Monday 24 October 2011
bowls 1-8 (without 4)
Here are my first 8 bowls (without number 4 as that was glazed later) the glazes and oxides i used are listed previously in one of my journal entries - week 4 beginning 10/10/11. My favorite is number 8 as i like the texture where the grog in the clay has moved and scratched when turning the bowl and also from the flat edges that make up the surface (also from turning when quite dry). I like how the glaze is quite thin so it has a light shine but also you can feel the textures in the clay. Plus, i like number 1 with the matt glaze - it is quite thin over the lines created by turning so you can feel that texture while still having the smooth matt feel which i like.
......... so number
1
...2
...3
...5
...6
...7
...8
Thursday 20 October 2011
Catching up
So,i am yet again going to try to get back into doing this as a proper blog - maybe one day i'll give it up as a bad job...
I am currently in my fifth week of my final year at uni. Not knowing where to begin i have posted my weekly journals and i will continue to throughout the year - hopefully this will help me to post at least once a week.
Here are some pictures of my bowls in progress.
I am currently in my fifth week of my final year at uni. Not knowing where to begin i have posted my weekly journals and i will continue to throughout the year - hopefully this will help me to post at least once a week.
Here are some pictures of my bowls in progress.
Weekly journal - fourth week of term
Weekly Journal
Week Beginning 10/10/2011
Monday 10th-
• turned bowls made last Thursday. I didn't turn all of them because I thought it might be nice to leave some as though they had just off the wheel.
• Library; photocopying from books taken out last week and returned books.
Tuesday 11th –
• glaze tests bowls 1 to 8 (all Norton grog)
1 Tin Matt E/W
– staggered 3 dips
– inside and outside
2 Tin Shiny E/W
– staggered 3 dips
– inside and outside
3 Crocus Martis oxide – inside and outside
Clear Shiny E/W
4 (Could not find this bowl)
5 Oxide, no glaze –
Crocus Martis under black nickel
6 Black nickel oxide
– inside and outside
– no glaze
7 Honey E/W
– staggered 3 dips
inside and outside
8 Outside – Crocus martis under black nickel
Inside – black nickel under Crocus martis
Clear Shiny E/W – thin
• Practice five tutorial
This tutorial was more based around HCC than practice five; discussing research and reading techniques as well as the bibliography for the extended essay. However the research for practice five and the HCC unit are closely linked so it was still very helpful information for my practice five as well as the HCC.
Week Beginning 10/10/2011
Monday 10th-
• turned bowls made last Thursday. I didn't turn all of them because I thought it might be nice to leave some as though they had just off the wheel.
• Library; photocopying from books taken out last week and returned books.
Tuesday 11th –
• glaze tests bowls 1 to 8 (all Norton grog)
1 Tin Matt E/W
– staggered 3 dips
– inside and outside
2 Tin Shiny E/W
– staggered 3 dips
– inside and outside
3 Crocus Martis oxide – inside and outside
Clear Shiny E/W
4 (Could not find this bowl)
5 Oxide, no glaze –
Crocus Martis under black nickel
6 Black nickel oxide
– inside and outside
– no glaze
7 Honey E/W
– staggered 3 dips
inside and outside
8 Outside – Crocus martis under black nickel
Inside – black nickel under Crocus martis
Clear Shiny E/W – thin
• Practice five tutorial
This tutorial was more based around HCC than practice five; discussing research and reading techniques as well as the bibliography for the extended essay. However the research for practice five and the HCC unit are closely linked so it was still very helpful information for my practice five as well as the HCC.
Weekly journal - third week of term
Weekly Journal
Week Beginning 03/10/2011
Monday 3rd-
– bought clay; Norton grog, ivory stoneware, Almington (one bag of each)
– throwing; for vessels in Norton grog using texturing technique discussed last week
– I am quite pleased with the results for the first attempt. They look quite well-off and scruffy but I'm pleased with them because I've never attempted to throw using pure with the inside of the bowl and it made it particularly difficult with the outside being textured so not even thickness. I applied a random texture of minds and varying depth and width because for this test I was only practising the process rather than perfecting the decoration however I plan to do visual studies of natural form and texture to inform future surfaces.
Tuesday 4th-
– Turning yesterday's bowls. More difficult than usual due to their very wonky and uneven forms. When turning these balls those thinking of Shozo Michikawa and how with some of his textured pottery he makes the point of finishing the rim neatly so as to contrast with the texture of the surface of the body of the bowl.
– I have also done a few small visual studies of natural textures in my sketchbook to inform the texture I will apply to my balls next time I throw.
