my leaf mugs in progress!

This is MY leaf mug I have been working on....I'm gonna make another oneto have a set, Im pretty excited about it!

Behind -_-

So I'm kinda freakin out today cuz im wayy behind. I have barely started my first project due at the end of the month. but i think its gonna be a mug with leaf's either etched or sculpted onto the sides, and maybe flowers too? originally i was gonna do petals comning off the rim but....i just realized that wouldnt make sense because then you couldnt drink out of it....? so i dont know. I just trimmed the mug today and it's a little crappy cuz i havent trimmed since summer but....i think it will be cool. not sure what im gonna do for my 2nd project though......... The picture is not my mug but i found it online and it has a similar idea with the layered 3D leaves on the bottom.

Coincentration Ideas

I have figured out my concentration. (I think.) It is: Functional Pottery with surfaces that are inspired by the Earth. Here are some images that inspire me....

butterflies, daisies and dirt, oh my!

a couple ideas for my concentration- outdoor nature. im a girl who loves flowers and butterflies and such. i think theyre pretty, what can i say? I was thinking about doing a nature-inspired concentration. but im not quite sure how to put this in more specific words. I wanna be able to make flowered designs on my vases, but also maybe make planters or bird feeders, or maybe even hand-built sculptures of bugs or birds. is this possible to do all of this in one concentration? ideas? this is a link to a website i found full of pottery, mostly thrown, with plant designs on them. http://www.bungalowpros.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=24