of varying sizes with holes to string wire or ribbon and make a necklace