Work done over the Easter break...


I made a plaster mold and experimented with creating clay forms from it but it gave me less freedom and less satisfaction than working directly with clay so I've returned to making individual organically shaped objects.


Three large organic recycled clay forms that just came out of the kiln. Black tenmoku stoneware glaze with oxides and a new hand-made textured glaze.


A late, now obvious recognition that the white objects photograph better against black!







Below: front and back views of recycled ceramic vessels.
Below: front and back
Below: front and back


Below: front and back
Front and back of two vessels.


Below: front and back 



Below: Recycled ivory stoneware with blue Mariko glaze.
Below: Three recycled ivory stoneware vessels
decorated with slips, oxides, a new hand-made glaze and wood ash.



Below: Recycled terracotta bowl and an organic form, both with black tenmoku glaze.

Below: Recycled clay with black interior and exterior of tin matt with wood ash.

Below: five recycled clay organic forms fired with matt white stoneware engobe glaze to try to replicate the matt quality of plaster.
Below: a recycled clay organic form.
Below: front and back views of a plaster form with dried oil pigments scraped from my palette.

Below: plaster form with asphalt, ceramics, and dried oil pigments.

Below: plaster, asphalt and ceramic forms


 
Below: plaster and ceramics.





Below: Plasters.


Below: Plaster and ceramics.





Below: Recycled metal wrapped with recycled cloth.

  


Below: Recycled fabric, yarn and heavily inked printmaking scrim on wood and bamboo base.




Below; Recycled yarns and fabric with feathers on wood and bamboo stand.





Below: Recycled yarns over paper pulp vessels.



© Dr. Victoria King 2024

www.victoria-king.com


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