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Mari Jones. Recent graduate from Bath Spa University: Ceramics + Textiles. This blog is where I will share my own work and the work of others that Inspire me

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This was one of the rooms in the Spode factory, Stoke-On-Trent - where the British Ceramics Biennial is being held. I just LOVED the way the room looked with these eerie orange blinds down - the muted hue, the shadows and overall atmosphere

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love the playfulness of these pieces, as well as the general aesthetic. They have such freedom and humour to them.

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Some details of the interior of Spode factory, Stoke-on-Trent. I just LOVE this industrial, functional space, and how aesthetically pleasing it is out of pure chance. The evidence of time, activity, human presence is shown so uniquely in these walls, floors, doorways and windows.

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A piece at Stoke BCB that seemed to show the process of making porcelain flowers.

The use of multiples is always so effective and striking.

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Last weekend i went to Stoke-on-Trent to the British Ceramics Biennial. Here’s an interesting building near the Spode factory.

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Broccoli Leaf

I’ve kept meaning on updating all the work I’ve done that I’ve not managed to upload on here, but I realise that if I keep planning on doing that I will just never post on here again. So I’ve decided maybe there’s a better chance of me starting up this blog again if I just scrap what I’ve missed out and start from now.

I have however kept up to date on my instagram @mari.h.j and I’ve posted finished works on my website www.marihannahjones.co.uk

I pressed this eaten broccoli leaf only with comical intentions - finding it funny how absolutely tragically it had been decimated by caterpillars - but actually, now that I have pressed it it has revealed the most beautiful patterns and details! I now hope to use it in some artistic way, I am yet to decide how..

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David Maisel - The Fall, 2013

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Pre-collection outfit for ‘The Great Outdoor Man’ Model: Jamie Harding Photographer: Ellie Gray

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Undulating Land: Detail

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Undulating Land piece - closer photos of progress so far.

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Undulating Land piece - Further development.

The outline of the square grid made, now there's just the central squares to form.

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Undulating Land piece - work in progress

The beginnings of a 5 x 5 cube grid piece consisting of porcelain and dead pine needles. I hope to achieve an undulating effect, hopefully reminiscent of the way the landscape is shaped. The grid of cubes that make it are meant to represent the control that man has over the land, its management and division. They also bring to mind the hunting butts that are somewhat ever present in the area of Northumberland I am studying.

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Regulated Land.

Close-up pictures of the experiment.

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Regulated Land.

Here's an experiment using porcelain and moss to create rigid cube forms, building up into a grid structure. An idea exploring the notion of mans control & management of land, their shaping and manipulation of it.

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The other day Alan, one of the owners of ACA took us for a tour of the surrounding area, explaining its history and landscape.

We learnt about the massive lead mining industry there used to be, and how this was a massive influence on how the landscape developped. We also learnt about how there is a huge shooting business located here - where aristocrats and other wealthy people come to hunt grouse.

As we were driving around he explained how the seemingly wild and untouched land is actually completely managed & controlled - in effect one big crop. This can be seen through:

+ The forest land - crops for the timber industry planted in grid formations and cut all at once when they get to a certain size.

+ The hilly/moundy undulating ground - mostly not natural but originally were piles of matter dug out of the ground.

+ Noticable lines etched into the ground of some hillsides - irrigation systems designed for water to drain to the bottom of the hill so heather will grow higher, therefore allowing more grouse to live.

All this re-affirmed ideas I was already investigating but in a larger more calculated way.

It has given my lots of ideas relating to mans presence/action/intention within the landscape, the underlying structures and formulated designs & activity behind an otherwise wild barren landscape.

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Photos of the frost

Nothing to do with the ideas im exploring, just thought the ground looked so beautiful in the frost, it also seemed to highlight what a large variety of plants cover the floor.

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Degrading plastic bag

I love how this plastic bag of stones is being taken over by nature, the plastic becoming brittle and weak, the plants growing out of every possible crevice. I think these scenarios Im photograph really bring up interesting ideas and questions relating to our world, and mans impact/damage to it.