Coil Pots

What would a sculpture class be without some good ol' fashioned coil pots? I love using coils as an introduction to the use of clay because learning how to roll, smooth, and attach them successfully proves to be a lot of trial and error, and what better way to learn than to do?

The objective was to implement techniques taught in class to create a functional vessel. Though I am sad to say there were a few casualties (as is the case with most clay projects), we learned so much and are excited to expand our knowledge and abilities with clay for future sculptures!!!

Here are but a few cool concepts our students came up with!

Ben did a great job of using a variety of different clay coils!

I love the movement that wraps around Lyubov's cup.

Larisa used negative (empty) space to really enhance her sculpture.

Though Alisa had to deviate a little from her original sketch, her cup and stand turned out great, and I adore the bright color choice!