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plastic bag--sign of contemporary society, devouring the forgotten civilization?

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Should I remove the plastic patch. it looks kinda extra to me. Thinking of putting microplastic in and around the heart to make it look like the plastic are falling out of the heart. Could be a wall piece. what was the little plastic particle that Leo talked about called?

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Unfortunately the clay dissolved faster than I thought. I was going to wait for the water to clear up to take the picture of the island underwater but it already dissolved. A little bit disappointing but It still conveys my message. Also, any ideas to eliminate the reflections on the tank wall on the last pic?

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Here is another cup.... surprise! This cup creates a conversation, a feeling and most importantly a spark. This reflects on the events that run through my mind every day.

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This piece aims to demonstrate the integration, struggle, and conflict between technology and humanity. With the foreseeable advent of non-carbon-based intelligence, this struggle, which can be found throughout human history (the agricultural revolution, the industrial revolution, the information revolution, etc.) is a key to the future progress of humanity. This piece is constructed with broken porcelain and glass pieces, which are pieced together through the brass rods with UV-cured glue. With an abstract form, this piece asks the viewer to ponder the strong connection and conflict between the two forces and the delicacy of such balance in-between.

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This piece aims to juxtapose the traditional, analogous method of recording information to its contemporary counterpart -- silicon chips. The form was inspired by the shape of vinyl, clay tablets engraved with cuniforms, and the metal disks of a hard disk drive. Interestingly, this work also demonstrates how the three stages of the progress in information storage are similar: they are all engravings on some material, only differing in their sizes. This piece is made from a slab rolled out on a slab roller and cut with a circular cutter. It was then trimmed and engraved on the wheel. After firing, I covered parts of the disk with silver leaves and added the silicon die on the back.

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As plastic becomes a major part of human life, the recycling of plastic remains a serious concern. Plastic trash that wasn’t recycled correctly flowed into the ocean, resulting in gyres of marine debris, microplastics on the beach, and even the size of a credit card’s amount of plastic in every human body. Plastics will take hundreds of years to degenerate, so they will exist even though humans die out. “Island” strives to depict the human heritage of plastics. The “Island” will be put into a water tank, covered with plastic pieces. Once the water is added, the “Island” will decay, while the plastic pieces flowing on the surface of the water.

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Due to climate change, sea levels will rise and many of the seaside cities will be drowned into oblivion. “Post-history” tries to tell the story of what human civilization will look like after the devastation of climate change. Pipes, to me, are an essential part of humans civilization, especially after industrialization. Hence, I used clay to make different shapes of pipes and engraved on them contemporary themes like money, phone, and skyscrapers. Later, I put them outside and let them decay naturally in the rain, which signifies the fragility of human history and the perpetual dominance of nature.

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In this slab piece, “Not all who wander are lost”, I attempt to communicate a sense of chaos but composure. During my process I used a slab roller to roll out this piece, some carving tools including knives, paint and lots of texture patterns. I edited this piece a fair amount through construction when I started I originally planned to have 1-3 patterns throughout the whole piece. As I saw what 1-3 patterns would look like, I decided to add more patterns and change how long they would be consistent on the slab for. While creating this piece I used many resources from the Ceramic Art Network. (https://ceramicartsnetwork.org/daily/pottery-making-techniques/handbuilding-techniques/5-expert-tips-for-making-soft-slab-pottery/) Seeing other artists work inspired me and allowed me to think in different ways about how I may approach this piece and other pieces moving forward.

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In this cup multi media design, I am trying to convey the meaning of change and evolution in our everyday lives. During my process I took a mug and used watercolors, knives, a hammer, turf, feathers, paint and many other materials. Working with cups these past few months has made for lots of editing and reconfiguring. I have had many ideas from start to finish with this piece but in the end, these materials fit and spoke back to me. I started off with more of a literal meaning of change and then made my materials move so there was more of a hidden message. One main resource I have used throughout my cup adventures has been Ms. Fligel as well as instagram. My teacher, Ms. Fligel, is experienced in mixed media and she helps me understand what fits and what does not fit as well. Instagram explore page has really helped me generate ideas. Specifically, help my ideas and images in my head change and become a reality. 

