Elemental

After a jet lagged sleepless night I was thinking about the site - peat bog - how it was starting to unfold into earth fire and water. Could I mould/cast 3 different materials:- Earth - raw clay with elements from the site leaves moss grasses Water - cast glass Fire - ash glazed saggar fired …

Annotated bibliography

This was the week of our deadline for the annotated bibliography, where we draw a line under our research so far and create a bibliography that we have made notes for ourself of the relevance and importance of each source. CARLSON-REDDIG, K., 2011. Re-Reading Critical Regionalism, I. SABOUN and J. VANEGAS, eds. In: Local Identities …

Site collection methods; further thoughts

I've been thinking about how all the theory, threads, methodology, materials can all fit together. I'm not sure how clear my thoughts are, but after a bout of insomnia I've developed a few ideas. I've been thinking of something Conor said about the vernacular descriptors for landscape in MacFarlane's book Landmarks, he asked rather than …

Developing methodology and ideas

Featured image: layered mind maps, J Affleck,  Procreate IPad Pro, 7/11/2017 I’ve been revisiting and developing my keywords. I think the main objective at the moment for achieving in the studio is a critical regional method of making ceramics. Critical regionalism is a movement originating in architecture out of a frustration of the international style of …