CERAMICS 101|End of Project Evaluation

Coming into field this year I was very excited with learning a new skill and taking a little break from my practice due to finding it hard to connect with the projects we have been given this year in illustration. Starting to work with ceramics was definitely an eye opener for me and a breath…

CERAMICS 101| Ceramic Creative Practitioner

Grayson Perry Grayson is an English contemporary artist. He is most well known for his ceramic vases, tapestries and crossdressing as well as dissecting British prejudices, fashions and foibles. Perry’s work in relation to ceramics consist of vases that are decorated with bright colours and depicting subjects. He tends to add a personal element within…

CERAMICS 101| Glaze Materials & Processes

The process of adding glaze to our vessels was a way to end the process of our brief ceramic journey. I found it difficult to apply the glaze at first with both methods of dipping and brush work, trying to get the correct consistency and counting amount was difficult especially for a first time armature….

CERAMICS 101| Slip Casting

Slip casting to say the least wasn’t my favourite process, I just found the entire process a little tedious. However I think if we actually got the chance to create the moulds for the slip I would have enjoyed it far more. All the waiting around I found very boring and time consuming. However the…

CERAMICS 101| Slab Building

I went into today with a clear head, no plan and a hunger to create something good.  As Duncan was going through the processes of creation for this particular ceramic skill, i had no idea what i was going to create when it came to my own physical application. When i had the clay slab…

CERAMICS 101| Coil Building & Construction Techniques

Today was frustrating but also very productive. we learnt how to coil build and successfully construct a vessel. However it took along time to get the feel for it due to the fact that many of the vessels i started were too thin and collapsed when it came to adding height to the design, so…

CERAMICS 101|Skills and Processes of the Wheel

Today was the first day that we got our hands on physical clay, after going through all the health and safety and learning about the properties and how to prep clay. Today is the day. Getting my hands dirty. However it is using the wheel which I am very nervous to use. Clay and the…

CERAMICS 101| Induction

So day one of ceramics didn’t actually involve any handling of clay so we could manipulate it, although we learnt a great amount of information considering health and safety, ceramics artists to base research on and the properties and geology of clay. With all this knowledge we would be ready to start handling and creating…