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BLOG ONE- cups
Hailey Potter

The first person I looked at was Tara Wilson and her cups. I like the way her handles are attached because they look almost seamless while still keeping a seam. I really have no idea how to explain it. Other than they look as if they absolutely belong on these particular cups.

Im also interested in sgraffito for integrating my concept into my cups, which lead me to the work of Yoko Sekino-Bove’. Most of her work is very precise but I like these cups a lot because of the way the glaze is running. I believe that the article she has on her work states that these were fired at cone 5 in an electric kiln but were originally meant for cone 10 reduction.

Third I came across Chris Baskin while looking for darted cups. Im not sure if these cups are indeed darted but I like the intentional wonkiness of them. I would like to see if I can dart cups and integrate the technique into my concept.

Deborah Schwartskopf is another really awesome artist I found who uses darting and gives examples of how to do so.

BLOG 2

I decided to look up clay artists that use geometric shapes. I decided this because I love using geometric shapes within my art and throughout my concepts. Reductionism is a concept/ strategy within psychology where you break a system done into increasingly smaller parts in order to understand it.

The first artist I found was Nicholas Bivens who uses geometric shapes to portray perfection within handmade utilitarian object. Just as I see the tension between the idea of perfection and the beauty of art he uses geometry to portray the tension between perfection and hand made objects.

My favorite part about his work is his handles and I want to look into incorporating my handles into my concept.

I am also incredibly intrigued by ken prices geometric cups even though they aren’t thrown. I like this work mostly because of the geometric foundation even though I don’t see it as a user friendly utilitarian object I think the straight edges and hard lines are really cool.

 

BLOG THREE- vessels with lids

Once again Debrah Schwartkopf is an artist that I looked at for this project because I like how her lids sit down almost inside of her vessels. As I continue to make lids I am slowly figuring out how these types of lids work and like them a lot. (Below)

I also looked at Shoji Hamada because I like the shape of his pots even though they are small. Usually I am drawn to the intentionally wonky pieces but there’s something to say for the traditional shape that I like and am drawn to. (Above)

Last since we are getting ready to glaze I have been doing research on different types of glazing techniques the two that have stuck out to me the most are Wood Ash

and Raku.

I like both of these styles because they are so different from the typical glaze. Typical is a strong word… I mean that they are more unpredictable, and that’s the point I love the idea of creating something just to see what will happen, like a happy accident.

They are intentionally wonky which is a theme throughout all my work, along with my concept of being a little wonky in a world that wants everything to fit into a definition.