– Practice five tutorial; we ran out of time so I do not discuss my work so far in-depth although I informed Sharon of my signup tutorial with Mike Eden last week and that I feel I am on a good path towards reaching my goals and have a confidence starting point, for my practical work.
Wednesday 5th-
• HCC tutorial
- the plan to focus on bowls within the HCC essay
- look for the book "500 bowls" in the library
- the practical work I could finish throwing bowls by pinching, use pinching to texture the bowls
-Bowls;
– spiritualism; member is pottery American Southwest
– ceremony
– Mary Rogers
–Ryoji Koie – textured bowls
– design sourcebook – ceramics – Edmund De Waal
– David Pye – wooden turned and carved bowls
– Lawson Oyekan
Yet again I feel quite enthusiastic after this tutorial then I feel it has given me a clear direction for my HCC essay.
Thursday 4th-
• throwing using texturing techniques but little more purposeful textures – inspired by visual studies. Six bowls in total.
Week Beginning 03/10/2011
Monday 3rd-
– bought clay; Norton grog, ivory stoneware, Almington (one bag of each)
– throwing; for vessels in Norton grog using texturing technique discussed last week
– I am quite pleased with the results for the first attempt. They look quite well-off and scruffy but I'm pleased with them because I've never attempted to throw using pure with the inside of the bowl and it made it particularly difficult with the outside being textured so not even thickness. I applied a random texture of minds and varying depth and width because for this test I was only practising the process rather than perfecting the decoration however I plan to do visual studies of natural form and texture to inform future surfaces.
Tuesday 4th-
– Turning yesterday's bowls. More difficult than usual due to their very wonky and uneven forms. When turning these balls those thinking of Shozo Michikawa and how with some of his textured pottery he makes the point of finishing the rim neatly so as to contrast with the texture of the surface of the body of the bowl.
– I have also done a few small visual studies of natural textures in my sketchbook to inform the texture I will apply to my balls next time I throw.
– Practice five tutorial; we ran out of time so I do not discuss my work so far in-depth although I informed Sharon of my signup tutorial with Mike Eden last week and that I feel I am on a good path towards reaching my goals and have a confidence starting point, for my practical work.
Wednesday 5th-
• HCC tutorial
- the plan to focus on bowls within the HCC essay
- look for the book "500 bowls" in the library
- the practical work I could finish throwing bowls by pinching, use pinching to texture the bowls
-Bowls;
– spiritualism; member is pottery American Southwest
– ceremony
– Mary Rogers
–Ryoji Koie – textured bowls
– design sourcebook – ceramics – Edmund De Waal
– David Pye – wooden turned and carved bowls
– Lawson Oyekan
Yet again I feel quite enthusiastic after this tutorial then I feel it has given me a clear direction for my HCC essay.
Thursday 4th-
• throwing using texturing techniques but little more purposeful textures – inspired by visual studies. Six bowls in total.
Weekly journal - second week of term
Weekly Journal
Week Beginning 26/09/2011
Monday 26th-
• Library – Photocopying from “Ceramics of the world: An Illustrated History”
- Looking at variety of pottery from around the world and over a number of centuries, split into categories ;
-Form – forms I find most aesthetically pleasing and have a closer link to my own work
-Decoration – Simple decoration, muted, earthy colours, functional ware.
-Highly decorated Pottery – Elaborately decorated pottery such as porcelain tea services.
-Introduction of book – Text to inform Essay and some possible quotes
Some of the images I copied will not become useful to inspire my practice 5, for example the highly decorated pottery for this is not interesting to me in a practical sense but it is interesting to look at as it is part of the wide history of ceramics. Also I found the introduction of the book interesting and feel there are quotes within it which I can use with my HCC extended essay such as "ceramics are as old as civilisation itself" and, talking about the close link between people and ceramics, giving a quotation from the book of Genesis that God "formed man out of the dust of the ground". This could be an interesting point to make with in my essay as I feel that pottery does hold a close link to my own human nature.
Tuesday 27th-
• Tutorial
-Talking about practice 5 learning outcomes and personal direction
after handing in my PDP we discussed what we had been doing practically and with research in the last week. I discussed my interest in throwing and hand building with more emphasis on throwing. I would like to look at natural form within ceramics and I will be using the bowl form as a ’vehicle’ for my ideas. The practice and extend my skills in throwing the next week and experiment and research with different ways to texture bowls without merely scratching patterns and to the surface painting slip. I felt very quite enthusiastic after this tutorial although I am still unsure of any particular practitioners to research.
