I still don't know exactly how my finished pieces are going to look like but I know that I want to make something light and translucent. That is why I had decided to work in porcelain.  Some of the forms can be too difficult to construct in porcelain without risking that they will collaps in the kiln.  In order to overcome this obstacle I had prepared some paperclay which is lighter and hopefully will keep the shape better.  First I cut porcelain in small pieces and let them get bone dry. Then I crushed them even more and added water to make smooth slip. When I had porcelain slip prepared I teared up some toilet paper and soaked it in hot water. After some time I sieved it and mixed with porcelain slip.

Finally I have made some moulds for this project. Mould making isn't my strongest skill and to be honest I don't like it at all, I just like using moulds :) I had used the models that I have made earlier and here are photos of some of the results.

Here are some photos from Lodz Design Festival.  

The last week was quite hard for me as I got stuck with my project and wasn't sure which direction I should go. I wanted to do something in clay that will reflect my plastic models but then I felt that I should do something different. As usual in this type of situation I spent hours just looking at what was straight in front of my nose and kept asking myself ' What to do next?? And how to do it??' I finally have made few pinch pots - will add photos next week when I'll get back home. When I was making them I have realised that it's not what I want to do but will use them anyway - you never know where the next idea is going to come from. Last few days I was stragling with making moulds- I don't like making them but I know I need them :). I spent two days trying to get around mould-making but in the end was forced to do it. So far I have prepared  some plaster models. I am in Poland now, just for the week and will post some info about International

When working on a project after drawing stage of research I'm ussualy starting to make models which are a 3d 'translation' of my drawings. This is my favourite part of  work :) I can play with different materials in order to find more inspirations. This time I was working directly from (and on ) plastic bottles. By following the shapes and already existing patterns I have created forms that hopefully will give an idea for clay work. I have started with simply cutting bottles into pieces. Then working with each part separately I was trying to find interesting form or create movement. I was very attracted to patterns on the bottle's bodies. I have used the indentations as a guideline and separated the bodies into single segments. Eventually I have ended up with many little pieces which become modules of a new form. By manipulating and repeating the same basic part I have achieved quite interesting forms.