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.

Coco Cola slab building

The slab building was a long process but this is because I wanted to make sure that it turned out successful, however, this is a test outcome the final outcome is still being worked on. Measuring and cutting it out correctly was easy however cutting down the sides to a 45 degree angle proved to be difficult as some the sides would cut down correctly, this is because I did not have enough control when cutting the excess clay away.

                      When I cut it wrong it would not fit together correctly which meant it would likely fall apart so I used a surforn to try to get it to the correct shape. Next I needed to carve the logo into the ceramic box, which was the hardest part of the process because it needed a lot of control and patience to get the logo correctly carved out and I did this by using carving tools. Once the logo was carved I left it to dry fully then have it fired in the kiln. The glaze I used Sky blue glaze for the main body and a grey glaze for the top and bottom however once it was fired the glaze was patchy so I had to re-glaze it in order for it to be a solid colour.

Coil building vase

I wasn’t particular interested in the coil building at the start but when I worked further into it I started to enjoy it. I begun by creating design ideas for the form then chose a final outcome, which was simplistic but elegant. When making the form I found it difficult to make a smooth surface because I was being too delicate with it so I had to put more pressure on the kidney to take excess clay away to make it smooth which turned out successful.

After the form was complete I started to design ideas for the pattern, which I found easy because I had a few pattern ideas in my fine art book.  Once the pattern was chosen I decided to use yellow slip because the patterns would stand out really well against the red clay. Once the slip was placed on the vase I left it to dry but not to the point where it was leather hard just slightly soft. Carving the pattern on was the longest part out of the process because the patterns were small and I wanted to take my time on it.