Wednesday 28th –
• HCC introductory lecture
- reflect on reading around research subject and investigation within practice five
- stronger connections between practice, research, work, context
- develop understanding of professional, social, cultural and historical context
- to understand what you're doing and why
• Achieved after lecture
- throwing six bowls different size and shape and turn bowls made yesterday and put to bisque
- library; taken out 4 books –
-Dear Mr Leach: some thoughts on ceramics
– David Leach: a biography
–Claudi Casanovas
– Five centuries of Korean ceramics: pottery and porcelain of the Yi dynasty
Thursday 29th
• turn bowls made yesterday and put to bisque
• purchase Clay – Norton grog
• sign up to one– to – one tutorial
- tutorial with Mike Eden
- looking at ancient pottery and manipulation of traditions and pottery
- looking at surface; tactile, texture, rustic
- layers?
- To look at –
- Shozo Michikawa
- Craft Potters Association – directory?
- Ruthanne Tudball
- part throw – texture – finish from inside
Overall I found this week very interesting and feels like tutorial with my has given me a lot of good ideas and links to think about such as techniques and processes which I did not previously realise were possible. I feel really inspired and enthusiastic at the end of this week and am excited to practice, on Monday, the techniques, described to me by Mike Eden, and experiment using my own style with these new techniques.
Week Beginning 26/09/2011
Monday 26th-
• Library – Photocopying from “Ceramics of the world: An Illustrated History”
- Looking at variety of pottery from around the world and over a number of centuries, split into categories ;
-Form – forms I find most aesthetically pleasing and have a closer link to my own work
-Decoration – Simple decoration, muted, earthy colours, functional ware.
-Highly decorated Pottery – Elaborately decorated pottery such as porcelain tea services.
-Introduction of book – Text to inform Essay and some possible quotes
Some of the images I copied will not become useful to inspire my practice 5, for example the highly decorated pottery for this is not interesting to me in a practical sense but it is interesting to look at as it is part of the wide history of ceramics. Also I found the introduction of the book interesting and feel there are quotes within it which I can use with my HCC extended essay such as "ceramics are as old as civilisation itself" and, talking about the close link between people and ceramics, giving a quotation from the book of Genesis that God "formed man out of the dust of the ground". This could be an interesting point to make with in my essay as I feel that pottery does hold a close link to my own human nature.
Tuesday 27th-
• Tutorial
-Talking about practice 5 learning outcomes and personal direction
after handing in my PDP we discussed what we had been doing practically and with research in the last week. I discussed my interest in throwing and hand building with more emphasis on throwing. I would like to look at natural form within ceramics and I will be using the bowl form as a ’vehicle’ for my ideas. The practice and extend my skills in throwing the next week and experiment and research with different ways to texture bowls without merely scratching patterns and to the surface painting slip. I felt very quite enthusiastic after this tutorial although I am still unsure of any particular practitioners to research.
Wednesday 28th –
• HCC introductory lecture
- reflect on reading around research subject and investigation within practice five
- stronger connections between practice, research, work, context
- develop understanding of professional, social, cultural and historical context
- to understand what you're doing and why
• Achieved after lecture
- throwing six bowls different size and shape and turn bowls made yesterday and put to bisque
- library; taken out 4 books –
-Dear Mr Leach: some thoughts on ceramics
– David Leach: a biography
–Claudi Casanovas
– Five centuries of Korean ceramics: pottery and porcelain of the Yi dynasty
Thursday 29th
• turn bowls made yesterday and put to bisque
• purchase Clay – Norton grog
• sign up to one– to – one tutorial
- tutorial with Mike Eden
- looking at ancient pottery and manipulation of traditions and pottery
- looking at surface; tactile, texture, rustic
- layers?
- To look at –
- Shozo Michikawa
- Craft Potters Association – directory?
- Ruthanne Tudball
- part throw – texture – finish from inside
Overall I found this week very interesting and feels like tutorial with my has given me a lot of good ideas and links to think about such as techniques and processes which I did not previously realise were possible. I feel really inspired and enthusiastic at the end of this week and am excited to practice, on Monday, the techniques, described to me by Mike Eden, and experiment using my own style with these new techniques.
Weekly journal - first week of term
Weekly Journal
Week Beginning 19/09/2011
Monday 19th-
• Library – initial research and familiarization after the change-around over summer
-Photocopying out of Magazines
-Took out “Ceramics of the World – An Illustrated History”
I made photocopies from a few magazines of articles regarding surface pattern, functionality and repetition and installation with pottery pieces.
