Symmetrical Vases

This vase attracted me because of its creativity and color combination. It's interesting because it's in the shape of a flower, which is very different from most vases.
I really like the shape of this vase (although it's not really symmetrical). Also, the color combination of the blue glaze and the rusty orange color is nice.
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Symmetrical Vases

 I chose these two pieces as symmetrical vases because I thought they both maintained their quirkiness while still being symmetrical. The purple piece has a slight color shift midway through, like it was dipped only halfway in bright purple and the other half was a muted brownish violet. This piece reminds me of a heart in the way it is slightly angled to the right and rounded. I like that it's floating above the ground.







The blue piece moves from robin's egg to firm gray, and looks like a large drop of water. It makes me think of a Rothko painting. I especially like the shape of this piece.
- Melissa

Two wheel thrown peices

the second piece is something that i want to do now and i feel that i have the skill to do it now. I just need to work on my precision while i am cutting and fitting the lid.

the first piece really caught my attention as a piece that i would want to be able to do by the end of this year. the handle is pulled perfectly and the the lid and spout both are smooth and seem to ft very nicely. As for the slip and glaze they both seem to be done with immense precision and detail.

This is a modern piece that shows symmetry and the a good rounded vase shape. This vase also has a nice pattern going down its side. I think this is a very nice touch to the piece.

This piece is very unique due to its narrow curvy neck and how skinny it is. This vase is very appealing to the eye because of the zebra strips that add to the overall beauty to the piece.

This is a pretty cool vase because of the textured design on the neck. There is also a cut out star looking shape along the neck. I think that the way the blue and white glaze came out makes this piece unique and really nice.

I picked this vase because of the simple design. I like the glaze because it fades away towards the bottom. I also like that the lip and neck are wide.

Symmetrical Vases

Blueware Vases
Plants and flowers are stuck to the surface of the vases using a pressing techniques. The vases are then exposed to UV light on a rotating spit, capturing the plant from leaf to root, similar to white on blue Jasperware cameos. The UV light exposure causes the white of the clay to turn a Prussian blue.




Laguna Clay
Wheel-thrown stoneware vases with shino glaze.
Dripping method at top with cracking results after kiln. Notice bottom width and top hole are about the same width. Dimnsions 14 x 7, 11 x 7, 11 x 9

Symmetrical Vases

Natural Ash Glazed Jar
by Yoshisuji Keiji

Based on stoneware jars from the 12th century, the natural ash gives the jar an almost buried feel. Fired multiple times to give it the gritty texture and colors.

Bizen Hidasuki (rice-straw cord design) Jar
by Isezaki Taku

"...a poem in clay of inter-connectedness that visually alludes into these sentiments." Represents how everything is intertwined in visible and invisible ways.

http://www.japanesepottery.com/

Modern Vases

I chose this piece because it is very colorful and exciting. The glazes on this piece are very bright, so it catches the eye.









This vase is a modern piece that has a very interesting texture, and a very beautiful shiny glaze.

Wheel Thrown Symmetric Vases

This wheel thrown stoneware vase is twelve inches tall and has a flat top. The glaze used on it is a house specialty glaze. It has a very nice runny, water color effect. The diameter of the mouth is a lot smaller than the diameter of the bottom. I really like the variety of the colors used; it gives the vase a metallic kind of quality.

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Wheel Thrown Symmetric Vases

This wheel thrown vase was made in 2008 with Dillo white (Armadillo clay). It also has a celadon green glaze on top of it. What makes this symmetric vase interesting is its cracked design. The cracks are very visible because they have been filled in (using a brush) with sumi ink. The diameter of the mouth of the piece is a lot smaller than the bottom's. The piece has a very oval-like or egg-like shape to it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajanhelendam/2326369128/

Wheel Thrown vases

This is a wheel thrown vase. It is used to hold a flower or two. It has a nice football shape. The glazes look cool. It is an off white with cracks and a red glaze. They go well together.

This is a wheel thrown vase made to hold flowers. There are two different blue glazes, however, it looks like there are many different shades of blue in it. It is about 7 inches tall and 4 inches wide.

Vase from the renaissance period

19th Century Porcelein Chinese Vase

Symmetric Wheel Thrown Vase 2

This second wheel thrown symmetric vase drew my attention by its lid and the running glaze. Even with the lid the vase has stayed symmetric. The opening and the base have similar diameters, but the opening looks a little wider. I really like how the vase starts and end the same. The knob of the lid is brown, and the base untouched by the glossy glaze is also brown.

Symmetrical Wheel Thrown Vase

This is an earthenware vase. It has a long skinny neck, but enlarges towards the bottom. It stays symmetric through out. If I cut the vase in two, I would be left with two symmetric pieces. The only feature of this vase that may not be symmetric is the glaze patterns. The glaze resembles the bamboo glaze that we use. A major difference in this vase compared to the guidelines for our vases is that the diameter of the top is not equal to the diameter of the base.

2nd half 8th century BC, etruscan vase

Third century, Roman vase

Thin Chinese Porcelain

This piece was made during the Ming Dynasty, and its rim is 1 mm thick (super thin).

Vase w/ ridges

Wheel Thrown stoneware vase with ridges. This is a fun pattern of ridges and two glazes, looks so interesting where the glazes meet. Approx 5.5 inches tall 4 inches wide.

