Pottery for charity

5/20/19 12:30PM As senior project comes to an end, it’s hard to really let go and start cleaning up the ceramics room. I went in this morning to finish glazing my final pieces, and help Kate clean up. I glazed 3 bowls that I made for Kelly, and glazed 3 mugs which will hopefully be sold at express fest on Wednesday. It’s crazy to think that three weeks is basically over and we’ll be graduating in less then a week. Pottery has saved me so many times, especially when it comes to emotions. I’m able to tune out of the world whether it’s a half hr or 3 hours and make pottery. I hope I can keep pursuing my passion for art and ceramics in college next year.  Daily hours=3 Total hours=66

5/19/19 5:00 PM It’s crazy how fast three weeks can go by. This week has definitely been an emotional week. The other day it hit me that I will be leaving and graduating from this place in less then a week. There have been times in the last year where I hate it here, but then there are times where I feel so lucky to be part of such and amazing school, that outweigh the bad. This week I've learned a lot about myself and my skill with pottery. I’ve learned how to manage my time to reach my goals, and I’ve managed to raise almost $300 more then what my original goal was. Now since I still have people that owe me money for my project and purchasing mugs, I’m looming st close to $1000 which is amazing. I sold 7 pieces of art at the art show on Friday, and make $215. This week a bowl that was really big ended up breaking, so I sat down and made another one. I’ve learned to detach from my art work because when it breaks and your attached, you fill with anger. I’ve learned to enjoy what

5/18/19 10:15 PM   Today I woke up early and went into slocumb to Finnish some trimming. I got 4 mugs trimmed, and trimmed a big bowl I made for my mom and a vase. I spent some time watching videos on pottery and how to make certain shapes. I spend my last hour putting handles on my mugs, which has been a struggle for me since I started making pottery, but my technique and skill has improved so much in the last 2 weeks. Once this last batch of pottery is fired it will be for sale at express fest. Daily hours=3 Total hours= 63

5/17/19 10:30 pm Today I sold a lot of my mugs. I went in early this morning after doing the polar swim at 5 am. I trimmed about 3 bowls and a two mugs, I labeled all of my art work and out prices on them. I carried my stuff up to the netting house and  set it up for the art show. I went back to slocumb and made 4 mugs and two bowls. I sold 7 pieces at the art show and made $215. Daily hours=4 Total hours=60

today I went in at 9. I trimmed a few mugs, and glazed. I unloaded the kiln and priced all my pieces. I sold 2 mugs and 1 bowl. I’ve put aside 5 pieces for people to buy tomorrow. I also reached my limit of $500. I’m guessing I’ll be making around 700 as a final result. I went in tonight for a couple hrs and glazed about 9 pieces. Tomorrow they’ll be glazed and ready for sale. Daily hours=4 Total hours=56

Went in to slocumb today with the plan to just glaze all day. I glazed about 4 or 5 mugs and talked with Kate about what glazes I should use. A bunch of the glazes that came out on Saturday were really ugly and not what I wanted. So this week I’m going to make a whole mother batch of mugs and bowls knowing what glazes I should use. I had a couple people come in today to look at some mugs, but I told them they should come in later this week or next week to get better pieces. Daily hours=4 Total hours=51