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My friend Madeline gave me this book and I liked the colour scheme. I used the pastel tones and hues for some of my clay pieces.
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I had originally thought of making something similar to this for my arch. The artist uses his materials to their full capacity, which I like.
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Artist Grayson Perry.
I would like to try and imitate the work of this artist. He is known for his ceramics and tapestries. He says 'The world I draw is the interior landscape of my personal obsessions..... That resonates with me. I like when art shows the personality of the artist.
I don't have the steadiest hand or a fine touch so I did not try and do anything similar to Perrys. I did not know that there were clay pencils available to me. I think I might have been comfartable using them. I will buy some and do some practice over the summer.
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Underglazingchain and bowl, with bubbles.
On the left artist Ruby with her ceramic jewellery, on the right are mine.
The printouts from our pinhole mugshots, ready to put onto mugs and fired at around 700 degrees.
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Cleaning a saw.
I've been using bread soda, brown vinegar and lemon juice to get rid of the rust on the saw, before I put the handles on.
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sounds cont...
my sister in Arkansa, U.S.A recorded this birdsong. She believs it to be a Cardinal bird.
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The saga of the arch.
I am using a part of an old polytunnel as an arch, to display my work for Narrative of the senses. It was cut out at home, measured and holes drilled. Brought into college, measured again and more holes drilled by Chris. Measured again and more holes drilled. Brought down to under the conker tree to be assembled by myself.
Then the fun started. It would not stand up. I was like a double-jointed gymnast / crossed with ventriloquist/ laurel and hardy type workman, out of a carry on movie,trying to get the thing to stand. The screws were too short, I hadn't enough nuts, cable ties were to light, I had measured the the wrong place for the holes. I won't even go into how many people ( thank you all) who came to help. Technician,Ultan, ( or should I say, The Genius )came to help and just sorted the whole thing out with Gemma's help.
There's a few more little bits to do for this arch but it was a seriously, fun, silly, great craic of a job.
I'll post an image of it after I get the Mayor of Limerick to officiate at the official standing of The Arch
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The front and back of my panel.
The back is based on a photograph of moving traffic.
I've changed the colours from pastels to more lively colour on the back. I felt that the piece needed a bit of oomph.
The front and back of the second panel.
I've blocked the ears , nose, eyes and mouth to show how our senses have become dulled.
I added gold glaze to the chimes, made gold chains for each one and hung them on copper wire.
Box of bits n bobs I brought from home.
Tap with water ( got glue gun) running out of it.
Bees, not painted yet, to sit on the honeycomb.
Leftover decorations from a cake.
I stuck them into raw clay, painted them blue, gold leaf on and gold wire around it.
The non musical ocarinas, otherwise known as an ornament.
Part of the light fitting, put together with copper wire, hot glue and beads.
Porcelain paper clay, fired and painted with acrylic paint, decorated with gold leaf, red and silver glitter.
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Another nice, busy, interesting day.
I got in early because I wanted to measure up the arch and mark where I wanted to drill holes.
Technician Chris very kindly did them.
Then I got onto making the wire mesh box for the rubbish.
I had made the plastic top at the weekend, from waste but had no measurements so twas too small . I'll fix it tomorrow
We had a 3d clay making workshop which was a bit mind blowing.
Printing with clay, it's a very fast process and can be bisqued and glazed afterwards.
Above are some examples of 3d printing.
Above, the clay can be tricky and collapse because of its weight compared to silicon or plastic.
Also, the need to use technology to use this process .
I hot glued the tap together.
I put gold leaf around some of my glazed pieces ( for the gold side)
Underglazed some panels.
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Oddities in the garden exhibition.
Above are some but not all of the exhibited pieces from today's exhibition. It was really gorgeous with a lot of different styles of work.
Well done to everyone involved.
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Making clay handles for a saw.
*I wanted to make ceramic handles for a saw that has been hanging on the wall at the back of my house for years now.
*I took the idea from Artist Richard Slee who did a full exhibition on Futile Utilities.
The tricky part of this is making the handles that can fit on over the saw and look like it's part of it.
I got a lot of help from Elaine, with ideas and teaching how to actually cut a straight edge in clay, how to hold a knife and score, score then cut.
I hope that with the shrinkage in the kiln, the handles will fit🤞
I also did some porcelain clay on my ready made mold.
It was a bit sticky taking it off so Elaine guided me, once again through the process, trying two different types of porcelain paper clay
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Making a new panel.
I've learned from Elaine the importance of treating the clay gently.
Use measuring bars for rolling to keep depth the same.
Roll the clay up and down in front of you and not side to side.
The reason the clay is on fabric is to allow you the turn the clay around and over, after each roll out.
Thankfully we had a template made so I measured and ruled and scored before I cut the panel.
The hands made at home at the weekend and scoring and slipping the hands to the panel.
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Sketch book.
I really need to up my game with my sketch book.
I do research and forget to mention it.
I scribble and draw on scraps of paper or the back of an envelope. I will attempt to do drawings into an actual book and also include my artists research.
This is a cover for my rubbish box which I hope to put together on Monday.
I used plastics to make the lid.
Went collecting pine cones, not sure what I'll do with them but they do tickle the touch and smell senses.
My grandsons helped to make birds and birds nests.
No matter how much I tried with the bird ocarinas, I just could not get a sound from them.
I got some old packaging from Elaine.
I sprayed it gold to use as honey combs
I broke my hands panel so once again I called on the grandchildren to make clay hands for the new panel.
I've kept them wrapped in cling film to stop them from drying out.
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More sounds.
I have collected sounds from Limerick, Clare, Tipperary and America. Birdsong, kettle boiling, wind, angle grinder, bagpipes, rain, storms, ball playing, an Italian bus driver talking about love!, bubbles, talking, footsteps, ceramic sounds and more.
Ive put them all together but the file is too big to upload here so I will just play beside my piece of work if I finish it.
Narrative of the senses.
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