Author Archives: devonannasmith

After my lockdown experiments I was a bit worried about having to make another mould, luckily this time it went a lot better. I threw a small (solid) vase shape in clay, and used small pieces of aluminium can to make a clean edge to halve the mould After leaving the mould to completely dryContinue reading “Moulds take two”

I’m a bit rusty after the holidays, but trying to get back into the swing of throwing Trying to go a bit bigger, and working with white clay here. It is much easier to throw with, but I bit finiticky when it comes to drying times and things like attaching handles. Our nexy challange hasContinue reading “New throwing techniques”

https://changan-moon.tumblr.com/post/624174389332672513/how-to-make-a-%E7%B4%AB%E7%A0%82%E5%A3%B6-zishahu-chinese-boccaro-teapot Just wanted to share this nice video of a beautiful teapot being slab built

I have some serious catching up to do here… Our first semester has finished, including assessment, but I have missed posting a few things! We have done quite a bit of raku firing now, it’s so quick and so simple really, plus nice on a cold day. Tracey took most of these photos, as IContinue reading “Raku”

It’s hard to resist the constant pressure to ‘go big’, when I was at art school doing my BFA it seemed like a painting wasn’t considered legitimate fine art unless it had a commanding presence. My own preference is for personal, intimate and quiet work. I want the viewer to feel like they are partContinue reading “Geoffrey Swindell”

This was one of those times where I should have read all the instructions before beginning… My actual mould making I think was pretty good initially but I had a bit of trouble getting the consistency of the plaster right. My first try… Crumbly and full of holes. Too much plaster to water. My nextContinue reading “Mould making”

Realised I never posted this one! I did have plans to actually make it in physical form, but we’ll see how things go once school is back. My main focus with this was a response to the unending media surrounding weight gain during isolation, having everyone’s biggest concern during a global pandemic being putting onContinue reading “Grayson Perry artist response”

I spent a lot of time drawing for this one – much more planning than actual building! I was a bit ambitious to try a face, so I kept it pretty stylised so far. Still a bit of work to do. I used my remaining paper clay, thinking it would be easier to add toContinue reading “Figurative studies”

I found some old lino in my studio so wanted to see if I could carve a stamp from it, and whether this would work on clay. I got a bit carried away and made 4, and then made some carved wooden handles out of some deadwood from a manuka. They work with ink! AndContinue reading “Homemade tools”

I decided to make these out of fimo, as I wanted to paint them so needed them to dry out. My sculpting isn’t the best so they’re not completely accurate, but also not pushed enough for it to seem deliberate, so they’re a bit of a failure. Same with the actual painting – not accurateContinue reading “Still life replicas”