Coil Design Blog Assignment - Due Feb. 23rd 8:00am

Slab Construction - Due March 30th
Search for examples of slab construction. Collect 10 images for your sketchbook and post ONE of your favorites on this blog. Tell what it is you like about your selection.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Slab Plate

I really like this slab plate because of the intricate designs that they created on it. I especially like the design on the right of the plate because they probably did it by hand from the looks of it.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

This Slab plate/dish is quite a piece of fine art. Though it may be hard to see from the picture on the inside is a mural of Starry Night sky. With the dishes canoe like shape it makes you feel like you are floating on the sky. This is truly a beautiful piece.

- Ben Dodge

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Slab Plate


I really liked this lab plate because the way that they used mold to make the sides of the plate curve upwards. I also like how they used something to create a design with words on the inside of the plate.

- Zach

Slab Plate

I like this plate because of how the edges are shaped. It is both simple and interesting. It also uses few colors, which makes it seem less flashy.
~Sebastien

These slab constructions were created using a slab roller. The designs were then etched or stamped onto the surface. I admire the use of two different surfaces for the interior and exterior of each bowl, and the imprinted design that had to be made with a stamp in order to be so identical each time it was used.

Slab Pottery

I'm not quite sure where this slab pot came from, but I think that it is old rather than new. I like it because of the design that it has, it kind of reminds me of baseball seems, so it looks like something that I could do on a smaller scale.

~Maxen Chung

Slab Pottery


I like the simplicity of this slab construction. The dotted design inside of the bowl allow the black and white to "pop" in the picture.
-Andrew Lum

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Slab

I like this slab pot because of its colors and its construction. It just looks like basically one slab of clay shaped into a pot design.

Slab Construction



I like this plate because of the design and the vibrant colors.

Slab pot


I chose this pot because of its unique design and shape.

Slab Pot

I chose this pot because I like the design on the pot. I also like how the shape is symmetric. 

Friday, March 25, 2011

Slab Pots

I like this pot because the pot itself looks easy to make, but the color scheme and the way the pot is shaped makes it look very interesting.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Slab ceramics


This is my favorite slab ceramic piece out of all the pieces I found because it came from Thessaloniki greece which is an interesting place. I also like it because it is so old.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

slab pottery


This is a vase made out of slabs of clay. I like it because of the unique shape of the pot and its design. I also like it because it looks very challenging to make because of it box shape.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Slab pottery


This is a pot that is from the ancient Mayan culture. The reason I like this pot is because of its simplicity. It looks like a very easy pot to make, but at the same time it is appealing to look at. - Trevor Carlyle

Sunday, February 27, 2011

These two coil pots inspire me because of the way they made the designs out of coils and used not smoothed out coils to enhance the design. I might try to incorporate the coils rolled up in the middle on my coil pot.

-Zach Chong
This coil pot inspires me because I really like the design and also because it has the same shape as my coil pot. I really like the symmetry and colors that the artist has used in this design. For my pot, I also plan to use symmetry. 
http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/mata-otiz-style-ceramic-coil-pot-view-two-dan-shook.jpg

Kayla Shimoda

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Coil Pot

This pot inspires me because it is very unique and, when you think about it, very difficult to construct. I like how the design is not just coils that are parallel to the other coils and also how there are two sections of the design. This pot is from http://www.mojavemountainpottery.com/coilpot.html.


--Keau

Medieval Pot

This is a pot made in the medieval times. I like both its color and shape. I think I will design my own pot with circles and lines. I also like the idea of a handle.

-Sebastien

Bird's Nest


This coil pot has a cool, yet intricate design with a "coiled" twig nest.

http://emptynestart.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/

-Andrew LUm

Inspiring Coil Pot Design

This is a coil pot made with four necks with the coils showing. Incorporating more than one neck seems like a very interesting idea, but probably not very stable. I would like to try and do something with maybe two necks instead.
- Maxen Chung

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Coil Pot Design

I like how the neck goes up in a spiral and I will try yo use this design.

http://companydatabase.org/c/pottery-manufacturers/pottery-supply/quality-ceramics/seattle-pottery-                    supply.html

-Ryan Ho

coil pot


http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/high/Vivian-ceramics.htm

I really like how unlike some other pots, this one was made without holes in the pots from the coils so it could still be used as a pot, but coils were used to blend a design into the pot.
-Brandon

This pot made by a high school student has a good use of repeat designs and also negative space. Also the use of coils to finish the top edge an original idea.
ci

Monday, February 21, 2011

Coil Pot

http://www.etsy.com
I thought this coil pot was interesting because of its design. I might use this design for my coil pot. Random lines were carved out and then filled in with glaze.- Trevor Carlyle

Coil pot

http://LishaPhish.deviantart.com/art/Dragonair-Coil-Pot-160933607

This is a coil pot of a pokemon. I like the creativity of the design even though the coils themselves are fairly simple.

