Slip Contamination

 

Pouring salt into the mould before the slip had set. This was an interesting effect but it had been done.

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slip casting with wire wool

After seeing the work of Tasmin Van Essen I wanted to look at adding materials to the slip when making the casts.
Placing wire wool in the mould then pouring the slip in. It’s a nice effect but there really isn’t any context to the work

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Sam Durant

Visibly recognisable as cheap resin lawn chairs, which are often mass-produced in china, Durant has made a sculptural series reproducing the different styles in porcelain.  These were hand-made by crafts men in China using traditional chinese ceramic techniques, with no molds being made. This work brings up many transformations from the original resins chairs for the viewer to consider. Comparing the function of the original to the art work. There is also contrasts with manufacturing process, this single material furniture with no patent or copyright on the design allowed for maximum profit through maximum exploitation. The hand-made work made in china with traditional chinese skills is a contradiction to the label “made in china’ which has become equivalent with cheap and low quality (mass-produced). The hand made process gives the objects aesthetic value, masterpieces of ceramic art have been part of china’s history and culture for centuries.

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Ballon Bowls

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Maarten de Ceulaer

Vessels created from coloured plaster poured into a ballon, a second ballon is then inserted and inflated, the ballon’s act like a flexible mould, resulting in every bowl having is own unique shape.

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