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did the red cement pour. Was a lot better than the first one. Still got air bubbles... I'm really worried about the resin pour rn. I tested it with water and it's not as watertight as I wanted... yikes. also worried about the release.

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I had issues with my previous attempy of gluing the blocks. Just redid today, hopefully it'll work. Then I can start screen printing the panels

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silver leaves worked fine. the whole thing looks kinda bad tho... I thought it was smooth so I didn't grind more and after the silver goes on it's really starting to show. it was also smaller than originally planned because I screwed up. I think I'm gonna live with it (gotta get 15 done...) I might get another smaller die to put in the center (now that it looked uglier than initially planned... (it was supposed to be smooth and perfect) the silver leaves also looked like paint, I might let it oxidize a bit before I put on the oil.

Just remembered you could also iron it... but do I really wanna so that..? Might try with a blowtorch on something else...

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Thoughts?

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This is Phoebe's masterpiece! I am stupid - Nancy

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This is Phoebe's masterpiece! I am stupid - Nancy

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I am so sorry Phoebe I moved your post again when I was reading them :(

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Just came up with this idea of making human body parts on a slab and put it under water. Once they are done I will attach plastic pieces on them. Thinking of creative way to attach the plastics. If my glue is too strong the plastic won't be able to flow above the water. Maybe I can use needle and string to connect the plastic and the clay. After I put it under water, the plastic will immediately flow to the surface.

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Sorry Phoebe!!! I accidentally moved your post elsewhere and I couldn't return it to its original place.

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Clay and Hook- Lost, Cheerful, Confused, Jovial, Solution (not an adjective but a word that came to my head when thinking about this piece!)

This piece is unfortunately at school in the studio and I did not take a picture of it. Anyway, I worked on this on Thursday in class. The bottom part of this piece is a coil piece I worked on, there is a hook in the middle of the clay piece. I am going to spray paint the coil piece white and the hook is gold. Ms. Fligel and I had talked about putting a cup on top of this piece. I made a cup that is pink watercolor and has images in black and white on it but I am not sure it fits with this piece. If I put it with this piece I would put it on top the coil piece and make it sit sideways and slanted. No matter if I put the cup on or not, I imagine hanging something or multiple things off of the hook in the center. I want the things hanging to have meaning and be busy. The viewers eye needs to be drawn to the things hanging off the hook. I am having trouble with a few things in this piece. One, I feel like the way the coil piece dried is giving it a weird texture and when it is spray painted I am afraid it is going to look messy. (For reference, the coil piece dried with nothing on it so it dried on its own and you can see the marks from me using the rib and from me blending with my fingers). Any suggestions on how to make the pattern of the coil piece look more natural? Lastly, I have a few ideas of what to hang off of the hook but I don't love them enough to do it yet, any ideas on what to hang or something that may work well with the hook?

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Waiting to be fired. Don't like it too much but gotta get stuff done.

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Feel like if I actually design an outfit for myself it would be too much of a paper waste so I did it on my mannequin instead. Looks chic.

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Did the cement today. yikes. bad

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gotta hang it up but it's done, all glued together.

BTW I figured out how to secure the metal blocks on to the rod. should be all set now. Already ordered the panels and the screen for printing.

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For "Smartphone" and this piece I tried making a slab and sticking the two ends together to form a cylinder, apparently it is very easy to crack. This one worked though, although it has a crack on the side but it didn't collapse.

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This looks like a disaster when I first broke it but I kind of like the imperfect and decaying look. Also I am very fond of the idea of submerge my pieces in the water. I don't know if I can do that on this one though since it's already so fragile.

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Inside the pinch pots will be personal items that reflect my life. Let me know what you guys think!

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I am eidther going to paint this or spray paint it or draw with water colors on it. Maybe paint white first and then water color on top. What do you think? 

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I am eidther going to paint this or spray paint it or draw with water colors on it. Maybe paint white first and then water color on top. What do you think? 

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I also made this. I used the plaster and then stencil I had and made a flower. Then I water colored it. This will be going on the “rust” wooden base with the cup 

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I also made this. I used the plaster and then stencil I had and made a flower. Then I water colored it. This will be going on the “rust” wooden base with the cup 

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This is made from plaster. I am making 2 more of them and then going to add them to my display with my cup. 

