Group crit reflection

I set up my work at the end of October for the skype group crit on plinths etc to get an idea of how to display the work in January for the show. I've decided to display the black pieces in a group of 6 on a black plinth, the black pieces represent the reflections …

Point of reflection

This project has been moving through different phases; research, exploration,  conception, development, model and mould making, slip casting, firing, photography, discussion, reflection, slip casting of black parian, firing, photography, reflection, and lastly the discussion of how to communicate the work in the final showing in the 'show'. At this point I decided to try to …

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Taking the black parian onsite

I fired two pieces of black parian to 1200 after the bisque firing and sanding. It is the higher side of the firing range but the pieces came out vitrified and no warping. I took the advantage of a sunny day to take the two black and two white pieces onsite to photograph. I am …

Black parian

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Firing black parian

Fired to 1150, lower end of the range. It didn't mature, surface patchy and grey. Taller than the white. I've put them back in at 1200. The danger is warping and slumping.

Photography and reflection

I took the first two fired pieces on site to see how the work will look when photographed in the timber ponds. I wanted to look at the work reflected in the water, how the work frames the view, how the texture of the parian works with the seaweed and sand. I went near sunset …

First firing

The previous two months have been spent drying out the moulds, cleaning each of them out with stoneware slip, then making parian slip casts. I chose parian for a number of reasons: self glazing, smooth and luminous, single fired to 1240. I want the pieces to be quiet and neutral, framing the negative space. Working …

Mould 4 video

I documented each part of mould 4 in photographs and made a video. iPhone 7, iMovie 10.1.12