Woodfired!

Loading the new kiln

This week ive been working on finishing up pieces for the wood fire. Trimming throwing and glazing. I managed to make a couple lided forms that were thrown as one piece then cut and trimmed. I'm excited to get this kiln fired and see how everything turns out. I tried using all of the different glazes and layering some to get some variation in my work. I like to experiment when woodfiring.

From start to finish

Thanksgiving week

This week is going to be a busy one for me. Im hoping to get in the studio to further explore texture on my thrown forms. I'm thinking the texture I've been playing with will look pretty cool with some ash settling in the grooves. I'm pretty excited to fire before the semesters over in our new kiln that's almost done! Chimney then the last of the soft bricks then welding. Soooo close!

Ontop of school I'm making the turkey this year for thanksgiving which should be an eventful learning experience. Woohoo.

Install as it progresses.

This is constantly changing. I'm loving it. Considering putting photos on a loop for opening.

Going up

Chaos is everywhere, especially with children. Because of my experiences with clay and ceramics, and all of the unpredictability the processes first presents I feel like I've learned to better handle stress and unpredictable events. My goal for this install project is to create a space that is chaotic or unpredictable while still expressing or invoking a type of calmness and acceptance of this chaos.

I will work with wet slabs. Hang them as cylinders on a nail and let their shape depend on the slab itself and other nails I might introduce. Some slab cylinders will fall. Those will stay where they fall as a reminder that that particular cylinder was a part of the pieces on the wall.

At this point I'm just working and taking what may come. Hoping this looks decent when I'm finished.

Installation fast approaches.

This week studio time was used for building the kiln. I believe were making good progress. And am quite excited to fire it! But first things first. My space lab show is fast approaching and Im still a little unclear as to exactly how i am going to go about doing what I want to do.

My initial idea was to throw wide  bottomless cylinders of different thickness' and arrange them on the walls in some sort of design or arrangement (see sketches).