Overall, ceramics has taught me more than how to create art out of just a piece of clay. It has taught me that if you set a goal and stick with it you can accomplish something you never thought you could do. My first day of freshman year I walked into class amazed and puzzled as to how someone could make projects as tall and as good as they did. I told myself that by the end of my ceramics career I was going to achieve my goal in which I wanted to be able to make something large and immaculate out of a piece of clay so I could prove to myself people are much more capable of things when they set their mind to it. Beginning ceramics taught me how to create hand made projects and also centering a piece of clay is a lot harder than it looks. While advance ceramics taught me how to make bowls big enough for salad and techniques I could apply to more things than just clay. I accomplished my goal in which I can use pattern and contrast to make projects I never thought I could before.