theme blog
My theme for ceramics is movement, which is the way a viewer's eye is directed to move through a composition, often to areas of emphasis. It can be directed by lines, contrasting shapes, or colors within the artwork. This characteristic can be seen in the projects I have thrown from the lines and ridges left on the projects, creating a circular pattern on the outside. As far as glazing goes, they always seem to melt into one another, run or splash down the side, and/or push and pull the object itself in place due to its position. Due to these characteristics, I chose to have my theme as movement as it is the most obvious and prominent characteristic in my projects and my focus.
The projects that are most involved with this theme of movement are cylinders with splashed sides, plates and hand-made projects with "melting" glaze, cylinders and tall projects with "cloud-like" movements, as well as assorted dripped bowls and widening cylinders. To begin with, the splashed cylinders appear to have glaze that creeps horizontally across the cylinder, moving parallel to the throwing lines. Sometimes the glaze is splattered on the side in such a manner that dots trail the line of glaze. For the "melted glaze" projects, it looks like the glaze is running down the project, just as rain runs down a window pane. On other projects, such as cylinders and tall projects, I dipped them in a base coat of white and then painted other colors on, which created a sponged, wispy effect resembling clouds. Vases and widening cylinders also help represent movement as they are providing curves and shape to the projects, enhancing the glazing. In order to create movement in my projects, I used certain techniques. For thrown projects, I created and left throwing marks that show how they were pulled up, helping leave a history of how the projects were created. As far as glazing went, I used a number of different strategies: for one, I glazed on a base coat of white, painted on other colors on top for layering effect, which when put in the kiln, all mixed together; "threw" glaze on the projects rather than dipped, giving it movement in horizontal and diagonal directions; and drizzled glaze on the projects in a manner that makes it look like they glaze is dripping or running down the sides. I am choosing to reflect the movement of the projects because I feel that it is a great characteristic of projects and helps give them each their own unique, individual style rather than just being glazed with many colors. Movement in projects helps give personality and character for movement in each project is a little different than the previous, be it in the colors, style, mood, and manner in which the glaze and project seems to move and be alive. I have only had two semesters of ceramics, but this final semester I have been able to learn and have a greater understanding of how glazes work together and which ones complement each other best. This semester, I have also been able to become more interested and conscious of how to pull clay so that a person can tell how it was formed from the lines left, or the lack of lines left. I also have a better ability to form the projects how I want them, such as with curves, lips, and other assorted shapes.
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My theme for ceramics is movement. This characteristic can be seen in the projects I have thrown on the wheel from the lines and ridges left on the projects, creating a circular pattern on the outside of projects. In the glazes, it always seems to look like the colors melt into one another, run down the side, splash at the side, or push and pull the project itself in place. Due to these characteristics, I chose to have my theme as movement as it is most obvious and prominent in my projects.
The projects that are most involved with this theme are cylinders with splashed sides, plates and hand-made projects with "melting" glaze into the bases, cylinders and tall projects with "cloud-like" movements, and assorted dripped bowls and widening cylinders. With the splashed sides on projects, the glaze looks like it is moving horizontally across the cylinder, moving parallel to the lines left by the project. For the "melted glaze" projects, it looks like the glaze is running down the project, just as rain runs down a window pane. The "cloud-like" movements in the projects are made from glazing with white and then painting other colors on, as they all move together and create a sponged, whispy effect that reminds me of clouds. Vases and widening cylinders also help represent movement as they are providing curves and shape to the projects. In order to create movement in my projects, I used certain characteristics. For thrown projects, I created and left throwing marks that show how they were pulled up, helping leave a history of how the projects were created. As far as glazing went, I did a number of things: for one, I glazed on a base coat of white, painted on other colors on top for layering effect, which when put in the kiln, all mixed together; "threw" glaze on the projects rather than dipped, giving it movement in horizontal and diagonal directions; and drizzled glaze on the projects in a manner that makes it look like they glaze is dripping or running down the sides. I am choosing to reflect the movement of the projects because I feel that it is a great characteristic of projects and helps give them each their own unique, individual style rather than just being glazed with many colors. Movement in projects helps give personality and character for movement in each project is a little different than the previous, be it in the colors, style, mood, and manner in which the glaze and project seems to move. I have only had two semesters of ceramics, but this final semester I have been able to learn and have a greater understanding of how glazes work together and which ones complement each other best. This semester, I have also been able to become more interested and conscious of how to pull clay so that a person can tell how it was formed from the lines left, or the lack of lines left. I also have a better ability to form the projects how I want them, such as with curves, lips, and other assorted shapes. |