For my set art pieces I decided to make a beauty set. I have three pieces that are all marbled with glaze for a design. The colors in the marbling are all underglazes. They are blue, purple, and a maroon. The first piece is a small bowl that is flat that I created as intent to hold rings and earrings. The inside is glazed with blue grey glaze. The next piece I made is a taller cup like piece that is intended to hold makeup brushes. The inside is the same as the bowl and the outside is the marbled glaze. Underneath the marble I used white underglaze. My last piece I created is a flat piece of clay with an edge around the outside that is intended for me to set my straightener on. The top is the marbling and the side edges are the blue grey color. I will call this set the "Three Piece Beauty Set." I created this set using white clay using hand building techniques to make all three pieces. I then used underglaze on them and marbled them with shaving cream and underglaze. Then I fired them and used blue grey glaze and a clear coat of glaze to seal them. I made this set because I wanted to make pieces that I could use and that would not just sit around. At first I was going to make a set of plant pots but I can't keep plants alive and I couldn't find any ideas that I liked. I looked a lot for ideas that I wanted to create and could not find anything that I really wanted to make. I thought about what I needed and came up with a straightener holder first. Then I went off the beauty topic and knew that I needed something bigger to hold my rings and earrings, and a makeup brush holder. I looked online for pictures to inspire me, but once again I did not find anything that I liked so I created them without any inspiration. My goals for this set was to create something useful that all matched. I know that I reached that goal because I love how the marble turned out and how they are all similar with the technique and colors. I also will use these for the intended purpose because they turned out how I imagined them when I started. I learned that not every piece has to be something that you find online because some things you will not find and they will look exactly how you want them to in your head. I love how they turned out, because they look neat and now I have something to set my straightener on, something to hold my jewelry, and something to hold my makeup brushes. My set is going to be functional and it is decorative with the marble design that I used.
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