This was my second set of a tray and cups that I made. My set of cups are modeled after Lynda Ladwig, she makes thin cups, and my cups are made thin as well. My set of tray includes nine cups. They are all five inches tall. But since on some of them I didn't add the bottoms they got a little bit dry, that when I added the bottoms, the tops shrunk a little bit more when they where fired. so on some of them the bottoms are wider and the tops are thinner. As you can see, my cups separate by two different glaze colors. although I used the satin white glaze, some of my cups where fired at different temperatures, which caused some of them to look like a light creamy brown. while others have a nice white color.
The thing that I like about my cups, is how some of them turned into a light brown creamy color. I think that's really cool!
The thing that I dislike about my cups, is how they are not all the same size, if I could change something about this process, I would have been more patient with  my cups, instead of wanting to get this project done.
One thing that I would change, is the way that I glaze my cups, if you notice, on my cups, you can see on some of them how it looks like they have a second coat of glaze at the top of the cup. The reason why that happened, was because when I went to put glaze on the rim; when I dipped it in, I put it in past the rim, that it made the glaze thicker, which makes it look like part of my cup has more glaze than the other. To prevent theis from happening, I am going to not dip my cup so far into the glaze next time.

The thing that I learned from creating this project, is that sometimes you cannot always rush through a project, because something can happen, and can go wrong. The thing that went wrong with my project, is that I was in a hurry to get my cups glazed, that when I was placing them on the counter to dry, two of my cups fell and broke, which meant that I had to go back and re-make two more cups, and this made my project go longer, because I had to go through the process all over again. To me, going through the process again, was a good thing, because it taught me to take things slow and just be patient with them, especially with life, because many times we rush through things, and they don't end up right, then you have to go back and re-do them again, instead of only having to do them once. Sometimes re-doing thing again teaches you a better lesson, then actually doing the project the first time correctly. Even though I had to wait for my cups for a little t\bit, to get fired, I was able to work on other projects.

This is the first tray that I ever made, and here you can see where it cracked, and how even though I fixed it, you can still see how it cracked again aftter I fired it. The crack was pretty big, it almost took up half of my tray. Im glad my tray didnt break, when it got fired, but that it only cracked.

          This is the first project I began in pottery. I made a set of cups, small medium and lagrge. All including a tray. The best part of my piece, is my cups, they are thin cups, and I am modeling after Lynda Ladwig who also makes thin cups. Making thin cups is easier, and they are not as heavy. They are very light. My first one was a small set with six cups they are about two in a half inches tall. I glazed them with satin white glaze. 

        The most challenging part of this project, was making the tray. The reason why, is because it was my first tray and I wasn't sure if it was going to make it. Since I am a procrastinator, life hit me, and I became lazy. I took too long to make my tray that when I went to let it dry it cracked. Lisa said that the tray would not make it, and that I should make a new tray. But I did not listen to her. I was too lazy and I figured I would just go with it, cross my fingers and hope my tray would survive. Eventually my tray did survive. it made it through a long process. If I could have changed something, I would have re-made my tray. The reason why, is because it took too long for my tray to get well. And in that time I could have made a new tray, and moved on with my project. Me waiting on my tray made my project go on longer, that I am still finishing it in second semester.

        The thing I learned about creating this piece, is that sometimes waiting can be a long process and healing can take a long time especially if you have an injury. Healing takes time. and sometimes its ok to let time heal you and leave a scar of rememberance, instead of forgeting your accident ever happened and trying to start all over again. Its ok to have a scar, because when you look back at it, you can see how far you have come, and how much you have grown.