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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

More Ceramic Cups?



I have been working on some ceramic cups for an upcoming exhibition, as well as for some gifts for the holidays.  The cups are all thrown on the wheel, using stoneware clay, and will be fired to cone 6, in an electric kiln.  I have been working on some new glazes, since the work I am creating needs to be functional, and have had some interesting results with some of the glazes.  I am still doing more tests and hopefully will have some results to post shortly of the finished work.  

Below are some images of the cups in progress.



Thursday, October 15, 2015

Slip Casting with a new mold

Pictured below are images of slip casting underway.  I created two press molds and then created two slip cast molds of the designed tile work.  I also made the thickness of the tiles thicker to create a more visually interesting design when placed on the wall.

I will post more images of this work as it comes along.  Unfortunately the first tile is sticking in an area of the mold that I will have to clean up a bit more, for easier removal of the cast tile.






Sunday, October 11, 2015

Finished Wall Piece-"Mechanical Repetition, 2015"

I finished my new ceramic wall piece and titled it "Mechanical Repetition".  It is made of Terra Cotta and a cone 6 black bronze glaze.  This piece took awhile to make due to the number of pieces I had to make and fit together.  Pictured below is the piece hanging on the wall.