Chic N Wise

This was my first project in my Ceramics 1 High School class. We were supposed to make a simple bowl using a pinch pot method. Basically, the idea is to make a ball and pinch the exterior and the interior at the same time. This procedure stretches the walls of the bowl out from the bottom of the bowl.

I wanted to make this bowl… special. Chic N Wise, you see? I wanted to make it, just like everything else I make, CHICKEN THEMED. I brainstormed a couple different designs for the bowl, but eventually I landed on this. I created the shapes of the bottom and the lid using the pinch pot method. After I finished, I added the beak and the red spikes on top, which are known as a comb.

This is what it looks like with the lid taken off the bowl. If you look closely, you can see the line where I connected the bottom beak to the bowl. The glaze made the edges have a darker tint, so it’s easier to understand what the shape looks like.

This is the interior of my project. It tapers inwards slightly and has a flat bottom. The glaze is evenly distributed and covers the entire bowl, except for the bottom. We couldn’t glaze the bottom because it would melt and stick to surfaces.

Overall, I’m happy with how my project turned out. The glaze was poorly done on the top, and the place where lid and the bowl meet is too uneven. Moreover, the two parts of the beak can’t touch each other because of this unevenness. Still, the project fulfills its duty as a chicken-themed bowl, and as such I’m extremely proud of it.