12.04.14 - Ceramics Up To Now.

Hello There
So its hard to keep you updated on how the development of the ceramics is going, there's not really development,in the sense of that i make one thing which then gets changed by the course of events to the next one, but i just see where the day of making them takes me and when it comes to a point of collecting them all together, this is what we've got.

So as you can see, i have tried working with both bright colours and more muted colours, when talking to others about the end of degree exhibition, i think people assumed that bright colours on the images means for the ceramics to tie in they also need to be bright. But, I'm really more enjoying these shapes when they are in more muted tones, i think it gives them more grace and a softer and more fragile feeling.

I have absolutely-no-bloody-clue what or where I'm going with these pieces. I definitely need a sit down and plan of action with someone, I'm free falling into modelling clay.

03.04.14 - Hump Day

Its been a strange couple of weeks.
I have been feeling like i have a million things to do and i'm getting nowhere.
After a productive start of the week i've hit a bit of a hump.
I did have my work sent off to be printed onto fabric, and had what i now know as too high of expectations for them, and when they returned to me... kind of looking like cheap bedsheets (as i didn't have a clue what type of fabric to print onto) i was downtrodden.

I have extremely high expectations as to what i would like to achieve for my final exhibition, and now looking back, i think i have once again bitten off more then i can chew.

With my plan to be to create an area that stands as a marker of my visual identity and a space that shows my work in different capacities, i've branched into, fabric, ceramics, set design, and my original artwork.

Trying to balance the four, is making my mind melt.

So, with a sigh of dissapointed, i think im going to have to take a step back from the fabrics. With only 7 weeks to go and apparently having to wait 5 weeks to even see what the next round of fabric printing will look like, i just don't think i have time to concentrate on something that i just don't feel i have enough control on.

It definitely threw me off, it was a big disappointed as i had such high hopes for it coming out well and clear ideas of what my exhibition space could look like.

But, because i now will have more time to concentrate on my other areas, i'm going full swing into the ceramics.

I've just gone and bought about 8 packets of clay and up above you'll see the 2nd batch that i made yesterday. I have to admit as well, i thoroughly enjoy making them, its utterly a calming experience and so enjoyable to make, paint and assemble, and i personally think the perfect step up onto my work to give it something extra for the exhibition.

And also, as this is the final two days before the easter break of 3 weeks, the pressure is really on!
I'm in the process of getting all of the work together and deciding what to put forward for the exhibition and my portfolio for finals.


Its quite hard deciding what's good enough to call a final and what's just practice work with the designs im making at the moment so i think that will be a long process.

Anyway, enough rambling, the plan of action for today is to continue exploring the air dry clay pots and see where it takes me.

Update Soon!

01.04.14 - Wall Display Ideas Inspiration.

Hello Again

As previously mentioned, i've been thinking about how i want to display my work when it comes to the exhibition space.

While browsing online at blogs, i saw this ingenious way of framing work on a wall in a new and exciting way.

Using tape to make a flat to the wall frame to show work seems like a great way of me displaying wallpaper if i choose to go down that path for my designs.

I bluddy love it.

Just thought i would quickly put this up and on the blog just to keep it fresh in my mind.

Update Soon.

(Images Taken from http://love-aesthetics.blogspot.co.uk/)

01.04.14 - Aesthetics of Assembly.

The more time i've been spending thinking about my exhibition space as a whole, the more i have been focusing on assembling my made objects in a creative way also.

To practice, i've been taking small scale photographs of how i might have them assembled for the end exhibition.

I want to include some type of decorative ideas along with my work and make a space that really encapsulates all the ideas that i work around.

This image taken earlier, i've tried to include some of the ideas that i want to take forward such as textures alongside the ceramics (woods, soft furnishings) and mixing them along with actual flowers to get a soft feel of the FLORA/FAUNA theme.

I think giving the 3D designs as area for them to really be appreciated is important in getting the tone suggested with my work.

Im going to continue to photograph smaller ideas throughout the work as it really puts things into perspective for me.

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31.03.14 - Continued Image Making for FLORA/FAUNA

After a upbeat and postive group crit with Peter today, i sat down and made some more images out of my recent further colour studies.
Always continuing to find new colour palettes that excite me and want to make me keep delving further into surface design.
Taking inspiration from the images that i found in BLOOM magazine of the plant cells under the microscope i've tried really bringing out those psychedelic colours that really make your eyes open wide.

I just constantly want to see these images massive pinned up on a wall, an expensive desire but they just call out for larger scales.

I haven't thought very much into if i want to keep these images on paper or take some of them further into fabrics.

I'll have a think and get back to you

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28.03.14 - Time for Colour

Hello Again.

So i decided to add some colour to the clay shapes and decorate with simple black patterns to get some effects right.

Im so happy with how they've turned out. The more i access them, they are definitely a decorative thing, i dont think im going to branch them out into full on tableware designs which was one of the initial ideas i had when starting with 3D experiments.
Im enjoying the process of arranging them and making patterns on patterns, really taking care and time into how i place them for viewing. I think smaller groups of ell throughout palettes of scale and colour are the way to go forward with them.

Its a really fun and exciting time at the moment with my work, i'm enjoying this whole new side to my work that i've never seen before.

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24.03.14 - One on One Tutorial with Glyn.

Today, i had my first one on one tutorial in quite some time, as spoken about before the past few weeks we have been having group crits so it felt nice to be a bit more calm and collected looking through my work.
I spoke to Glyn about my new brief ideas and that i wanted to look into making a curated collection of objects and areas showcasing my work to how it can be commented in different ways, and showed my ceramics that I've been working on.
All went very well and pleasant, and we spoke about maybe looking down the route of window displays and set designs so i can get a feel of how to put together a small space.

Im really excited to start something, by the end of the D&AD brief, things felt like they were really dragging out so it feels awakening to get something new started.

Hopefully in the next week or so i can look into window displays and start thinking about all the different ways i can showcase my surface designs, i have a lot of ideas flaring around at the moment so i think it will be clarifying to get a list of everything to ensemble together.

I also will be working around the theme of "FLORA/FAUNA" for my window display, something i had been playing around with since the early days of BA8.

Update Soon.