Clay Imprinting And Plaster Mould
Photoshop Stencils And Fans
Graffiti Spraying
Colour Project Sheets
Geometric Clay Stencil
Casting Resin
For this part of the project I choose five of my green coloured items that were a reasonably small size. The small items from the collection of mine needed to avoid undercuts and strange edges. When being placed in the former tray the proportions of the items. When this has been done a black plastic called the polystyrene is inserted over the items. The heat of the plastic can push back so you keep pressing down the former tray lever until it covers the items in a wrap. Once done you take it out and spray the plastic so the resin does not stick to the polystyrene. Wire is added into each mould, to do this take the pliers and twist it so it fits in the mould. The wire needs to be straight and taped down. Then lastly make sure it's all level and will not move around easily for the resin to be poured.
Sgraffito Bowl
The sqraffito bowl process was about rolling out clay flat and even then placing it inside the press mould. Unlike any other clay process making, this one is about avoiding too much hand contact with the clay. It's about making it more like an everyday bowl and it needs that somewhat artificial appearance you find with ceramic utensils. I added the white slip to the top and after waiting I carved into the still drying bowl with various tools. The next step after this is the glazing to the bowl but the surface will still remain textured from all the carving methods.
Casting Shadows
Sample Sgraffito Pieces
I have made a sgraffito bowl, and one of the processes was making some samples to try out techniques and possible outcomes. These are the four possible results from experimenting with various metal tools.
Ceramic Key And Spoon
In the class ceramics the objective is to make replicas of the green objects. My two objects placed here are made from porcelain clay which dries quite quickly, I had more luck from always keeping it at a moistened state. It's best to always have some water at use for the drier clays such as porcelain. Currently the key has yet to go in the kiln as it's at the first drying stage.
My other object is a key and it's a double sided piece, I find it looks similar to church architecture in some aspects. As it has those chunky thick swirls, you would sometimes notice. I would still have liked to be more delicate by working thinly with the clay to get better results.






















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