In Bloom

I have created some porcelain sculptures for the Altrincham 'In Bloom' exhibition.

These sculptures have been created by using the pinch pot method, paddling and hand building.They have been fired to 1000c. and will be paintd and glazed today, ready to be fired to 1220c tomorrow.          

  Forget-me-nots

                                                                     
                                                                     Edelweiss
 

                                                                   
                                                                         Edelweiss     

                                                                       
                                                                        Pansies

                                                                                                                                                                'In Bloom' collection

Coloured and glazed samples fired to 1220c soak for 10 mins.

 Moss using blue/green velvets

 Petals using a mix of red and a little blue

Small petals using navy blue and white mix.

Porcelain Edelwiess

The next exhibition I will be entering is the In Bloom exhibition held at Art With a Heart gallery in Altrincham.

Inspired by the Edelweiss flowers that I found in the Alpine mountains of Zermatt, Switzerland.

I have a bag of porcelain to work with. yummy.. So I sculpted a ball of the clay using the pinch method and used a wooden baton to help its form. When it was leather hard, I carved some apertures to make it more interesting. I then sculpted some Edelweiss flowers, scored and slipped to fix it onto the main sculpture. When dried, I fired it to bisquit firing and here you go.

As this is just a sample, I will add some yellow and green to the center using underglaze and then give it a coat of clear glaze, fire to 1200 and see what happens.

Here's some samples after glazing to 1200, soak 15 mins

Nor bad !!!

Pretty Flowers

Painted these pretty flowers today, it was such a grey day, the colours lifted my spirits.I hope they really lift yours !

                        Hand painted using traditional Chinese Inks and Chinese methods.

Trafford Schools Open

Working on the next Trafford Schools Open with Art With a Heart gallery. I will be recruiting North Trafford schools to submit work for the next exhibition. Really excited to see their new work.

So we took out an advertisement in the local paper.

Erotic sculpture making

Nymphicus making.
The initial sketch for this sculpture is pinned on the board behind .

First I made her legs using studio white earthenware, then the torso. I hollowed all the pieces seperately then joined them together when they were leather hard using slip.

I then used chocolate black clay and wrapped it around the torso, using slip to securely join them together.

I then pierced some small holes in the torso to insert the chocolate black roots.

The final sculpture was fired to 1040c, low firing. Vent plugs out for the first 5 hours

There are some more images of these sculptures in earlier posts.

AWHA Equinox Album

EQUINOX exhibition photo album curtasy of Art with A Heart and Director/Artist Karen Wroe