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Practice Makes Perfect: Grad School Application

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Making the final push of work to apply to Grad School with using my proposals for the residency in Seto. I'm trying to decide what kind of form to use to make the plates and tumblers. I want clean forms with sharp lines and smooth surfaces. I threw a few forms, and decided That I liked the foot of the tumbler, the way the rim of the plate comes in and frames the inside of the plate. I think I might implement the steep curved foot from the tumbler on the plate.<br />
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Below are the original sketches. I'm imagining putting the drawing inside inside the plate so the ledge acts as a frame for it. The plate should be more of an object than a plate. The drawings on the tumbler, I'm imagining treating each plane as a separate panel for drawings.<br />
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Practice Makes Perfect: Grad School Application

Making the final push of work to apply to Grad School with using my proposals for the residency in Seto. I'm trying to deci...

The Clay Studio: Blue & White Workshop

Today I had the privileged of taking the Blue and White workshop at The Clay Studio. We had several demos today. Throwing large vessels, throwing off the hump, and using cobalt pigment to create designs on bisque ware. Instructing today was Seigoh Maeda, Makoto Saeda, and Kunio Watanabe.<br />
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The workshop started with a breif introduction and then moved into demos. I watched the Kunio Wanatabe throwing off the hump demo. He only used two tools, one of which was a simple rib tool he had made and the other was a more complicated "dragonfly" tool. The dragonfly measures the depth and width of the intorior of a pot. He used the rib to form and compress the interior of the cups.<br />
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He threw left handed (with the wheel going clockwise) as is standard in Japan, but was still a little nervous about using new clay, on a new wheel, and in front of a couple dozen people. He was throwing a lot wetter than I would, and he even commented on how difficult it was getting to work with, but I think that is because he was using a new clay body( 257 at The Clay Studio is a weird one).</div>
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We then moved on into the hand-building room where Makoto Saeda demonstrated decorating using the cobalt pigment as a decorative under glaze. </div>
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<li>He started by drawing a simple design on the plate in pencil. He then used a paper towel to wipe off some of the excess graphite so it doesn't create a resist for the lines he were about to draw. </li>
<li>He took a small sumi ink brush and created outlines and descriptive marks on the form he was drawing. He then took the mechanical pencil and drew lines around the shapes where he wanted colors. This created a resist barrier that would stop the water and cobalt pigment from running over the edges.</li>
<li>Taking a large brush, he soaked it in the the cobalt solution, and then the tip into some water. This would allow him to create a gradient, by painting with the water and then slowly squeezing the cobalt pigment out of the brush. He moved from Dark to Light pigments, saying it allowed him to visualize the final product more easily.</li>
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He worked really smoothly, but admitted he still considers himself a student. He created a beautiful drawing of fruits and leaves (some sort of Japanese mango). I ended up creating a portrait of sorts using the techniques he showed. I was happy wit how much I finished in the hour and a half we had to work. I'm hoping to purchase a smaller sumi ink brush so I can be more detailed. I need to practice much more before I can start on the Golden series.</div>
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The Clay Studio: Blue & White Workshop

Today I had the privileged of taking the Blue and White workshop at The Clay Studio. We had several demos today. Throwing large vessels, thr...

Wood Fire Progress

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Trimming Time!

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Trimming Time!

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Cranking out a lot of work for etsy. I focused on making multiple pairs of matching objects and a variety of different styles of similar obj...

Random Cupcake

Trying to get back in the groove so I decided to make a clay cupcake modeled after a drawing from my upcoming book (seen below).

Holiday Adventures on the Wheel

Most of these are gifts for the holidays, but its nice to see some finished product. This is the first set of thrown objects I've manage...

Crankin' it Out

Going into production mode in hopes of filling a kiln to bisque my work. Also still making xmas gifts and etsy items. Things went really smo...

Throw me a Bone

So I've been having difficulties as of late getting things to work out... so I figured id take a break from my stacking forms and take t...

The stand for Pigbunny

Pigbunny obviously needs some sort of stand. I threw this three part stand for Pigbunny in an effort to kind of "let loose". The b...

Trimming and BALLER NEWS!

<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_FlSZPcW00kg/TLZBRkh0qtI/AAAAAAAAALo/vZNj4No__kY/Trimming%20and%20BALLER%20NEWS%21_img_1.jpg"><img height="298px" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_FlSZPcW00kg/TLZBRkh0qtI/AAAAAAAAALo/vZNj4No__kY/Trimming%20and%20BALLER%20NEWS%21_img_1.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left cursor: pointer;" width="400px" /></a><br><br>New bowls and small cups that i made during my CIA class. Finally got them trimmed . Excited to get them bisqued, and i hope they get finished before i leave for philly.<br /><br>Oh yea. Thats right<b>, IM MOVING TO PHILLY! </b><br /><br>I applied last minute/short notice an open spot in the work exchange program for <b>The Clay Studio</b><b><b><b><b><i><i><i> </i></i></i></b></b></b></b><b><b><b><b><i><i><i><b>and they actually said yes!</b></i></i></i></b></b></b></b><br /><br>I am so thankful for the oportunity to get to travel a bit more, and to be able to take the next step in my life as a professional artist at such an epic program. I owe big thanks (and a 6pk) to emily for informing me about the program and the opening, and big thanks to the everyone who has helped and supported me!<br />

Trimming and BALLER NEWS!

New bowls and small cups that i made during my CIA class. Finally got them trimmed . Excited to get them bisqued, and i hope they get finish...

Doin muh BIZ

Back on the wheel, taking another week to throw parts for a cone ten stoneware project. Im getting supper excited to just be in the studio. ...

Back on the Wheel

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Finally getting back on the wheel. Started my independent study at CIA on wednesday and everything went like butter. It felt like it was just yesterday  when i threw last. I guess it really is like riding a bike.<br />
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On another note i stopped by the keyholegallery on detroit avenue in lakewood and its a great lil upstart shop. The owner is friendly and displays a lot of "gallery reject" work. She's got a diverse collection of objects, paintings, drawings and illustrations and a great sense of humor. Check out her work and her collection at:<br />
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<a href="http://keyholegallery.blogspot.com">Keyhole Gallery</a><br />
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Enjoy. <3

Back on the Wheel

Finally getting back on the wheel. Started my independent study at CIA on wednesday and everything went like butter. It felt like it was j...