The bisque was unloaded and I guessed the surfaces with black gesso so I could use my oil paints on top without them soaking through. It worked rather weeellll. I then glued the objects to the shelf I made for my canvas and then painted my image over top! I actually like how it turned out, it was just difficult to picture where the objects … Continue reading Ceramic blog week 15/16

I started to create objects for a smaller study on how to paint on ceramics with a painting on canvas….if that even made sense. I’m creating s oil painting of my dog child Timber, so I made baby carrots for his treats, and I was attempting to make an iPhone and hair brush but that didnt go with the painting so I’m saving them for … Continue reading Ceramic Blog week 14

I finished glazing my majolica pieces and was experimenting with color variations and pushing contrast. Before the pieces were fired, they looked promising with detail and depth … And then I loaded them in the kiln to glaze fire…. And me no happy. I think I’m ok with three of the bowls but everything was too saturated with only one shade of a color showing … Continue reading Ceramic blog week 13

We had our Fall senior show over the weekend and it went pretty well! It feels like I can finally relax and step back but then I realize, nope, cant happen until I graduate. Maybe not even then lol Now it’s back to focusing on my new thesis work and figuring out processes and imagery. I’ve been jotting down some ideas of what I want … Continue reading Ceramic blog week 12

Over the weeks I’ve had shcnaces to load and unload some bisques so I can continue testing glazes and majolica. Here I am figuring out how well blending and shading of the under glazes goes for cone 6. Below are some of my majolica pieces where I’ve started to map out my domestic Inspired designs and layouts. Some have peppers and tomatoes and some are … Continue reading Ceramic blog week 11

Empty bowls makathon was fuuuuun. Made some cone 04 bowls and going to make 10 more and do majolica and some bright cone 04 glazes. These are trimmed on the rims and ready to be dried out and bisqued. Since the kilns have been down I wasnt able to load my majolica refire or a cone 6 but I was able to mix some majolica … Continue reading Ceramic blog week 8

Started off the week making cone 04 clay for my majolica process and I’m not sure what color it’s going to be….yay surprises! I made a quick little shot glass to bisque so I can start seeing how this clay body works out too. Crossing my fingers. I started creating my sculpture painting piece, starting with a cone 6 clay body so I can use … Continue reading Ceramic blog week 7

Crit on Monday and Wednesday went well. The feedback I received Wednesday for my project helped me to direct my attention to two ideas of how to include my ceramics in my current work. First is to create a still life replication of items seen in the painting or drawing and display it on a shelf under the piece. Second would be to include the … Continue reading Ceramic blog week 6

There has been alot of planning and mapping over the last couple weeks. I created tiny frame shapes and arranged them how I want them to go together once the larger ones are made. I also made tiny plates to see if I wanted to paint or glaze my domestic scenes on a circular platform or the frames. Below is a recreation of a small … Continue reading Ceramic blog week 5

After making a billion holes, braiding plastic bags, and attaching them to this plastic thing….I BROKE IT. I felt sooooooo deeffeeaattteeddd. I didn’t think making the plastic bag strands and attaching them would take so long so when I broke the container, the whole idea went to doody. I tried melting the cracks back together but it definitely didnt work as planned. So on my … Continue reading Week 2 Ceramic Blog