Family, friends and the little things in life inspire me to create my artwork. Whether it be everyday routines or ironic events, all of them help my artwork come alive. I’ve always taken my inspiration and made it into something visual. Ever since freshman year, I fell in love with ceramics. Ceramics has taught me to always be patient and careful with every detail. My favorite part about ceramics is the final product of any piece because no matter what, somehow, for me, the end result is always different from how I originally imagined it to be. One of my biggest challenges is probably the potters wheel. I still have yet to master the wheel and one of my biggest goals by the end of my high school career is to continually make forms on the wheel. Taking ceramics was the best decision I've ever made and I'm so happy to have taken this class for the past three years. I hope to continue ceramics throughout my life and make pieces that inspire people to feel the same way I do about art. Overall, my goal is to become an artist who leaves the viewers thinking . . . and wondering . .

   A constant theme I pretty much kept throughout the course of my artwork was a beachy theme, and of course, the concept of perfectness. The beach was always a favorite place of mine growing up so it was really easy for me to connect all of my projects to that theme. I never really used any outside material for my final products, but when I do, it is always some type of sand texture or anything that has to do with the beach. Since I am a perfectionist, you will never see a project of mine that has any sharp edges, an uneven lip, uneven glaze coverage, or a section of my piece that is unsponged.

   For my final project, I can happily say that I created all of my pieces on the wheel. Each part of my teapot was thrown on the potters wheel. That was a huge goal of mine since I started ceramics in my freshman year and I can proudly say that I reached my goal. When putting on the finishing touches to my surrealist bust, it bothered me how unperfect it was. Seeing the cracks in the face and knowing that it didn't survive in the kiln, I really struggled accepting the fact that it wasn't going to be exactly how I envisioned it. I had similar feelings toward another project of mine from this year. Our assignment was to create an oil and vinegar set, both of which I tried making on the wheel. Only one cooperated with me and sadly I had to hand build the other one. Again, it was clear as day to me that the final product wasn't perfect because the piece I had hand built was very lopsided and nothing like the piece I had made on the wheel. Along the way of my last high school art class career, I had still faced many challenges and struggles, all of which worked out in the end. I do not regret a single thing I had made this past year and I will hopefully continue this passion of mine into later years. 

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