box

 

The first image is by a woman named Patty from Lakeside pottery. I like the dip in the top of the form and the angled sides.

The surface quality of Margaret Bohls piece is nice. I would like to incorporate some design if time allows .

These were done by Patty at Lakside pottery. The piece in the back with three lids interests me. I would like to try to make a functional jewelry box with multiple lids.

Box

Anna Callouri Holcombe

Betsy Williams

Hayne Bayless

Once again, the octopus!

My Drawings:

I want to make two or three medium and small sized boxes. I was inspired by Holcombe's decadent design and the lovely rectangular shape. I loved the shape of Williams hexagonal shape! I kind of liked the size and shape of Bayless' work. I like playing around with different geometric shapes for my "box". I decided to add the octopus again because I really enjoyed making it in the last assignment. I also really love octopus!

Box

 Maria Kristofersson

Blayne Knox

Paint on top of hinged box

I was really inspired by Maria Kristofersson's hinged boxes. I'd like to use a white slip on the box but allow the red clay to show through in places and then with the cobalt glaze paint the mushroom imagery on the top of the lid.

project 3 the box

I looked at the links provided in the syllabus, and that forms that I have found most interesting were the hexagonal boxes by Betsy Williams and the Colored leaf box by Hayne Bayless.

I liked how the set of boxes, although different in color and pattern, all had a uniform shape and size. 

I found that the colored leaf box by Hayne Bayless very unique in form. I found the stenciling very interesting and aesthetically pleasing. 

I had an idea about a stacking pyramid box and a shell box.

Assignment 3 - The box

                                                                      my drawings:

I'm interested in several ideas. The first one is a polyhedron, and I'm thinking about either stacking several polyhedrons or making several different sizes of boxes and putting one box inside of another. The second and the third ideas are both about making the box looks like something else. The fourth idea looks more looks more like a box than my other ideas, and the form will be simple but the surface will have more decorations. The fifth idea kind of looks like between a box and something else, and the design is kind of similar to part of my final design of my second project.



                                                           Contemporary boxes:

                                           
                                               Artist: Richard Shaw

http://accessceramics.org/results/object/26/

I like the idea that the box doesn't have to look like a box.

Title: Three-Tier Stacking Box

Artist: Hayne Bayless

http://accessceramics.org/results/object/26/

I like how those boxes stack on each others.

Title: Stacking Corset Box

Artist: Careen Stoll

http://accessceramics.org/results/object/26/

Historical boxes:

Central watchtower

http://metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1984.397

Incense box

http://metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/14.40.824a-h

Assignment #3 - The Box

For this assignment I want to stay with the same theme as my last piece.  These sculptures are referencing new technology that has blurred the lines between nature and man-made.  Specifically, they are referencing the recent creation of fully robotic plants with roots that "grow".  Like a natural plant, the roots grow towards specific minerals and water sources.

I looked for inspiration in plants and mechanical objects as well as ceramic work from the websites given.

Instead of making a box I was thinking about making a planter since this assignment considers the concept of containment,  preciousness protection and/or concealment.  I also like the idea of stacking forms.

 

The Box-Robyn Paul

Cosmetic Box-Joseon Dynasty, 18th century Korea(MET Museum)

Box-Dan Schmitt (Access Ceramics)

Pin Cushion Jar with books-Richard Shaw (Access Ceramics)

Stacking corset box-Careen Stoll (Access Ceramics)

My ideas for this project are to either create a book stack that can house writing accessories, a stacking set that can hold feminine products, or a simple box that could act as a centerpiece or be otherwise decorative. I don't want to push myself in the structure of the more simpler pieces, but want to push the surface work a bit more instead.

Box Form asignment #3

one of the local potters and grad student Seth Charles has been recently creating some box forms (in the wood fired kiln) that look as though they are stones with cracks in them. the surface is perfect as is the shape. they look so naturalistic, and beckon the viewer to touch and to open the "stone" to reveal the vessel form.  I am inspired by the Trompe-l'œil acheived here and would like to attempt something similar- perhaps not a stone but a "mechanical contraption or something.

of course I had to add this box- for brownie points, and also that I am intrigued by the smaller vessel forms surrounding the vessel itself. he fact that there are so many places to look and put things it makes you want to keep checking out the entirety of the piece, not just the "front"

 I love the harmony in this Squished Box by Careen Stoll. something about the Spherical shape attracts me and the simplicity of the handle is lovely. I may use this shape as an inspiration for my base form.

 this is a teapot by joel Molinaro- I am particularly interested in the extruded tube forms extending from the body of this piece, especially the capped tube.

 these last two works are by Wesley T. Wright I'm just loving on these pretty hard- they are sculptural and are not a box form but could have been. I am digging on the textures and humor in his pieces.

#2

I looked at historical tulip vases first at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I found a Dutch tulip vase from the 1700's that I thought had a good overall form, but it looked too much like a trophy.

Then I went on to look at contemporary artists like Henk Stallinga on the MoMA site. His 1993 work titled "vase" was a block of polyurethane and viscose.  I liked how his work was minimalistic and yet still functioning.


I wanted my tulip vase to have political meaning. So I was thinking about making a tulip vase regarding whaling and its affects on the baleen whale population. I drew some sketches of this idea, I will continue to add more. 

Brendan Lee Satish Tang

 

This piece done by Brendan Lee Satish Tang is clever and well done. He literally has a robot like figure emerging from a traditional vase. I would like to try to make a vase that can stand alone as a sculpture itself. Historical the tulip vases were deconstructed and displayed in different places seasonally, when they were not in use.

Cynthia Giachetti

 

The last two images are from artist Cynthia Giachetti. I really love how chaotic but beautiful her pieces are. Her style is like art nouveau.... I think the colors on the second image help bring unity to this massive display of detail.

Lauren Gallaspy

 

 Lauren Gallaspy does this stringy like detail with porcelain. The strings are organic looking. I would like to see what this would like set with a floral arrangement and bubbling shapes.

Sarah Barnard

 

The last two images are by Sarah Barnard. I picked these for the asymmetrical, dynamic movement. The arrangements look alive and seem to continue to grow.

If I could use elements from each of these artists, I would  like to try to use the movement, the element of surprise or humor, an organic mess that is beautiful, a bubbling, flowering, stringy, sharp, soft, holder of tulips.  Which totally makes sense.