Me & my practice.

The Nameless Collection... 

 I have been trying to work out of my comfort zone lately, I suppose that's what university is there for? To find new horizons. The collection I cant seem to name, it stemmed from architectural geometric patterns from the local areas of Stoke on Trent. I wanted to explore my newly found interest of coloured slip, I started off on my samples Stencilling, but I quickly switched to Sponges. Cutting various shapes and sizes to my liking and what would flatter the shape. As for the shape? I wanted to combine two very primary shapes to discover a new exciting shapes. I found myself drawing these..

Which later evolved to...

Architecturally Inspired slab

Architecturally Inspired.

I took a walk around my campus and local area taking pictures of different architectural aspects that could inspire me. I wanted to aim for a different outcome from my usually floral/nature inspired work. I think I achieved that aim with my Design Make Manufacture module.

 

                   

  

^ Here I have used small cut out squares,

laid them on the clay, brush cobalt blue slip over,

made slight indents with the end of a brush

and

then added circles of Monoprinted cobalt oxide wash.^

^I have experimented with transparent glazes,

 leaving different sections unglazed for textural purposes.^