Summer work 2011

With summer soon coming to an end and school starting within 28 days, I thought I might show what type of things I've been working on lately.  I know in my last post I said I would try to get the last piece I did in the collaboration series photographed, but I kept forgetting to bring my camera to the studio.  The way our room is set up for photographing work it is best to photograph at night, so I still have not done that, but I will try to this week.  So in the mean time, I thought I would show what I've been working on in the studio.

The above pictures show a piece underway, which I'm working on at the moment.  If you notice the second picture in this series, you will notice the "coupling" nearest the viewer has some carving.far  I tried exploring the surface a bit, by going back to a decorative carved relief on the surface of the form.  I thought by going back to carving a bit more with elements of decoration that it may create a different feel to the object.  I'm not sure yet, and will have to hold my thoughts on it at the moment.  The "couplings" as I call them, will go with the tool I am working on as well.  I have already fired a cone 6 black bronze glaze on the tool form of the piece and still have to finish the surface with cold glazes, along with the addition of found objects to finish it off and make it complete.

The pictures below, shows forms that I've been working on for a wall piece. I still have to create more forms to complete this one, but you can get an idea of where I'm going.  The forms are all hand built using slabs and hand carved, with additions of some press molded accents(bolts).  The idea behind the piece is to create a machine, that represents what we use in our daily lives.  I will have to add some slip-cast additions later, but hopefully it turns out...I'll have to keep updating posts on this piece as it progresses.