I Found Some Old Art

I was going through my files deleting old work and things I no longer needed and found some old digital work from around a year and a half ago. I'm still fond of these so I decided to share them.

Sphinx

I just put a new tile into the kiln this afternoon and had a few process images I decided to share. When I work with tiles I begin by rolling a slab and then painting a layer of underglaze onto it. After the slab stiffens I trace an image onto it and begin carving, however for this tile before carving I attached all of the individual feathers (which were then underglazed and also carved). From this point I smooth out the surface with a mixture of water and brush and small carving tools. I then paint on the additional underglaze features and wait for it to be ready to load into the kiln. Bellow you can see the different between the carved tile, the fully decorated tile, and the original drawing I did.

finished carving

first round of underglazing pre-bisque

original sketch

For this tile I plan on adding additional under glaze one it's out of the kiln and re-firing it.

More Marker Portraits

A selection of more finished marker portraits from earlier in the semester. There are a few more finished and in the works and I feel like this project is wrapping down and that it is time to begin incorporating these into my ceramic work.

Starting this blog off with a little bit of art. I've been working on a series of marker portraits of my 'chosen family'. These are the second and third in the series and I have two more currently in the works. Both are 5"x7" and done with marker and pen.