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 … Continue reading Point of reflection
Timber pond historical research
The timber ponds feature in an episode of Britain at Low Tide: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/britain-at-low-tide/on-demand/66195-006 This is a study of intertidal archaeology of remains found in the River Clyde estuary and it's history leading up to the 19/20th century ship building in the Clyde. Remains of iron age Crannog, Schooners and mud punts are half buried in … Continue reading Timber pond historical research
Timber Ponds project
For the masters project I’ve chosen a place on the River Clyde called the Timber Ponds. These remnants of timber ponds, date back to the 18th Century timber shipbuilding. They remain as lines of vertical wooden posts sticking out of the mud, seen in the rectangular areas shown in the image taken in Google maps. … Continue reading Timber Ponds project
