Pets

This semester my favorite subject was Ceramic. Ceramic is a very old technique which was born in China. A ceramic is an inorganic, nonmetallic solid material comprising metal, nonmetal or metalloid atoms primarily held in ionic and covalent bonds.

Well, I had to go to class twice a week, Tuedays and Thursdays; there we were making ceramic pieces while the professor was correcting us. This semester the teacher taught us two ceramic techniques and from there we had to make two projects. 

The first technique was Rakú, Raku is a method of firing pottery, and each piece is fired in a kiln until the piece reaches about 1800 F. The piece is removed, with tongs, while red hot and place in a metal can with a combustible material, like paper or sawdust, the combustible material ignites and the fire and smoke react with the glaze to create very unique and unpredictable colors, lusters, and patterns.

The second technique was Sgraffito, this is a technique either of wall decor, produced by applying layers of plaster tinted in contrasting colours to a moistened surface, or in pottery, by applying to an unfired ceramic body two successive layers of contrasting slip or glaze, and then in either case scratching so as to reveal parts of the underlying layer.

I really like this subject, I had never made pieces in 3D before, that means it was a new experience for me. Ceramic is a very special technique, mainly the material that it’s used is just soil and only with that we can make a lot of precious thinks.