Casts, prints and textures

I was very busy for last few weeks and had some ups and downs during that time but it looks like I am on the right track now :D

I still can't decide how many and what combinations I want to show in the exhibition but I hope I will figure it out soon.

I have 13 final tiles, it's easier to spot the differences between them when they are mixed. Here is the first set of 6.

As I mentioned before I want to link the old and new parts of the college building in my work. To do that I have collected textures from around the campus and then placed them inside the tile.

I am also experimenting with printing some of the textures as line drawings on clay.

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Porcelain Paperclay

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.

Something different

It's almost Christmas time and I was given a chance to take part in Craft Fair organized on Limerick's Milkmarket. It was an experience all right but I don't think I want to carry on with this type of sells... I have sold just few stars and I am deeply disappointed. There were simply no people there, I don't know what was the reason... maybe it's because of the recession.... Well anyway here is the stuff I was trying to sell, hope you like it :

Artist in Residency

I had a great opportunity to be the artist in residence at Husk for 6 months. During that time I had developed a process of working with inks on acetate. Here are some examples of the abstract paintings that are the results of my experiments.

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