Interiors

Interiors, 2012.

White earthenware, wax, acrylic paint, synthetic hair.

Bottle Study

This is the bottle study that I did towards the end of summer.  It was a leftover ceramic bottle from Damaged Goods.  The form was created when I was making press-molded bottles and didn't like the outcome.  A slam onto the table, and I fell in love with its distorted shape.  I fired it and tucked it away, knowing that I would do something more with it one day.

I was really just interested in experimenting with color, and after these were taken I put a very thin layer of wax on the outer surface (which was shown in the previous post).  It really has a skin texture. 

 

Bottle Body, August 2012

watercolor, wax, white earthenware fired to cone 06

Back to Bottles

New project #2.  I woke up this morning and knew that I had to attend to the mess that is my home studio.  It turned out not to be such a big clean-up and I sat staring at a twisted ceramic bottle from last semester.  

So I thought, "Let's play today."

And this is what I came up with.  I worked with fleshy-colored watercolors and wax to create a bodily appearance.  I was experimenting with the anthropomorphic nature of the bottle's shape.

I think this is a good start.  Hopefully there shall be more to come.

Damaged Goods

 

White earthenware (press molds and slip casting) and sand, 2012.

A progression through time, a lifelong struggle.

Damaged Goods

Current project in its greenware state.