Fresh Inspiration

After a few tutorials I realised my drawing had come to a stop and all I was doing was making! I find it hard to get back into drawing but have actually enjoyed creating my latest sketches and collages.

I have used a range of media, from photocopied textures seen in some of my other drawings and photographs as well as pastels, watercolours, pen and pencil. 

My inspiration comes from natural objects/scenes/tones/textures/colours etc. 

Below are a couple of my drawings along with the original imagery which has inspired my work! I don't want to replicate the surface or scene entirely, I just pick out any form, line, colour or texture which appeals to me and show it in my own way.

The image above is in the Yorkshire Dales, a beautiful view of stoney hills and grassy fields. I like the range of surface and texture within this image, combined with the multi tonal greys and bright greens. I used pastels in grey to reflect the textured trees and added the form and texture of the hills through photocopied sections taken from my other drawings.

The second photograph was taken last year whilst I was on holiday in Rome. This is stone from the Colosseum. I am inspired by the natural, textured surface and worn colouring which I have tried to show within my drawing. I used just pen and pastels for this piece.

Progress..

My 21st present from my boyfriend and his family was a homemade garden workshop!!!

After months of digging, concreting, hammering and sawing there are visible signs progression, in fact its almost complete! 

I plan to use the space as my own ceramics workshop once I have used all I can of the uni kilns and studios. I am yet to buy an electric kiln but on the lookout for something second hand! We've painted the shed a 'herb garden/sage green' which I really like. At the moment my rabbits hutch has taken over the space as we still need to fit windows and doors in order to make it air and water tight!!

Here is the progress so far....exciting!!!!

Busy Times....

Hello... 

It's been so long since my last post...I can't keep up!

I've been busy since Christmas preparing my business plan and setting up for assessments!

My project is going well so far but final decisions need to be made soon! My graduation date has been announced in July so everything feels very real now. I have started working bigger within my ceramics, using coiling as my main building method. I feel this allows me to understand the form and structure of the clay along with the surface. I've also changed my clay body to crank as this holds a rougher texture compared to B17C stoneware. My latest work is in the kiln at the moment but more glaze testing is under way. Keep looking out for my glazed large vessels. Until then, here's a picture of my most recent assessment....with some unfired/unfinished work.

I presented a mix of small samples created using a range of techniques such as pinching, coiling and press moulding, glaze experiments, sketchbooks and my larger pieces, (the mid sized piece featuring grog).