Moon flask disasters

I've not managed to get anything out of mould 2 intact. The thinner consistency and attempts to make more delicate, thinner skinned flasks haven't worked.   Greenware flasks and another failed attempt at mould 2 I'll fire the two greenware flasks from mould 1 and use them as a test for the shape and the …

Moon flask casting

A technical diary has been kept of the process during the last week of casting. To summarise, I've been experimenting using oxides sprinkled on the moulds before casting, and the Bath stone, which has been bisqued and crushed to a powder, with a bit of texture left in it. In order to replicate the patina …

Holburne Project: vernacular structures

Featured image: Dry stone wall, Holburne Museum Grounds (Affleck) Photograph, 09/01/18 The wall surrounding the immediate museum grounds is a dry stone wall: I had a look on the website of the Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain (http://www.dswa.org.uk/about-the-dswa.asp) accessed 19/01/18, to see if there was any vernacular terms in the south-west, but there …

Holburne Project: collecting samples

I took the opportunity of being in Bath for the Research Methodology presentation on the 9th January to collect samples of Bath stone and have a look for samples in the grounds of the Holburne Museum to add to the body of the travel flask. A quick background to Bath stone: Bath sits on a …