Ceramics theme outline-
I Theme
Surface design
-in terms of the way the projects are glazed– showing details
-the painted glazes wrap around the projects in a way that shows off the structure of the project but also adds to the overall display.
Using dark colored stains to create detailed designs with complicated but simple patterns.
II What
set of bowls and cups and slab plates with painted under-glazes
tea-pot and vases with splattered stain for decoration
Older projects with patterns both thrown and soft slab.
III How
soft slabs in Chinet bowls and platters with draped and fluid edges. These are painted with
Dark blue stain and clear glaze.
Thrown projects with throwing marks that show how the projects were pulled up. The splatter paint engulfs the entire project.
Using pulled clay in a smaller size than one would for a handle to make ribbons of clay. These are then arranged on the lid or other parts of the project, and slipped and scored on so that they become part of the piece. These must be dried carefully so that all the parts join without cracking or coming apart. After the stains are applied to emphasize the additions to the wheel projects.
IV Why
Although most wheel projects reflect the process of a moving wheel as opposed to the motion of the potters’ hands moving up I have chosen to emphasize this by changing the way I am painting on the projects. These somewhat sporadic lines of color add detail without completely taking away from the projects structure. The somewhat plan projects such as soft slabs, make an easier canvas to paint because of the variety of options to detail them with. Finally using a combination of techniques as well as splatter painting I have added to a complicated moving form – a teapot or pitcher – objects that are meant to pour liquid – what looks like a soft and moving part of the entire form.
V Conclusion
Although I have been painting on ceramic projects for a few months it is only this fall and winter that I have become aware that how the design moves around the surface will emphasize how the project was created. I also have become more interested in more complicated designs such as Egyptian patterns to add a sense of motion to projects – particularly ones like pitchers and tea-pots – these design elements seems to contrast with the simple movement of the pitcher or pots.
I Theme
Surface design
-in terms of the way the projects are glazed– showing details
-the painted glazes wrap around the projects in a way that shows off the structure of the project but also adds to the overall display.
Using dark colored stains to create detailed designs with complicated but simple patterns.
II What
set of bowls and cups and slab plates with painted under-glazes
tea-pot and vases with splattered stain for decoration
Older projects with patterns both thrown and soft slab.
III How
soft slabs in Chinet bowls and platters with draped and fluid edges. These are painted with
Dark blue stain and clear glaze.
Thrown projects with throwing marks that show how the projects were pulled up. The splatter paint engulfs the entire project.
Using pulled clay in a smaller size than one would for a handle to make ribbons of clay. These are then arranged on the lid or other parts of the project, and slipped and scored on so that they become part of the piece. These must be dried carefully so that all the parts join without cracking or coming apart. After the stains are applied to emphasize the additions to the wheel projects.
IV Why
Although most wheel projects reflect the process of a moving wheel as opposed to the motion of the potters’ hands moving up I have chosen to emphasize this by changing the way I am painting on the projects. These somewhat sporadic lines of color add detail without completely taking away from the projects structure. The somewhat plan projects such as soft slabs, make an easier canvas to paint because of the variety of options to detail them with. Finally using a combination of techniques as well as splatter painting I have added to a complicated moving form – a teapot or pitcher – objects that are meant to pour liquid – what looks like a soft and moving part of the entire form.
V Conclusion
Although I have been painting on ceramic projects for a few months it is only this fall and winter that I have become aware that how the design moves around the surface will emphasize how the project was created. I also have become more interested in more complicated designs such as Egyptian patterns to add a sense of motion to projects – particularly ones like pitchers and tea-pots – these design elements seems to contrast with the simple movement of the pitcher or pots.
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