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This is made from plaster. I am making 2 more of them and then going to add them to my display with my cup. 

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Well, it only looks like parts of the pipe... for this one and the two more pipe that I am working on, I want to do some engraving about human society on them and just put the bone-dry pieces outside. As they slowly decaying away (if not I will break them intentionally), I will glue some fake grass on them.

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The glass half is mostly done but I've been experimenting with the glue I was planning on using for bonding the brass with the porcelain pieces -- very unsatisfying results. I'm still trying to figure something out. The rings are all fired but I left my epoxy gun at the studio.

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Still have some tiny clean ups to do but pretty much done

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So my mom bought these paper face masks.... not ones for covid, just fun ones to paint since we are bored. This mask already had some pant on it so I had to paint over it. I took one and decided to paint it, I’m about half way done. I am running out of materials and stuff at home so I decided to do this for in progress this week and then I am going to bring my cups in to school on Thursday so I can add stuff to them and get more materials. So while I wait... I will keep making this mask. Let me know of any suggestions.

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Coil Pot in Basement- Simple, Powerful, Everchanging, Helpful, Sad

Trying coiling again! I have a 10 pound bag of clay in the basement so I wanted to try one more coil piece! I have about 5 coils on here and I rolled out another 6 I am adding. This piece is one I would love to focus on building with a shape that flows. My plan is to add roughly 10 more coils in total and then hit with a flat bat and shape it in ways that move side to side. I want this to look smooth and feel natural. One thing I like about this piece is that the base is flat and I plan to leave it that way. One issue I am having with this piece is once I finish the coiling this week and make it move side to side, what will the next step be? It feels unfinished in my head and I am not sure what else to do with it.

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The clay came Sunday. Did a little coil-building. The clay was a little bit soft so I've been leaving it dry. Should really hurry up.

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Made a scaffold for the broken glass+broken porcelain piece. Got everything I need. Hope to get it done this week. My abyss is also coming together this week. I also re-re-reinforced the trident piece. Since one shell came off for god knows why, I'm really nerve wracked right now.

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This is what it's gonna look like, kinda

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This is what it's gonna look like, kinda

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was made a while back

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Spray it with a release. Usually, you should do 4-6 layers. Since PP is self-releasing I did 3. Done:)

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Use compressed air to give the inside a good blow. Then use filleting wax to fill up the gaps.

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Then just put it togther. I used hot glue. I also backed the bottom board with a wood panel.

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Wall Piece of Face- Silent, Proud, Undecided, Content, Long

This piece is going to be the first wall piece I work on! I have loved working on it so far but I am having trouble with a few things. The way I started this is by rolling out a slab and then drawing on the top of it. One issue I have is I feel like my lines of the head, neck and hair look a little bit sloppy but maybe thats how drawing on clay looks…? Next, I made 7 pinch pots and slipped and scored those on around the head. These will be representing either things about my life and symbols of me or each pot will have a piece of my cup series in it. So like for the cup thats purple, I would think of something monochromatic or something else to put in the pinch pot. I feel like this wall piece face represents me but also at the same time is super generic and I love that about it. I have a vision of the pinch pots having different things in them that could be irreplaceable. I rolled out a coil for the nose and eyebrows and small coils for the lips. I plan to bring this in to school on Thursday or Friday and give it to Ms. Fligel so she can put it in the kiln and then once its done I can glaze it! One thing I think looks awkward is the lips and also the unevenness of the pinch pots only being on one side of the face. I like how its asymmetrical but at the same time I am not sure if I do. Also, do you think the lips need to be fixed because they are messy or no? Finally, when its ready to be glazed what color pattern and color usage do you imagine me using for this piece?

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step 2 is cutting the angle iorn, you could use different things here.

I used an angle grinder.

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This process could be used for many things so I'm gonna lay out the steps here breifly so if anyone wants to do similar things they can have a reference.

Step one is getting PP boards and cutting it. I used a table saw.

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Here is my wood base with the cup on top, I added the clay slices and also I glued feathers onto the wood base. Next, the wooden cylinder things are glued to the side and I plan to add more around. I am thinking about doing water colors tonight on the cup.

