Ceramic art and techniques.
We started off our 3 week end exhibition this weekend. Our ceramic group ( Cuesta ) holds a yearly exhibition in an old farm that has been declared a protected monument .
Here are some pieces that came out of the bisc. oven. Still working mainly with the slab roller. Shoulder still out of it, so centering on the kick wheel a problem.
Here i used a slab roller and rolled out a slab that i then wrapped this around a plastic box that itself was wrapped in newspaper so that the shape would come loose after it had dried a bit. When it had dried over night i first worked the top in being able to work from the inside and then left it upside down for a about four hours to harden up then i placed it on a flat slab and folded the edges around to form the base. I later added the stamps and lid. Check out the menu bar and you will find the page for , How to make a ceramic box, this will show how i make these boxes.
I made myself a small ( but quite heavy ) slab roller, as i need to make some lamp shades in porcelain and i want the slabs to be as thin and as uniform as possible. Tried it out and it works well. Total cost ,about 55 euro.