Art Deco Winged Vase

The glaze features matte blues and greens. The handles are a tribute to Art Deco and are for decorative effect rather than functionality. The matte surface was produced using Rising Sky's experimental MXRB glaze airbrushed onto a white background. 9 1/2 inches tall with 12 1/2 inch diameter opening measured across the 'wings'.

Wheel Thrown Vases

A tiny, stoneware, modern vase. It is only 2 1/4 inches tall, with the opening only a 1/2 in diameter.

Egyptian Vase from the Altes Museum in Berlin Germany. Vases were often used in tombs, holding or representing internal organs of the deceased.

Northern Song Porcelain Example

This particular piece was made during China's Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE) and is a prime example of its porcelain vases. Both the Song and Yuan were famous for its porcelain and its unique kilns. The thing that stood out to me the most about this pottery was its vibrant green color (especially since it was made from over 700 years ago) and its "soft" flower design. There wasn't any description on how large this piece is but looks to be able to fit in one's hand. The entire piece is very smooth and doesn't appear to have taken much damage.

Acome Pueblo Pottery

The original Acoma pueblo claims to be the oldest, continuously occupied settlement in the United States. The Acoma line of pottery can be traced back to 1750.

Northern Song (960-1127) 11th century Porcelain-like stoneware with céladon feldspathic glaze. The height is about 20.5 cm. I thought that this piece is very interesting because of the color of the glaze of the pottery. The details of the container is very intricate and detailed. It's just an interesting piece overall.

Anciet Greek Pottery

This piece of pottery is from 520 BC Greece. This piece has no glaze yet it stills appear to have a shiny tinge to it. This might be slip. I am amazed by the detailed intricacies of the design around the picture, especially on the handles. I really like the separate shapes that make up the vase from the rim to the foot.

Nazca Pottery (6th century)

This is a South American piece made by the Nazca and it's a pot in the form of a fish with a double spout handle. Nazca is characterized by their polychrome pottery and use a variety of colors when creating a piece. Back then, the Nazca didn't have a writing system and instead used symbols in ceramic pieces as a mean of communication.

This piece is made in Ancient Greece. The Greek people often painted pottery to depict scenes from myths and stories. This particular one depicts Hercules fighting the Nemean Lion. They usually only used 2 colors: black and red.

Blackware pottery, 1200 BC

Olmec culture, Las Bocas, Puebla, Mexico, ca. 1200-900 B.C. Blackware pottery vessel of simple form with stylized symbolic quadripartite designs separated by bisected panels, red pigment highlights Olmec art was created to give power to the shaman and the shaman/ruler. Ceramics, for example, were fashioned of clay, which was coaxed into meaningful forms which would become the property and the containers of sacred substances of the important shamans.

Egyptian Pottery

This piece originated from Egypt during the Naqada II, Predynastic period. This period is supposedly one of the most significant predynastic cultures in Egyptian history. The jar was made around 3650-3300 B.C. During that time, artists had developed new styles and techniques, which included more detailed carving. These new adaptations could have came from neighboring countries or trading partners. Capturing animals on the pottery also seemed to be very popular. The jar has a height of thirty centimeters and a diameter of thirty centimeters as well.

http://library.artstor.org/library/iv2.html?parent=true#
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/history/dynasties/late.html
http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/predynlist.html

Mochica

This piece was created in Lampayaque, Peru, between the years of 1-800 A.D. and from the Mochica civilization. Their ceramics are known for being the "lightest and finest terracotta's ever made in ancient Peru and probably the world." Their ceramics depicted various social activities including war, sex, metal work, and weaving. Another aspect of Mochica art is their great attention to detail. Through life-like vases, portraits, figures, and paintings, their artwork suggests creativity and individuality playing an important part of the Mochica culture.

Korean Pottery

The Koryo Dynasty, which lasted from 918 to 1392 AD, had a strong Buddhist influence which shaped many of its cultural achievements. In the middle of the 10th century Korean artists, some who had been schooled in China began creating celadon by using inlay and copper glazing techniques which were developed first in China but only fully developed and perfected by Korean artisans. The level of fine quality and beauty they were able to achieve in their work surpassed that of other countries and came to be revered by even the Chinese for its elegant, yet simple beauty. The Koryo Royal Court also used some of the finest examples of celadon pottery in their palaces both as vessels for daily use and as objects of fine art.

Panathenaic amphora

These two vases are examples of panathenaic amphora from ancient Greek times. These vases were used to hold olive oil and were given to the winners of the Panathenaic Games. These games were held every four years in Ancient Greece. Usually, pictures of Athena, the goddess of war, were painted on it. These vases appeared after 530 BC. The one on the right is from 565 BCE.

Canopic Jars

This is a canopic jar. Egyptian pharaohs were buried with canopic jars (usually four) holding their internal organs, protecting them for the afterlife. They were usually created from pottery but sometimes made by carving limestone, and topped with a decoratively painted wooden head. These canopic jars are on display at the British Museum, and held the remains of Neskhons (wife of a High Priest in Upper Egypt), 990 - 969 BC.
-Melissa Shohet

Birth of Athene This piece was made in egpy