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Stop motion II

First attempt at stop motion

New cards

Cut and Stick

Upcycled envelopes

Trying my hand at some upcycled envelopes to go with a new series of cards I'm making.

Booth Museum

http://www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/Museums/boothmuseum/WhattoSee/Pages/home.aspx

If you are interested in natural history I would recommend a visit to the Booth Museum in Brighton. The museum is only small however a friend and I arranged to go 'behind the scenes' and were shown round the hundreds and hundreds of cabinets upstairs where everything is kept which isn't on show. There was every type of bird imaginable as well as hundreds of other animals. We were also shown round the taxidermy rooms where they were boiling a fox as we entered.

(Photographs from the taxidermy room)

Make.Do. Exhibition

My wooden hand tool at the 3D Materials Practice second year exhibition.

New cards on etsy

A few new cards available to buy on etsy:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/afrozenwhisper?ref=si_shop

Alison Britton

Within her own work, Britton experiments with form in order to create pieces of asymmetric work often suggestive of the human torso. This relation to the human body is a recurring motif within the history of the vessel (apparent in other art forms such as painting: Picasso’s depiction of the female form as a yellow jug for example) due to its parallel to the female body. This aids in the personification of the vessel making it more approachable as an object.

Britton’s flamboyant vessels are not restricted by utilitarian concerns but instead aim to occupy space with individual geometric presence. Her desire to make jugs is due to the fact that they are active objects that “should be handled[1]”; however it is interesting that she does not create ergonomic forms. This encourages an individual relationship to develop between viewer and jug as interaction with her vessels becomes a personal experience. Britton’s vessels are constructed using hand-built slabs which are often worked into before being constructed. Mark-making in the clay adds another dimension to her vessels adding to the sensory experience of the viewer as surface as well as form is appealing to the touch.

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[1] Crafts Council, The Work of Alison Britton, (Middlesex: Syon Print Limited, 1979) p14

Etsy shop

Cards available to buy online at etsy. More to come...

http://www.etsy.com/shop/afrozenwhisper?ref=si_shop

Wooden hand tools

A Picture History for Boys and Girls

Adam Buick

“By immersing myself in the study of a single form it has given me the freedom to explore its surface treatment. By having a constant I am free to experiment.”

Adam Buick, Searching for Perfection, Ceramic Review, Nov/Dec 2009, pp44/45

Buick’s interest with the Pembrokeshire landscape where his studio is located has resulted in a highly personal investigation into the natural resources available to him. The act of gathering materials, throwing and firing using a wood-fired kiln create a very active and physically demanding process for the maker which is in stark contrast to the experience the viewer may have with the finished product. The large scale of Buick’s jars removes the physical relation one may have with a smaller hand-held object and instead incites a sense of the sublime within the viewer; one may become lost within the scale and subtlety of detail.

Buick uses materials such as slate, seaweed, and course black sand (which melts during firing) in his glazes in order to create effects which replicate features of the landscape. He enjoys the uncontrollable nature of the firing process as well as experimenting with placing pots amongst controlled fires of the Pembrokeshire landscape, in order to create a variety of effects for the surface of the vessels. This individuality, along with scale, gives each pot a sense that it is precious as it cannot be replicated exactly, thus providing the consumer with an experience and feeling of owning something of value. This restores to the vessel a heightened status, moving it away from its association with the mundane of the everyday and allowing the viewer to feel a personal connection with their chosen vessel. In owning one of Buick’s moon jars, one may feel a sense of satisfaction and superiority in viewing something which no other may ever experience.

Cross sections

Experimenting with twigs and cascamite glue

Fragments II

Fragments I

Hand made cards

New series of hand made cards available to buy at Liscious interiors in Oxford.

http://www.liscious.co.uk/

Life Drawing

Mould making

Variety of ceramic handles- different shapes and sizes:

Plaster mould:

Artefacts: