Ceramics Elective | Week 4
Below is a collage of process images taken in the second week of the ceramics workshops. We are now glazing the square box pieces from last weeks w.shops into these pre-made black and a blue glaze. We had to stir the mixture as the bentonite /Kaolin clays in the glazes tend to settle quite quickly on the bottom after stirring we dip the piece in being careful to not fully immerse it as we didn't want to fully cover the bottom of the piece.
Elaine then showed us how to mix up underglazes as some students preferred to paint directly onto their finished pieces instead which also gave them a variety of coloured glazes to apply.
For the second part Tutor Elaine Riordan took us to the ceramics studios to demonstrate a method called 'extrusion'. We took lots of photos to visually document the process and the results. I enjoy using equipment to achieve a variety of structures with clay.
This result was from a digitally cut stencil which looked like a flower shape.
