The first project in Ceramics I (Arts 46A) is creating six bowls on the kickwheel. It took 20 balls of clay to create eight bowls (one bowl was set aside for the next project). I enjoyed this part of the class even though it was pure work and coming home covered in dried clay as [...]

During the first week of Beginning Ceramics (Arts 46A) at San Jose City College, we created two simple clay objects using the pinch bowl method. The first object was supposed to be a hollowed out sphere. Using alternating layers of brown and porcelain clay to create the marble effect, the clay is rolled into a ball [...]