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Ceramic Feelings, Beverly Maki
Ceramic Feelings, Beverly Maki
All Master's Theses
Earth, air, water, and fire--four basic elements--have given me the opportunity to express my eclectic experiences into forms of clay. I have raised questions about my work pertaining to my conscious and subconscious to find how I see and feel about my work, in order to see myself in terms of my past, present and future. I have thought about the reality and nonreality of my feelings and wondered about the images and experiences that lie hidden in my subconscious, that could create new meanings and ideas. I have also wondered how I might relate certain ideas to my work. …
A Study Of The Bottle Configuration, William A. Tyner
A Study Of The Bottle Configuration, William A. Tyner
All Master's Theses
It is the candidate's intention to explore the elements inherent with the bottle configuration. Singled out as most important are Form, Balance and Tension, while the bottle or closed form has been chosen due to the vastness of form possibility and over-all technical difficulty of working in that format. The study is predominantly creative, and in that vein, the candidate seeks the experience that will be gained from defining his sincere attitudes and convictions embodied in the results of the study, original ceramic art forms.
A Study Of Majolica Pottery Decoration, Robert Sutton Rae
A Study Of Majolica Pottery Decoration, Robert Sutton Rae
All Master's Theses
It was the purpose of this study to investigate the origin and development of majolica decoration and to execute original variations of these techniques on pottery made by the candidate.
Visual And Expressive Form Qualities Attainable In Thrown Pottery Vessels By Use Of Various Lips And Feet, Kirby William Benson
Visual And Expressive Form Qualities Attainable In Thrown Pottery Vessels By Use Of Various Lips And Feet, Kirby William Benson
All Master's Theses
It was the purpose of this study to discover the number of various form qualities that it is possible to achieve within pottery vessels that are closely related by similar feet, bodies, and lips. The variety of form qualities sought for were of a visual nature; the entire pot seeming to appear more or less vertical or more or less horizontal than others with the same type of body but with different shapes of lips and feet selected to be used.