
Creating a bit of confusion!
I've made a plaster version of a piece of coal! It's interesting - the same form but the material has changed - does the form define a piece of coal - no the material - but the form is important and so a plaster version can be confusing. The detail in the plaster is fantastic - and when cast in porcelain, what will the values be? Ideas include different clays, clays with feldspar creating the shine that you get on coal, different oxides, cutting pieces in sections - maybe hid

Week 9 and 10 - a bit late!
Its been a bit mad - pulling my work together into a presentation for assessment. I'm trying to create my own language that can talk about the people and history of The Valleys but which others can relate to - am I making any progress? Does it have any validity as an idea and a can it be the basis for my Masters in Ceramics - I really don't know! So, pulling things together shows that there are some values that maybe I am defining. Things like line and tear and possibly slump