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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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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Ceramic Knits

Elena Khurtova in collaboration with Marie Ilse Bourlanges. Ceramics objects made from continuous clay threads.

19 pieces. Knitted Porcelain, Bone China, Earthenware.

 

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Erosion/Disruption of Form

TASMIN VAN ESSEN

Ceramic designer exploring medical themes of disease (acne/syphilis/viral/cancer/osteoporosis), questioning the stigmas attached by creating delicate beautiful pieces. Contaminating the raw clay with various foreign materials such as yeast/salt, (Some porcelain forms have ben sandblasted to wear the surface to reveal inner states) deliberately encouraging imperfections, blemishes. A metaphor for the body, the vessels used are based on 17th-18th century apothecary jars (strong medical/historical links), these jars get passed from generation to generation, as do the hereditary conditions explored Tasmin Van Essen explores.

  

 

   

 

 

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Overview

After finishing the pieces to the point they are at, I would have liked to have been further at this point than I am. I would have like to have seen some glazed. Tried out a range of moulds and had more of a collection, on specifically made plinth/plinth. This would have shown more the notion of mass production and possession with commonly found/ ‘household’ objects. Maybe showing almost in the way, home stores such as House of Fraser, John Lewis present their home ware. I feel there is a lot that could still be done looking into the ideas this piece start with and developed. Using biblical text as well as the pieces could lend more to people’s understanding of the work.

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Piecing Together

A work in progress, and just wanted to give it a try. Took the tenth of the jugs and started to make a new sculpture. Depicting what the bible outlines for tithing; everyone giving a tenth, all these tenth being used together, for god, for the church. A greater thing becoming.

 

After thinking about how to take the tenth away from the object in an interesting way, I tried grating the amount off, being careful to collect all the pieces. The clay cuttings reminded me of dirt, or ashes.

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Ceramic Transfer

Because I hadn’t used the ceramic transfers before, and sent the document ‘biblical passage’ I want to use to a company and they sent back the transfer made up, I wasn’t sure how it would turn out. I had to take the instructions from the website. Having put the transfer on the jug, I went to fire it, realising I should have fired the jug first then applied the transfer then fired again. Although I hadn’t fired it first it still came out well, interesting with the contrast of the matte jug and the shine of the transfer.

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Fired Jugs

Decided to fire the jugs, so they looked white, although I like the unfinished look, there is the potential to have them glazed. I do feel that glazed they would have a better link to the notion of mass production and be more recognisable as ‘useable’ objects where the characteristics have been altered.

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Milk Carton

Found this interesting, the concept of turning something disposable into something permanent.

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