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.
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