Ceramics (2020-2021)
A variety of clay techniques, learned from Martha Sullivan over the 2020-2021 school year.
Hand Building
Using the most basic form of clay manipulation, these pieces were my introduction into the world of ceramics. I focused on pinching, coiling, attachments, and texture.
Drape Molds
I used handmade (seen below) and premade plaster molds, as well as found objects, for these pieces. To make the handmade mold, I lasercut a piece of acrylic and draped a t-shirt over it, which I then poured plaster into. Found objects include a takeout container, a spray bottle, an aerosol canister, and a wooden roller.
The homemade plaster mold, with the shirt and lasercut rim still attatched.
The homemade plaster mold, brand new and unused.
Using the homemade plaster mold.
Using a found object: the wooden roller.
Using a found object: the takeout container.
Right after removal from the found object (seen in the background): the spray bottle.
Using the homemade plaster mold.
Three homemade plaster molds, the two on the left are brand new and the one on the right has been used.
Draped over a wooden roller (2020)
Draped over 3 objects and left to dry, with no adjustments (2020)
Draped over a bowl (2020)
Draped over an aerosol canister (2020)
Draped over a spray bottle (2020)
Draped over a takeout container (2020)
Draped over premade plaster mold (2020)
Draped over a premade plaster mold (2021)
Draped over a premade plaster mold (2021)
Pressed with 3D printed stamps, then draped over a premade plaster mold (2021)
Draped over a handmade plaster mold (2021)
Draped over a bowl (2021)
Draped over a bowl (2021)
Draped over a handmade plaster mold (2021)
Draped over a handmade plaster mold (2021)
Draped over a handmade plaster mold (2021)
Draped over a premade plaster mold (2021)
Draped over a handmade plaster mold (2021)
Pressed with 3D printed stamps, then draped over a handmade plaster mold (2021)
Slip Casting
To create a positive for the slip cast mold, I used Rhino 3D to design the shape and size. I then cut out templates with dimensions and angles, which I used to cut pieces of wood. The wood pieces were glued together and taped on the outside, forming the positive. The plaster was poured over the positive, within a closed space, creating the mold.
Pressing Slab Tiles
After looking at a variety of textures, I recreated an origami tessellation in Rhino 3D, which I think 3D printed. The clay was rolled through a slab roller and pressed onto the tiles using, in many cases, my entire body weight.
Throwing
I was given a brief introduction into how to throw, and from there experimented on my own, saving most of the forms that arose from accidental movements.
