Ceramic "glazing/painting"

By this session all the pots and modals we'd made had been baked in the kiln, the next job was to paint and decorate them. There were 2 types of paint that we could use but no together, the first were normal clay paints the we painted all over the pot except the bass ( the paint melts and sticks) these colours were more sturdy when applied to the clay and showed we found that the colours were. Ore vibrate than the other type but only gave use simple effects. 

 

The second type was glass paint mixed with cobalt (blue) copper (red) zinc (green) these were the three colours we had we also had clear paints that gave the clay modal a shiny effect, we also had opac paints which was white these paints where dramatically affect by the kiln type eg gas, and electric which were at our dispasoal, gas gives the pots a more wider spectrum of colours than electric because the baking technique is slightly different from electric which gives you a small spectrum but is cheaper and more sustainable than gas a natural resource which is limited.

The idea behind our clay modals was to show a wide array of styles and understanding of what we were doing me if did two in normal clay paints and the other in glass paints to see the effects that the kilns have in the pots during their baking period and how this effects the pot overall finish.

project evaluation

In this module we have been studying I’ve found that I have learnt many new techniques that I didn’t know before and managed to renew skills that I had forgotten about, this module has enhanced my drawing capability’s as well as improving my visual details for observations drawing, which this module has been based on, the new techniques I have learnt are, line shading, scribble shading, effective quick sketching and improved cross hatching ability’s.

I managed to use and apply media by searching the techniques I wanted to use via Pinterest and google images, when I saw the technique I like I would pin it or save it and refer to it when needed, I used these because they had a vast amount of drawing styles and drawings that I could explore/modify and use during this first module.

One of the study’s included A2 page with 4 drawing on each with different backgrounds that altered the appearance of the images being drawing, the backgrounds included a parcel and newspaper back ground this changed the tone and colour of the crayon and gave them different effects such as age and fade I, I used black paper and book pages, the black paper enhanced the colour of my drawing and made them stand out whilst the book pages faded my colours given them a dull effect that is still visible.

Another included a background consisting of art inks applied in any way we wanted, I blew my inks up the page with a straw to give it an inverted dripping effect, as the colours merged up the page they combined making new colours which further added to the effectiveness of the background and objective requirements. This gave my colour pencils a tinted effect altering the look of the object being drawn by enhancing the colour as it enters the different spectrums of colour on the page.

The next one included emulsion paint being added the page in a pattern E.g swirls or bumps this gave texture to our picture but some were distorted by the textures used, I did swirls and successfully managed to drawn the image and keep the texture visible. This effect is good as it adds another sense to the drawing as well as sight a sense of touch to feel the pattern can used as well so you feel the art.

The final drawing was bleach on brusho ink, brusho ink is dried ink that once applied to wet paper it spreads and return back to its liquid form, the inks could be applied in any way we wanted I blew my across the page to give it a fuller effect with a wide variety of colours seeped across the page. The bleach fades the colours of the brusho inks and gives it a secondary layering effect. When drawing n these we need to be careful colour pencils of the same colour and tone wouldn’t show up but an impression from heavy marking would show up ruining the entire piece.

My sgraffito carving is based on a still life set up this effect means that the image will become inverted e.g black become white. Sgraffito includes is the art of covering a page in wax crayon of different colours, then covering the entire page in a black paint mixed with washing liquid, once dried a compass is used to scratch the black away to reveal the wax pattern underneath. Mine is effective because I have managed to catch the shading well and used it in invert, I was able to catch the proportion correctly and have shown detail.

Our homework studies I found where very helpful as they added extra practise so that we were better trained for the next session, if we wanted to create an impressive piece I believe the time given was more than enough to do the work set. I did spend the required amount of time on the drawing and managed to fit it in with my busy lifestyle, all work done so far has been to standard and I’m happy with my efforts. In addition to this I believe that the time frame was long enough to complete the module.

I feel that my observational skills have improved, being taught to really look at something and not to imagine proportion was important and a skill I have vastly improved on and I’m now able to look at an object and draw it with better precession than before, I managed this by practising at home drawing objects and also doing it under time conditions to exercise time efficiency skills.

During this project I managed my time very well I set myself limits to when work should be done way before due dates and fit it into my out of college activity’s.

as said in the previous paragraph I made shore that work was done before due dates so that corrections could be made within a longer time frame this meant that I could create the best work of my capability’s and tweak and correct minor faults within the image, I did feel that I managed my time wisely but could have produced work to a better standard with more concentration towards the work.

During this module I have been taught and have explored many drawing techniques and mark-makings skills, this module I believe has covered a vast amount of techniques and in truth its covered many that I have been curious about, in future lesson ill learn the new techniques as they come as there is no specific technique that I am impatient to learn.

My personal thought toward this module are that I could have been more engaged with it as it is not the style or thing I normally draw and was a relatively new experience for me, though I lacked the required interest in that specific module, there are future module we will be exploring that I enjoy and fit what I like to do. Overall the module was ok but lacked overall class motivation but the techniques and styles that we have used have now been incorporated into my drawing which has further improved my skills in other modules we are studying and mean that this project was an important which enhanced my skill profile.

 

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Coil pots "ceramics"

Coil pots are pots built up of clay that has been pressed through a stensal that created cylinder tubes, device then need to be cleaned at small scraps of clay can dry quick and can alter the shape of the clay when ist come out, we then had to use the potter wheels which made the pots easier to craft. Before starting on the potter wheels we needed to create a clay base so that the wooden pallet could stick to the metal wheel this creates a solid base that make working the easier and prevents damage the the metal dish underneath, to start we had to make as close to a perfect circle as possible this would make our base, the first coil would be added to the. Are and blended to create a strong foundation. 

The potters wheel meant that we could neaten the out side and also meant that we could quickly cross hatch the coil ready for the next layer, supports were put in place as the coils became higher so that the pot wouldn't flop and collapse as some peoples did as the pot became higher the sides were neatend and smoothed giving the pot a professional finish.

Pinch pots "ceramics"

During this session we were tasked with making pinch pots and was the most difficult skill so far to learn, there is no soild origin or date as to when pinch pot were first made, though the earliest model/proof of the pinch pots can date back to 40,000 years ago this date is ever changing as archeologists keep find pinch pots that pre date that of the oldest they find.

Our first task was to make a pinch pot bowl to get the basics. You start with your clay, this then need to be rolled into a neat ball, once this is done a hole need to be made through the middle but not all the way through we then had to stretch the hole to create a bowl shape the base was simply pinched from the solid mass at the bottom. We had to keep stretching the bowl till it could only just hold/sustain its structure.

For our second task we had to make a sinister looking vase, we were given a small ball of clay the objective was to make as big a vase as we could from the clay given, this included decoration and clay for a lid, this task posses its own challenges stretching the pot big enough to make a suitable vase but also not over stretching the structure so that it rips of collapses. One problem people were having was the pot becoming lop sided due to the thinness of the clay from pinching this was easily corrected by creating supports in the pot by rolling the clay in the cylinder shapes and placing them in the pot to strengthen it, they need to be blended in otherwise they don't stick. 

For our final task we had to make a pinch pot animal, I made a robin he technique behind this method required our experience from our first task. We had to make two bowls with not bases, these then needed to be connected together to create a hollow ball, once the joints are blended and the shape resembles a sphere, decoration was then added. Howls need to be made so that the hollow areas don't exploded and allow for air ventilation during kilning.