Ceramic Tiles – Mould Making

Posted: April 26, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Final Year, Subject | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

I started making my mould, it took a very long time to build up from underneath to make the paper strong enough to pour the plaster onto. Once the plaster had set, I had to remove the paper and clay an hour after the as the paper might cause the mould to shrink if it stays in too long. I then had to clean up the mould and then let it dry in the drying cupboard over the weekend.

Raw – Finished

Posted: June 4, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Subject | Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

This is my final outcomes for my raw project, I added wicks to my icebergs , and placed my polar bears on top. I placed these on to shredded cardboard which I sprayed blue. I like the effect that it has given the work.

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Medals Update and Samples

Posted: June 4, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Subject | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

I have been working on my medal project for quite awhile I have done an extensive amount of research into Jekyll and Hyde looking at split personalities disorder, morality and duality. I have decided I want to make an ordered and disordered image.

 

Medal samples

Here are some of my samples for my traditional medals. I decided to do some samples using faces and one of which being fractured. I also thought about grouting it, and experimenting with the ordered and disordered image.

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Interpretation

Posted: March 27, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Field | Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

For my current project i am obsessed with the development of interpreting the animals. I am trying to show the animals of the wall as how i perceive them, i want to show the animals through a number of different ways, through different mediums and technique. Here are some images of my work so far.

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Put 3 makers together and what do you get ? … A dragon in a welly, a bug called flick and pacula

Posted: January 8, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Subject | Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

We had a total Makers mash-up session which I had a lot of fun being involved in. I like actively creating something and working with others to create outcomes so this was as close to perfect project for me. We were asked to get into groups and grab different slip cast objects that we had recently all cast, and use these objects to create candelabra. We had a lot of fun experimenting where each of these objects could go. My group me, Carys and Sarah made these wonderful things.

20121127-091311-am  This is our first candelabra we used a wellington boot, a dragon and a coke-cola bottle. we were really happy with the outcome and we even named her Nessa.

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For this candelabra we had a selection of perfume bottles and my little genie lamps and a lock. we couldn’t quite workout what to do with these items at first as they were all very similar but in the end we used that to our advantage and came up with this bug like creature that we called flick

and just for fun with the objects we had left we made Pacula who became our little mascot.

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( here he is glazed, hopefully a post to follow on glazing soon )

We then used a program to make our dragon breath fire. This was a fun maker day.  I really hope we do lots more things like this.

My New Found Love for Clay

Posted: January 8, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Subject | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

I began to work with clay, using hand building techniques. I’d never really used clay before so I was starting from scratch, we learnt a variety of different hand processes including slabbing, pinching and coiling. Coiling was my method of choice, when the task was given to make a clay replica of my chosen object. My object was this little brass genie lamp pot, well that’s what I’m calling it as I have no other name. I felt coiling would be the best process to make my pot. At first the clay frustrated me. It was tricky and due to the size of my object was very delicate to construct at first. However the more time I spent on my pot out of class time. I began to really enjoy working with clay, and it has now become one of my favorite materials to use, and I will defiantly be doing more work with clay in the near future. So watch this space.

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my little genie pots