Despite previous experience with doing pottery during my past years in the school, pottery was usually revolved around making pots. During my time within the activity, I tried to diversify the models that I was building and this path that I took was both interesting and challenging.
I was able to explore a wide range of different models from an octopus tentacle to a snake’s head but because I had little to no experience in making models and so most of them were either unfinished (they ended up drying over time and thus was able to change their shape) or broken. The biggest problem was the models drying out. In order to get the small details within my models, I usually went for larger models but this meant that they would dry much faster and it was usually the case that I would put a model in storage and come next lesson to find it hard as a rock (bummer).
My two main solutions for this were given by are supervisor during the activity were
- To simply make smaller models, meant less detail but I would be able to work on the models for longer than just one lesson.
- I also tried to make models that I could get done in one lesson, this solution was not one that I used very much because the models were either left unfinished or did not fit my standards for a model that should be finished. This solution that I used the most because it meant I could try a whole range of different ideas but sadly this is also the solution that led to me not having many finished models. It was also quite boring in my opinion to fully commit yourself to one project I found it enjoyable to experiment with one different model per class.
