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Back for another year of playing with clay! My first chunk of work is all going to be experimental – playing with form, surface, finishing etc. Trying to be a bit looser with my planning, here are some workbook drawings for a couple of things to make in clay. Playing with the chain form IContinue reading “New year, new plans”

My last firing for the year… Going to miss this big gas kiln!

Almost finished! Here’s a few elements for my final presentation.. I’ve used a few different techniques we’ve learned over the year. Some pieces are thrown, and have hand built elements, some coil and some pinched/sculpted pieces.

Neil kindly showed us his techniques for brushwork earlier in the year, and I finally got around to giving it a go. Cobalt wash on Neil’s smooth glaze, fired to cone 10.

Got to sneak into the print making department and learn how to make a screen for printing! So much fun. The actual printing on clay was a bit trickier, but happy with my results. As it’s so close to the end of the year I haven’t been able to experiment as much as I wouldContinue reading “Screen printing”

Playing with cobalt washes – as an alternative to using commercial underglaze. Tested to cone 10 on an ugly little cast vase. Very flat and matt – a success! Looks really black on greenware Still black after bisqueing (sadly broken by a nightclass student) A bit of bubbling at cone 6, with clear glaze… NieContinue reading “Cobalt oxide washes”

Learning to attach slab pieces was really fun, although I struggled a bit over working things. This was a simple box – covered in cream slip and then scraffito’d over the top. I wish I’d used a darker clay, and the design became quite subtle once fired. Two little decorated pyramids. It was tricky gettingContinue reading “Finished slab module exercises”

A few weeks ago we were lucky enough to visit the anatomy museum to do some drawing. I felt a little bit uncomfortable, but did a couple of sketches from a plasticized hand (yes.. A real human hand..) great practice for study, hopefully will get to go back again sometime and sit for a bitContinue reading “Anatomy museum visit”

So I won’t be sharing my full Pecha Kucha presentation on here – I dislike my voice too much for that! But I did spend an unnecessary amount of time drawing up a title page, another of my classic procrastination techniques! The patterns are based on designs from a Ming vase and a Deltware plate.

Just a simple little ink bottle in white clay. I have been watching a lot of mudlarking videos and this shape seems to pop up a lot! often glass, but older ink bottles were made of ceramic. I haven’t made a stopper for this one, but have for some later ones.