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These are very tiny. Apparently the owner of the store does not do bisque fire, so these will be glazed while bone dry and will likely break. Let's see how it goes. Might have to find another place or use mixed media for the rest of my piece.

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Unfortunately my place does not allow larger pieces so i made a smaller pipe. It's about 7 inches and kinda lopsided. (haven't thrown for a long time LOL)

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Bought a arcrylic board of the same size and glued it onto the back of the silicon die with UV cured glue. The silicon die itself is super thin and fragile.

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That took about 4 hours holding this with my hand...... Of course, when you line it up it all the imperfection in the shapes starts to show. Definitely not as perfect as the 3D model. Good enough, I guess.

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Also had to make this scaffolding to line things up and support them properly. The plan has changed to spray paint all of the centerpiece and ~30% of the shells. If the spray painting looks like garbage, plan B is to use silver foil to cover the spraypainted area.

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if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you :)

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if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you :)

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How does the black ring look? I know I screwed up -- there's not enough material on the inside for me to make the cracks. But I shall live with imperfections as Nancy once said. Thoughts? does it bother you guys? If not I just have to fire it now and epoxy them together. The white rings are already fired.

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aka things went wrong

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Nancy - Adhering the hand with the pipe 

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Nancy - Adhering the hand with the pipe 

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I was attracted to the curves of the slab that she attached around the cylinder. I combined the concept of her slabs and the Aeolian Pyramid to design the Waves. separately, the pattern of the vessels looks random, but together they look like waves with the white area being the tip of the wave. (I tried...)

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The milled blocks are here, fits perfectly. Will drill and thread it sometime this week.

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This weekend was very busy with school work, so I decided to do some work at home instead of going to the studio. I injected the 3D-printed piece with epoxy resin (this was a lot harder, messier, and more time-consuming than it sounds and what I imagined.) It worked perfectly and it is super solid right now, I can probably knock somebody out with it. I had to do it because the 4 "shells" are actually pretty heavy and (as you can imagine) 150g of resin is not very strong. I also tested the metal spray paint on different acrylic surfaces to see how much I have to sand the piece to get the finish I want. Still have some more work to do.

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Yeah, it's smooth. But I'll get it smoother (prob up to 1500 grit). the Metal paint I ordered is already here. Hopefully it'll be nice and glossy. I also need to do a resin injection in this guy to make it a little stronger

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This is what I tried to explain last time, another black ring will go on around (so 3 in totoal) and the die will be below these rings) This worked out really well! (foreshadowing)

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Yeah... I kinda screwed up. did not put enough clay and ran out a bit as I pushed it to 340mm diameter. When I cut it off from the base it cut through the inside cus it was too thin. not the end of the world, it might still work and I'll just have to wait till it dries to see how it looks. If it look likes garbage I'll redo it.

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this is more of a "I did it cus I can" thing... kinda cool and interesting. This metal texture is what I'm hoping to get with the metal paint I bought and all the sanding. Hope it works out well.

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Ordered epoxy glue and epoxy resin to finish up the 3D printed center piece
Annular cutter failed, gave up DIY, already ordered it to be machined (ref pic)
Ordered a 0.5mm acrylic backboard (diameter 300mm) for the die piece
Looked into some human body models
Found some material for concrete and resin casting

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A square-shaped helmet covered with QR code, matching with a robe with the same color.

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To successfully fly back home, I have to get two COVID-19 tests--PCR and IgM--negative within 48 hours of the flight. If my test report isn't approved by the China Embassy(I hope not,) I will receive a red QR code. If I get approved, I will receive a green code. Everyone who is dying to go back to China depends on the QR code. Inspired by the uncertainty of me going home, I designed two versions of wearable art.

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Creating clouds. Putting them so they are touching. Not sure you can see in the photo (technology and virtual learning stinks!!) but in real life you can see white water color used for detail with a thin brush. I used qtips to create a barrier on the top. I think I am going to pour tye dye paints over the top of the mug and let it drip into the inside of mug.

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Used water color from the inside, more water, less color. Light pink. What do you think of putting shells on this? I could glue them on and place them or I could create a base of wood that would be covered in shells

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Based on my failed experimentation with acrylic paints, I may leave the fishes til after March for glazing. I plan to finish five pipes before the end of March break.