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my first attempt at throwing a teapot - sadly the spout is too big and a bit trunk like!

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the end of year project for me started during lockdown, while I was working from home. Inspired by organic forms, vessels, body-like and unusual shapes. I want to explore more handbuilding and work on glazing and finishing of my pieces

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drawing of caroline earleys sculptural work

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initially envisioned stripes on this vase but decided to change to more gestural. So wiped of some of the slip, it looked like weather paint which i liked

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neil grant - brush stroke like application of oxides ? i like the matte surface, looks like ink. unsure if it is white slip with orange on top, or using a resist?

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unsure who the artist is, but inspired by the layers in this painting. would like to explore this in glaze - through use of slips, underglaze, glazes etc. playing with thickness and application

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love the organic form, the impressions from her hands and fingers. the glaze complements the form nicely

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quite like the look of these pieces stacked while waiting to be bisqued!

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i was throwing with reclaimed clay which was quite soft, after finding it hard to control i decided to go with the wobbly look. I experiement with joining forms

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first attempt at throwing off the hump, making a lid

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altered forms, lids, handles, larger pieces, teapots etc

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painted some cream slip on greenware form

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painted some cream slip on greenware form

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rolled out a slab of buff stoneware and moulded it into the plaster mould, allowed it to dry out to leather hard and removed it from the mould

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Ruby White exhibition at enjoy - wellington

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Ruby White exhibition at enjoy - wellington

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Ruby was the recipient of the 2021 summer residency programme at the Rita Angus cottage in Wellington. White works in the realms of culinary and ceramic, producing clay cooking barbecues. I love the installation of this project, the plinths created on a clay like (?) body, contrasting with the burnished orange surfaces of the ceramic grills. The shapes are unusual and organic, they are almost like little creatures of some sort

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the two-piece mould, not quite perfect - there is a small hole which may cause an undercut. definitely learnt a lot for the next one

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after first half has been poured, flip over and remove the clay

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second part of the mould, re-lined with the lino and applied resist to the object and slip, pour again.

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first slip cast mould of glass bottle, I made a two part mould - first step of burying one half of object in clay

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after making the die, I sat it on a slab of clay and made a wall from lino to encapsulate the liquid plaster

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semester 2
first exercise - making a die on the wheel to make mould from. I made a simple side plate shaped die which I then cast in plaster to form the mould.

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mini maquettes of some larger pieces i want to make... quite cute though. look like some sort of organ or coral like thing?

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I ended up making 2 Jomon pots - the first one was quite tall and delicate, so I made a smaller one to put in the pit firing

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RDS Gallery

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Fig 92. is a dogu, clay figures made during the Jomon period

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detail from Middle Jomon pot

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I like the simplicity of the early Jomon styles - deep, v-shaped bottoms. The decoration on the Middle Jomon pots I like also - especially the curly designs. Images from The Art of Japanese Ceramics Tsugio Mikami.

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Kate Fitzharris

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Isamu Noguchi

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Isamu Noguchi

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Picasso

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Emma Larsson - watercolour & ink

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owheo

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bathtub

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pinch & coil - eggs

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we were lucky enough to do a pit firing out at Tracy's house at Long Beach. was a super fun experience, interesting to see how different pieces came out of the fire!

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self directed extension for our first module. initially I was inspired by a photo of some puddles I took outside the studio window.

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wee mix of handbuilt explorations and test tiles waiting to be fired!

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practising creating spaces, and manipulating the clay in an intuitive way

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testing different materials to see how they react - these were fired to cone6.