Eaglebrook Ceramics Senior Project

 Yesterday was the start of my final week at Eaglebrook. The day consisted mainly of helping students pack up their ceramics, and I was also able to observe other classes that day. All of the ceramic students are done throwing. There’s a very different energy in the air as students are ready to go home for summer vacation. Hours  8:40 am to 2:30 pm 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm 6 hours 50 minutes  72 hours

     The second week was Much more routine. I was able to get myself into more of a routine as I started to learn the schedule and understand what blocks came after which and was finally able to figure out the actual rotation of the schedule. I was also starting to feel progress in my throwing skills. There is definitely a change coming from a different style of wheel Which I definitely noticed. Also having not thrown for a couple of weeks left me after my first pot with a feeling of being in a way kind of rusty.  but by this point I've definitely felt that I am back into the groove and I'm back being able to throw at a higher ability than I have been able to before.        What I found to be one of the most rewarding parts of my senior project, is the time that I spent with students. Being able to watch the students going through a day that I used to experience when I was their age, was at first a weird feeling but I grew to appreciate and l...

 I forgot to blog for Friday. On Friday, I worked on finishing more glazing, as well as helping with glazing. Today was the first day that the third form was back from hurricane island. Many of them had much to glaze and were doing it quickly to get it into the kilm. With as many of them are making mistakes. I was trying to teach them to take their time you were that I’m not all will be able to get into the kilm. I was telling them that even if they aren’t able to get it all and they would’ve been able to pick it up today since the summer or the returning students next fall.  Hours worked 9:05 am to 3:00 pm 5 hours and 55 minutes  Total 55 hours

 Yesterday, Saturday was a very productive day working. I was able to get a very solid chunk of my express fest write up down. I was also able to start working on my week review three paragraph blog write up. I’ve been looking back on the week and I realized how much progress I was able to make with the students and my connection in relations with them. I definitely saw the biggest changed in the last three days. Hours worked 11:00 am to 1:30 pm 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm Total 5 hours 60 hours*

 Today was a much later start at 9:50. The third formers are still off on their class trip. They got back tonight at seven so all of the classes with a third formers will be back to their full size. Also, today all of my pieces came out of the kilm and I began glazing them. I have many pieces to glaze. 9:40 am to 3:00 pm 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm Total 6 hours  49 hours 5 minutes 

Yesterday was global day for the students at Eagle Brook. Global day is a day where all of the classes go on field trips together because of this there was not any classes so I was unable to work in the studio. I was able to get more work done on my express fest right up and presentation.  1:00 pm to 5:00pm Total 4 hours  43 hours 5 minutes