Discovery.
Discovery, by definition, is the action of finding something unexpectedly or in the course of a search. I believe that this definition describes my year in ceramics perfectly. I came in as a new advances student, not really knowing my strengths or weaknesses, and I was just beginning to discover my skills and talents as a ceramicist. Throughout the quarter I have had many time where I have simply sat down at the wheel with a ball of clay and said to myself "I wonder what this will turn out to look like." So many times did I simply not know what I was making, rather I letting myself go with the flow and see what the outcome would look like in the end, half the time I had no plans set in my head when I started working, I just got down to business and let my creativity flow freely. So many of the project that I have made this semester vary in size, shape, color, form, etc. and even when I was making them I very rarely had expectations in my head that would impede my ability to simply discover what I could possibly make. Discovering my strengths, weaknesses, skills, talents, and abilities in my ceramics class. This is my theme: discovery.