Ceramic cakes

 

These here are my final outcomes for my project homage which was mainly created by using the process coil building. I really enjoyed creating these outcomes because when I had finished them it reminded me of opening my oven at home and seeing my cakes turn out great and it felt like I was at home baking in my kitchen. Out of the outcomes the muffin is by far my favourite and I crafted this by using the coil building process because it was an easy process to do. The colour glazes I chose were a red glaze for the cherry a pink rum glaze for the icing and a white matt glaze for the container. However for the final coating I used the pink rum by accident because both glazes are the same colour when there not fired and I got them mixed up.  Even though I used the wrong glaze the Muffin itself is bright and vibrant and the cherry makes it stand out so much more.

For the recipe pages I wanted to illustrate the process on how I made a muffin but not how I made it in ceramics because I wanted it look like it had that homemade feel to it. This was a simple process but I wanted to make sure that the writing was neat and could be clearly read. Once it was fired I wanted to make the writing stand out and that it was easily seen so I used a manganese oxide for this, once I was fired a second time I felt that it wasn’t completed yet so I finally used a clear glaze so that it would be part of the muffin because that was glazed.

After these outcomes I wanted to craft smaller objects and I spend a lot of time on these cupcakes because I wanted try and make sure they were all the same size however most of them aren’t because I positioned the coils in the wrong places. For the icing I used a white slip and just let it casually run down the cupcake to make resemble more of a homemade feel. Overall I am pleased with the outcomes they are well crafted and I made sure each step was done correctly.

 

 

 



Sgraffito tiles

Here are my Sgraffito tiles, which were used to practice some design patterns to go onto my bowl.  Out of them the entire top one is my favorite because of the detail and that it is well controlled. But what makes it really stand out is the small details that has been highlighted all over the tile, it makes it look decayed and brings so much more depth to it.

                                                            The other two aren’t as good as I hoped they would be, the bottom one has balance butt the denim blue glaze doesn’t show the design that clearly. I should have used a clear glaze to reveal the detail a lot more. The middle tile is good but could be a lot better and the reason for that is because I carved too much clay out and should have done it a lot neater. However I do like the carved objects against the white background it brings it so much more and the blue stain gives it tone and shade.

Slab building

This is my slab building from year one of level three, this is one of my most successful slab builds cause it held together well. I am putting this image in my portfolio for interviews in university. I like the design of it, its minimal and effective although I do think I should of put some kind of roof on top to make it look fully complete but I am pleased with how its turned out.

                                                                                                What I love the most about this is the detail that has been highlighted it gives it so much depth and I did this by applying manganese oxide all over the slab build. It has also made it look like a decayed and old building.

Henri Matisse

Matisse’s cut outs are loose and unique, to me each form represents a certain feeling which is hard to describe but some have a calm and sad feeling, the colour background he has chosen makes each form stands out which shows he has carefully chosen the right colours that fit together well. Some forms are scaled bigger, which gives it depth. I am also using his work as inspiration for my abstraction project in graphics, which has helped enormously because I now know what design work to create.

Pop Art Design

Pop Art Design

Barbican will be exhibiting the art pop craze, which has been going on for over fifty years, and within that time it has shown outstanding work by the pop artists of the age. It will bring together over 200 works by more then 70 artists and designers such as Peter Blake, Pauline Boty, and Judy Chicago, Richard Hamilton, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Joe Tilson and Andy Warhol.

22 October 2013-9 February 2014

Opening hours

Open daily

Sat-Wed: 10am-6pm

Thu-Fri: 10am-9pm

Tate poster

This poster “The Tate gallery but tube” is one of my favorite at the Tate museum, I like the negative shapes and forms it also help me with my design ideas for graphics. I am using this image for inspiration to create new pattern ideas for my design outcomes, which so far it is going well.

                                                            

Rob Ryan

Rob Ryan’s paper cut outs are very detailed and intricate, I like how he has created a continuous pattern on the field and I also like how they are different sizes. To me it looks like I’m looking at a completely different scene, its almost like I’m looking into the night sky.

                                                            The cut outs of the flowers also create a certain harmony that makes me feel at ease and calm when I look at it which I think is clever of him to do because it makes the viewer look at it even more. The colours he has chosen go really well together, it makes the feeling much more alive and real.