My choice of ceramic process is wheel throwing, using wheel thrown piece(s) in combination with drop mold. I have chosen these processes because with using drop mold, I am able to create a specific shape that the wheel isn’t able to make. From there, I am able to create platters, wall piecework, plates, and etc. And with wheel throwing, I feel that it is a faster process of creating a big body of work. Every individual thrown piece has its own unique feel to it.
Ceramic has always been in interest to me from the start of high school. I love the feeling of getting dirty but being able to create a beautiful piece of work. With clay, nothing is really too sure of what the outcome may be, everything is a surprise. It also challenges me to further my investigation with what I am working on.
Majority of my work is mainly consisted of using underglaze, slip, glaze. Unless there’s a color that I can’t get, I use acrylic paint or sometimes in for texture, I will use spray paint. With using other media, surface treatment almost becomes realistic in relation to nature or questions the human eye. The making of the piece to the surface treatment, I feel that the surface needs just as much devotion as the making of the piece does.
