Jenna

I decided to make my whistle a teapot because my grandma loves tea and she recently moved to Illinois to be with my other cousin while her dad is away. I also wanted to make a teapot because I knew I wanted to paint it different colors.

A problem I had while making my teapot whistle was making it look good. My whistle was really flimsy and looked like it was going to collapse; before I even got it whistling. To solve this problem, I had to add a lot more clay to the sides to make it look better and after that it looked a lot stronger and it didn't look like it was about to fall down anymore.

I like my whistle...but I think it could be better. I think my whistle could be more smoother and I could've glazed it a lot better.The reason I made a frog is because when my older sister did this project a few years ago, she made a frog too. I also decided to make a frog because when I made the head and body, it looked a lot like a frog. The last reason I decided to make a frog is because my aunt collects frogs.

A problem I had while making the frog was deciding what colors I was going to use. I had to use different colors, and I had to mix a lot of colors. When I mixed some colors, they turned out to be a different color than I wanted. I tried to make purple once, and it turned out really dark. The solution to this problem is...I added white to it.

I like my frog, but again, I think it could be better. I think I should have taken more time on forming it. I should've made it smoother. I've always thought there's room for improvement.