Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Storage jar from Cyria
We were asked to come up with our own design based on an object we were given. Mine was a storage jar from Cyria. The function and decoration were completely separate. The decoration of the original jar was all about the Cyrian potter so mine was going to be about me - sweets and music.
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| I decided to slip cast the sweetie jar. |
2nd year ceramics (sem. 1)
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| some test tiles - first with oloured slip and transparent glaze, then enamels added. |
Sunday, May 22, 2011
After leaving graphics
I'm in ceramics now and have a look at what I've been up to since transfer.
Paper clay. These are Elaine's samples of how to create an image on a slab of clay with paper stencils and different colour slips.
When everybody else were working on their ranking project pieces, I was developing my ceramics elective week vessel further. Elaine showed me how to use an extruder.
i added a little bottomless teacup just to keep them happy ;)
after naked raku firing some of them came out very interesting, but because I had so many pieces each with different designs and plans, not all of them turned out successful.
Paper clay. These are Elaine's samples of how to create an image on a slab of clay with paper stencils and different colour slips.
unfortunately the orange never turned out as bright after glazing with transparent crackle glaze and firing, it changed to white.
we also did printing
it is supposed to look like a turtle, but yeah...
When everybody else were working on their ranking project pieces, I was developing my ceramics elective week vessel further. Elaine showed me how to use an extruder.
after naked raku firing some of them came out very interesting, but because I had so many pieces each with different designs and plans, not all of them turned out successful.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Book cover examples
I snook into a bookshop in Limerick city and took a couple of shots of how books are laid out. To see what makes a good cover stand out.
There is no point asking the girls in the shop why the layout of the books is the way it is, because they get every shelf mapped out by the head office.
The book "Freedom" has good layout, because you can see the text from wherever you are standing in relation to it.
The book "Ghost" also caught my eye, because it's large title and contrast - yellow on black.
Where to go when in search of good book covers:
http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=36101228455
They are worth visiting...
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