Dragon's Head

When I was having a bad day I decided to take a break from the ceramics project and started forming a dragon's head out of clay. I used the same methods which I used in the other pieces to give the dragon head  a variety of different textures. It was a lot of fun to create. If I had more clay I would love to make full body dragon. Maybe someday I will.

Here are pictures of the dragon before he was put into the kiln :

Experimenting with clay

This week I have been trying out different forms and textures that had something to do with the word brainstorm I made of the organic and the man-made object. But mostly have been just experimenting different ways I could achieve textures. I learned how to make pinch-pots and make a ball by putting two together. It was interesting to learn this method but I wasn't very good at it. I think that I was better at using the wheel to make a bowl.

Here are pictures of the pieces I made before thy were put into the kiln:

This picture is the organic object from which I drew pictures and made a brainstorm of which I then used to create random forms with textures. In the word brainstorm were words like sharp, spiky, rough, edgy and things like that. For some reason is the picture of the man-made object is not loading but it was a whisk. For that I wrote down words like smooth, shiny and curvy.

2nd Elective- Ceramics

The first elective, which was print is now over and the new elective began today. In ceramics today we were shown different works by different artists and ceramic methods. We started off with mark making today using ink. Tomorrow we will start using clay. Some of the works were from famous artists or former students of  LSAD. (Limerick of Schoo Artl and Design)

The skull pieces were made by a famous artist called Richard Notkin whom I personally find amazing as his pieces are so small but very detailed.

The giant baby hand and the chicken were made by former students.

This one was made by Cormac Boydell.

These nine pieces were made by our tutor Kieran Whitelaw who won an award with them last year.

In the following pictures we see our tutors doing some demonstrations.

Here we see the method called coiling. This is where layers of clay are constantly being built up to create a form.

 During the demonstration we roughly learned about coiling, pinching, slab building which I will yet have to try out.

Wood Block Print

The first elective, which was print is now over and the new elective began today. In ceramics today we were shown different works by different artists and ceramic methods. We started off with mark making today using ink. Tomorrow we will start using clay.

These are the two wood blocks that were cut out for the print. The first one is the background. The second wood block is then placed over it.

This is what the finished print on paper will look like. At first we only used grey and black but I then wanted to print this image onto a t shirt but when I printed it with the grey background I thought it looked a little plain so for the second t shirt I used a blue background which I thought made the image way more effective.

This is the print on the second t shirt. I can't wait to wear it :D

Graffiti Wall Print

These Graffiti prints were a mix of two print methods these are monoprint and drypoint. Drypoint is were you scratch a design into a piece of acetate. As seen in the pictures I was experimenting with different layers of colours.

This was the acetate I used to make the following prints.

Metal Door Print

These prints were a mix of two print methods these are monoprint and drypoint. Drypoint is were you scratch a design into a piece of acetate. As seen in the pictures I was experimenting with different layers of colours. This print is about the places teenagers hang out at.

This was the acetate I scratched the design into.