Wind Chime Partner Installation Project

Inspiration- Mrs. Thompson's Pinterest account- fish collage

Process

For this project, Caitlin and I decided to make a themed wind chime that would be created by mixed materials. We went on Ms. Thompson's Pinterest.com account and found a really cute fish themed wind chime. After preparing a large slab or two, we then made stencil-like cutouts to cut the shape of fish and starfish out of the clay. We then covered the pieces and let them dry a bit, going back over each and smoothing them out. After this process was done, we decided to make designs with different colors of underglaze on a few of the clay pieces. We chose the following underglazes: medium blue, pink rose, yellow, as well as white. After going through the first firing ( greenware), we decided to use clear gloss glaze on a few of the pieces with designs, and interesting crystalex glazes for those without designs. Here are a few of the crystaltex we used: blue caprice, monsoon seas, kiwi, and yellow universe.After this was done and they came out of their bisque kiln firing, we bought sea shells, beads, and two sizes of hemp thread to create the rest of the wind chime. We then used a drill and hammer to poke holes in all of the shells, and attached the beads and shells to the threads. After this was done, we wound the thick hemp around the hanging mechanism to make it match the theme of the wind chime, and tied all of the decorated threads to the ring.

Judgment

I am thrilled with the way the wind chime turned out as a whole, but wish the fish pottery glazes turned out more decent. The beads and shells worked great with the fish and starfish we created.

                                                               Final Piece