Brayden

Friday, February 18, 2011


This coil pot is sold for $65.00 by Earthborne Art at Etsy.com. It was constructed by adhering coils of clay to a slab base.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/39565857/ceramic-art-pottery-coil-pot


Arlon Louie

Thursday, February 17, 2011


This is a coil pot with a coil design. It was made by Nicole Catherine from New York, New York. I like how she made the coils into a spiral for her design. I also like her use of colors.

http://meeneehead.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html

-Kendra Kubo

Dax Mench coil pot

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://pottery.netfirms.com/freesite/images/coilbuttton.gif&imgrefurl=http://pottery.netfirms.com/freesite/assignments/assignments.htm&usg=__VqEAVuWRa9MTU_LlYBcg13oGjJw=&h=79&w=89&sz=6&hl=en&start=15&sig2=VMVfHm49Dg1Qd_Ej6Rhs5Q&zoom=1&tbnid=Wvd1fblSpcMyGM:&tbnh=71&tbnw=80&ei=DNhdTYmLL4uCsQPBiu26CA&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcool%2Bcoil%2Bpot%2Bdesigns%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1009%26bih%3D631%26tbs%3Disch:10,486&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=657&vpy=368&dur=414&hovh=71&hovw=80&tx=94&ty=29&oei=hNddTZzTG4eisQOqxuXKCA&page=2&ndsp=13&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:15&biw=1009&bih=631

Dax Mench

Coil Designs on Pot


This is a pot made by a student in high school (Whitney). I like the variation in the coils from thin to thick and int series of balls of clay to create some variety. ci

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

It's a Navajo pot made recently... This pot caught my attention because of it's coloration and patterns of the colors...

Justin

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

African Coil Pottery

The Baule People live in the central Ivory Coast and are known for their artwork. Baule pottery was traditionally made by women because women usually used them as utility wares, meaning they can be used for many different things, such as the way that we can use a cup in many different ways. This particular piece carried water based on its gourd shape and flared top, something you still see today. There is a design around the bottom of the neck that looks something like boats sailing on an ocean, almost Hawaiian-like. It could also have been used for ritual purposes, like we baptise people.

- Maxen Chung

Iranian pinch jar


This is an Iranian jar that is decorated with a mountain goat. THe time period was Chalcolithic, Sialk III 7 and the date was 4th millennium B.C. This was made using ceramic and paint it is 53 cm

-Robert kaya

Coil Pot

This is a coil pot and it was finished smoothly and does not have any designs on it. It is from the Republic of the Congo and was made in between the years of 1900 and 1920. It is a Kwele vessel and was probably used to hold water.


-Keau

Monday, February 7, 2011

Coil Pot

 This Coil pot was from zimbabwe in the late 1900's to the early 20th century. This pot caught my attention because the outside layer is actually a crusted animal hide layer of beer.  ---  Ryan Ho

Coil Pot

This is a 20th century coil pot from Ghana. It was most likely used to carry water inside. I chose this pot because I like the motifs it displays. The designs are either of some kind of wheeled vehicle or a random creature. I like how the artist left the designs up for interpretation. 

Kayla Shimoda

Coil Pot


This is a Coil pot from the 20th century. It was created by the Zulu people in Africa. This coil pot was most likely used to carry water or some other type of liquid. I chose this pot because it has a repeat motif design on it.
This is pot is a modern day interpretation of pots made by the Paquime People of Mexico. This well-furbished coil pot has some very unique designs painted on which give it a very exotic feel.

- Ben Dodge

Coil Pot







This coil pot was found in Mali and was made in the 20th century and I chose this piece because of the repeat motif design just like the designs that we are putting on our promise ball.

Coil Pot


This pot is native to the Bamum or Nasai peoples in the grassland region of Cameroon. It was made in the 20th century, and was most likely used to hold water. The figures on the pot are water snakes, which also point to the likeliness of it being a water pot.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Coil pot


This is a large storage jar from the Shigaraki valley, southeast of Kyoto. The rust-orang surface is covered with a natural olive-green ash glaze. High iron contents in the clay gives the body its reddish color.

-Brayden Matsuzaki

Tuesday, February 1, 2011


This is a 19-20th century coil pot. It was made by the kwele peoples, from the Republic of the Congo. The pot is called a kwele vessel which was probably used to carry water. The pot was ment to look like a gourd. A gourd is a drinking container made from the shell of a cabaca fruit. I chose this pot because of its unique shape.

-Kendra Kubo

Chinese Coil Pot


This Chinese coil storage jar was sculpted during China's Neolithic Period, 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. It originated from Yangshou culture, a heritage known for its prolific and remarkable pottery. The embellishment was painted with black and red slip over brown clay, which is characteristic of Yangshou culture. The design is composed of "swirling curvilinear patterns decorating the upper half of the jar" and "serrations along the edges of the lines".


Arlon Louie

Monday, January 31, 2011

Coil Pot


This is a 20th century pot made by the Frafra peoples of Ghana. The purpose of this pot was to carry water. The design is a relief decoration that seems to be unknown as to its purpose. It looks like a creature, but only the builder knows what it is.

-Andrew Lum

Friday, January 28, 2011

Coil Pot

This is a Japanese storage jar from the Muromachi period. This period was from approximately from 1336 to 1573 A.D. The japanese used these kind of pots for storing water and food. As you can see this Coil pot has no finish on it. -Trevor Carlyle

http://library.artstor.org/library/welcome.html#3|cluster|MMA_IAP_1039651160||Storage20jar|||



This pot was found in the 2nd half of the 18th century. It is a porcelain pot with a bamboo design. The leaves of the plant repeat. The thing that caught my eye on this piece was the blue shades with the white pot and the design of the leaf.

Justin Ige

Thursday, January 27, 2011

The gourd-shaped wine pot (right) is covered in a scaly motif that increases in size the closer it is to the base of the pot. The pot was sculpted during Korea's Koryo Period, 918-1392. The design appeals to me because it is perfectly suited for embellishing a spherical ceramic sculpture. Since the scales are not rectangular, they do not conflict with the bulbous shape of the pot.

Friday, January 21, 2011


This African Zulu Pinch Pot was used for serving beer which was a key component to Zulu hospitality. This repeat motif has an impressed design of different triangles all around the pot. You can make your design by impressing into the clay or by painting it onto the surface, the clay must be very smooth for this process to work. After this process is done the sculpter painted on three differant colors to give the pot a very tribal feel.

- Ben Dodge