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.^

A Touch of Wood?

First Year - Second Semester 2013 Staffordshire University

So what did my first year in university bring? Exploration, Excitement, Earthenware? All of the above and much more. During this particular module we were asked to combine to materials. So I immediately thought of ceramics and wood, but instead of quite literally putting them together I thought I'd incorporate one into the other. Putting wood elements into a ceramic outcome. To hopefully create a beautiful product

Because of time issues I only managed to make a sample cast pieces.

^ hand built over a hump mould, hand craved ^

^ The three above are slip casted then hand carved by myself.^