Assessment done - now on to the last module!
Last week I set up my work for assessment - it was a great opportunity to reflect on what I have done so far and the direction that I should travel in moving towards the next module! So - I'm looking at working on the spaces left behind and the "lay of the land" before and after - casting and polishing! Also exploring ways of using my geological clay in new ways. To start the ball rolling I picked up some huge pieces of coal from Ffros-y-Fran - thanks for the generous donatio
Coal and more coal
Another thing that I've been doing is casting loads of blocks of porcelain coal - here are some that have been fired and glazed - but the ones I'm doing now have a different future. The new ones will only be fired to 100, 200 and 300 degrees C - usually they go to 1260 degrees. This will mean that they are still clay and not ceramic - i.e. their structure can still be changed. The small heating will just remove water from within the structure - and this will allow me to test
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
