Practiced pulling some handles this week. I managed to get one attached to a coffee pot that I've been working on. Had to stay isolated to the house this weekend. Fever, runny nose and coughing your head off will get you a few dirty looks during flu season. Still building on the kiln...I'm hoping it magically got finished the day I missed. I also missed bfa deadline but will make it my #1 priority for next semester. That should give me plenty of time to get all my ducks in a row.
This week I had to take a day off due to my little guy feeling bad. So I didn't get to spend time in the studio at all. We did however start building the new wood kiln! Hard work but it goes quick with a lot of good workers. Now that we have the foundation level we should be able to get it together in now time....hopefully. my spacelab show is coming up and I feel super behind. I MUST get some good sketches going. I have a lot floating around in my head and need to see it on paper to get a better sence of how everything is going to be put together.
I've had a busy week. A crit two tests and a sick baby. I worked on trimming and cleaning up my pieces this week. Listened to a lecture from shreepad this week as well.. looking forward to building the new kiln!
This week I've been trimming and throwing. Attempted hollow handles this week as well. Thrown and extruded...they weren't what I was looking for so I scraped the idea. I made some porcelain this week as well and got to switch over from stoneware...I'm loving the porcelain. I'm attempting to make a coffee pot and with an extended crit date I might me able to get it done. Still want to get a mug with an ash tray lid made...my past attempts haven't worked so well...maybe tomorrows the day to get it down.
Ash mugs are coming along nicely. Spent some time in the studio today trimming and constructing handles. I tried and failed throwing a hollow handle. And the ones that did survive the throwing just looked too big for the body. Oh well.Guess I was having an off day. Ill try again tomorrow. And I really think I need to try the extruder. I've also put up a very rough "sketch" of my hollow handles that I have so beautifuly drawn on my notes app.
Sketches and first editions of my ashtray/coffee mug mashup are in the works this week. Ideas in mind include hollow handles to ash in. Going to play with shapes and sizes as forms get trimmed. Im also working on making stackable mug/ashtray combos and tea cup and plate inspired combos. I want to make a mug that has a lid that is an ashtray as well. I'm trying to incorporate texture.needing more studio time.
Trying to keeping in mind how to display these pieces as well. I like the idea of displaying them in a space like a cabinet, or maybe an openface cabinet like shelf, where they would normally be stored...hinting towards a ritual that is often overlooked when starting a daily routine. The ritual of actually choosing which mug to use.
Mugtrays...mug-rays...ash-ugs...ashtrugs....still working on a clever name for them.
It was probably the hottest day we could have chose to do this but it wasnt too bad...and I'm super excited to build up the new one which made the heat bearable. Got everything taken apart and moved and stacked in about an hour. Go us!
