Ceramics

 

These are some containers I made in ceramics last week.

I used the plaster mould technique to create the two halves. I then put them together. I erased the pattern where I joined them and so I added some more pattern over the top. My tutor then told me that they look a little like urns so i had to add something to them. The girls thought they looked like honey pots. I decided to add a spout to them to make them functional as I can now use them as vases. On the first one there was a dink in the top of the container so I cut out a hole. It didn't look quite right so I added a spout. I think it looked really good so I added a larger one onto the second one at the top to see how that would look. I think they both look really good and have character.

Illustrator

I created a circle and then used the twirl tool to distort the circle. I added some lines so that I had more to play with. I then recoloured all the sections to different shades of purple. To me, this reminds me of a bird.

Carolyn Genders

Carolyn Genders is another artist I have researched.

I like how she uses natural colours in her work. This vase reminds me of a stream running between two rocks. I like the scratches she has made as it makes the piece look textured and layered. They draw my eye as they are bold and stand out amongst the other solid colour shapes.

This one is really pretty. It looks like a cut-through section of the ocean. I like the way she has used a brick pattern on this vase as it looks like she has built the ocean. Each brick is a different shape and they are all slightly curved so they go around the vase and enhance the contours of the piece.

This is another of my favourites. I really like the monochrome colour scheme. I think it makes it stand out. These are a really odd shape and they look quirky and unique. It is the same patternt but slightly different to fit the differnt shapes of the sculptures.

Barbara Hepworth

Barbara Hepwoth is one of the artists I have decided to research.

 I really like this one as she has used wire to connect the two sides of the sculpture together. To me this looks like it has been inspired by waves.

 This one is interesting as you can see the world from inside the sculpture by looking through it. I like the snapshots of the world you can see through the holes in this sculpture.

This was taken in the Barbara Hepworth gallery in Wakefield. this shows one of the rooms that her work is housed in.

Ceramics

These are some of the work I have been doing in Ceramics.

 

The main shapes I use are circles and rectangles. I also use lines to break up the clay.

 

 This was a bowl I made with one of the girls in my class. We used a technique called press moulding. We cut out shapes and drew patterns on them. We pressed them into a plaster mould with the pattern on the outside. We carried on untill the mould was complete. We knitted it together and left it do dry.

 

Once it was dry we painted a layer of green slip onto the inside. It then went into the kiln.

I really like the way this has turned out. I like the contrst between the red clay and the green slip.

Photoshop

I decided to change the colours to see what it would look like.

 I don't really like this one as it doesn't look quite right. To me the colours don't go together very well.

I really like the colours on this one as overall it is quite dark but the lighter shades lift the colours and separate them so you can see the detail.

Photoshop/Yorkshire

I created this piece from a photo I took at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. I was inspired by one of Andy Goldsworthy's leaf sculptures

Photoshop

This was originally a photo I took of Richard Long's Cornish Slate Ellipse that i have manipulated in Photoshop

Illustrator

I have been playing around on Illustrator

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Here are some of my photos that I took at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

 This is part of a massive sculpture that is stretched over a huge field. There were several huge wheels dotted about the field. I decided to take a picture of the middle as many people were taking pictures of the entire sculpture and I thought that the middle was the most interesting.

This is looking up the trunk of the tree. I decieded to take this picture as it is a different viewpoint to what most people use.

I really like this picture. I was standing inside the Shell Grotto looking out over the lake.

This was one of the many paths that ran through the Sculpture Park.