I was also had time to make an extra credit project in this unit. Coasters!! Personally, I think coasters are extremely fun and useful household devices. The name kind of reminds me of rollar coasters, and those are the best. Except, if you think about it, coasters and roller coasters have opposite purposes because one is meant to make things safer, while the other is supposed to make you feel unsafe and daring. Roller coasters are actually pretty safe, though. They always make sure to test them a lot before letting people on.
So, I put flower designs on my coasters because I am a girl who enjoys pretty, flowery things. They have not gone through their glaze firing yet, so it may be hard to see the patterns in this photo because of the clear glaze. Underneath the clear, there are different colored underglazes: (starting in the top left and going clockwise) red, yellow, white and purple. Hopefully they will show through after they've been fired. I'll be sure to post the pics!
Happy end of the semester! More importantly, this Friday is Lee-Jackson Day in the wonderful Commonwealth of Virginia, so bake yourself some Confederacy cake and have a good time.
