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

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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, 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