I have been thinking about forms for my garden ceramics. Any piece would need to be large enough to stand out and be seen, small enough to handle. The form needs to complement the living elements, be a contrast but not look too 'dead'. There needs to be enough colour to stand out, but not overwhelm the plants. In tutorial I have been encouraged to use the basic shape of a sphere, particularly if making multiples. My first attempts have been using a hemispherical plaster moulds (a large and a small one) to make spheres of different sizes. This means extracting one half and making another to fit, keeping dryness the same, then putting them together. It is apparent my 'off the shelf' mould is deeper than a true hemisphere. In addition, the flattened coil I added, painted with red slip and edged with coils blended in just looks repulsive -like a tongue protruding. version 2 has no added protuberance and torn edges which do not extend so far round the sphere. Even so, in green ware they were still extremely vulnerable, as shown here where some edge has broken Version 3 was a smaller ball. This time I created a raised 'y'shape using finger pressure from behind, before putting the two halves together (the second half is still sitting in the mould for protection while I add the edges). Both these two balls are in the kiln, but it was becoming clear I needed a mould of my own.
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AuthorI am indulging my passion for ceramics by undertaking studies for an MA at UCLAN Archives
August 2021
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