Sunday, October 10, 2010

Strip melting vase

These are wheel thrown vases, marbled. They all have bulbous bodies that taper into thin necks. I achieved the spiraling lines on the surface by playing around with the marbling technique. The colours were achieved by the different firing temperatures.

Melting bottle vases

These are wheel thrown bottle vases. The body of the forms are slightly bulbous and taper into a thin elongated neck. Transparent over red earthenware and fired to 1175°C.

Stencil on white

This is a thrown white earthenware vase. Just berfore bisque, I apply these stenciled images onto the surface, with use of a black underglaze. These stenciled images tell a narrative story about the night of my brother's murder.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Most Wanted

This work is very simple and effective. The form was wheel thrown, wide at the shoulders and tapers into a narrow base. It was thrown with a red earthenware clay and painted with a white slip while still leather hard. I then stenciled my face, as well as 'Most Wanted' on to the surface with a black underglaze and glazed to 1080°C.

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