• Welcome back lecture – overview of year
-PCC
-HCC
-Practice 5
I found this introductory lecture helpful and insightful although most of the information I had already found on the new intranet site that morning.
Tuesday 18th-
• Tutorial
-Talking about planning future career path
I found this tutorial deflating. The night before I had prepared by making a mind map of my aspirations ready to discuss this in the tutorial, however when I tried explaining my plans – starting with my interest in teaching I felt patronized and this evaporated my confidence to explain myself fully and expand to my other, more preferred plans, of being an independent crafts person.
-Discussing plans for Practice 5
I felt that I was miss-understood when I tried to explain my ideas. I have two possible lines of investigation. Firstly, I would like to expand on my pottery experience looking at pottery from around the world – particularly older, less refined pottery and its implications on everyday life and long standing traditions, such as tea drinking. I like to make rustic, tactile pottery with an organic aesthetic; rather than a perfectly even, smooth finish. My second idea is to explore textures – looking at the juxtaposition of man-made textures and natural, organic textures.
Although I tried to make it clear that these are two separate lines of investigation and I was going to take inspiration from a research trip to London and decide next week, my tutor miss-understood my intentions and was concerned that applying texture to pottery is very difficult unless with tools. This actually inspired me to experiment lightly to see how difficult it would be to apply texture from an object to a thrown or coil built pot and I experimented at home making basic bowls and pressing in bark to leave an imprint. I enjoyed this and it is something to consider while working on my Practice 5 project.
Friday 23rd-
• Research trip to London
-V&A –Power of Making exhibition
-Corrine Day - fashion photographer
-Origin – Craft Fair
I thoroughly enjoyed my trip to London. I really liked to see the range of processes displayed and the variety of materials in the “Power of Making” exhibition at the V&A and I found some interesting quotes in the descriptions and the book linked with the exhibition which I bought – the book contains a number of essays on making which I have not yet read fully – only skim-read.
I found Origin fascinating. I loved the variety of craft and found a number of ceramicists who inspire me – whether it is because of their use of texture, form, functionality, decoration etc.
Week Beginning 19/09/2011
Monday 19th-
• Library – initial research and familiarization after the change-around over summer
-Photocopying out of Magazines
-Took out “Ceramics of the World – An Illustrated History”
I made photocopies from a few magazines of articles regarding surface pattern, functionality and repetition and installation with pottery pieces.
• Welcome back lecture – overview of year
-PCC
-HCC
-Practice 5
I found this introductory lecture helpful and insightful although most of the information I had already found on the new intranet site that morning.
Tuesday 18th-
• Tutorial
-Talking about planning future career path
I found this tutorial deflating. The night before I had prepared by making a mind map of my aspirations ready to discuss this in the tutorial, however when I tried explaining my plans – starting with my interest in teaching I felt patronized and this evaporated my confidence to explain myself fully and expand to my other, more preferred plans, of being an independent crafts person.
-Discussing plans for Practice 5
I felt that I was miss-understood when I tried to explain my ideas. I have two possible lines of investigation. Firstly, I would like to expand on my pottery experience looking at pottery from around the world – particularly older, less refined pottery and its implications on everyday life and long standing traditions, such as tea drinking. I like to make rustic, tactile pottery with an organic aesthetic; rather than a perfectly even, smooth finish. My second idea is to explore textures – looking at the juxtaposition of man-made textures and natural, organic textures.
Although I tried to make it clear that these are two separate lines of investigation and I was going to take inspiration from a research trip to London and decide next week, my tutor miss-understood my intentions and was concerned that applying texture to pottery is very difficult unless with tools. This actually inspired me to experiment lightly to see how difficult it would be to apply texture from an object to a thrown or coil built pot and I experimented at home making basic bowls and pressing in bark to leave an imprint. I enjoyed this and it is something to consider while working on my Practice 5 project.
Friday 23rd-
• Research trip to London
-V&A –Power of Making exhibition
-Corrine Day - fashion photographer
-Origin – Craft Fair
I thoroughly enjoyed my trip to London. I really liked to see the range of processes displayed and the variety of materials in the “Power of Making” exhibition at the V&A and I found some interesting quotes in the descriptions and the book linked with the exhibition which I bought – the book contains a number of essays on making which I have not yet read fully – only skim-read.
I found Origin fascinating. I loved the variety of craft and found a number of ceramicists who inspire me – whether it is because of their use of texture, form, functionality, decoration etc.
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