http://www.flickr.com/photos/humbleego/4321439628/
I found this interview on Fecal Face with Meredith Dittmar - a clay artist of the polymer kind.
Head Sculpture of my daughter, originally uploaded by mudstuffing.
From this day forth, I will strive to use more nouns as verbs.
I am back home, trying to work my way out of the post holiday funk, starting with this bust of my daughter Iva that I busted out Sunday and Monday.
Get it? bust… busting… noun as verb? Never mind that’s a bad idea anyways… forget it I even made the proclamation.
It sorta resembles my daughter, however she looks about 4 years younger. Over all I am happy with it, I’ve developed a lot since my last sculpture, but still see more room for improvement particularly the eyes and the transition from the cheeks to the ears. The eyes are driving me mad… the typical hollowed out pupils you see in classic sculpture wasn’t settling well for me, and these (the final) make her look hyptnotized. I’m hoping some deep black slip on those pupils will cure it… but I’ve had bad luck trying to cure a sculptural mistake using surface decoration, so I’ll be doing an extra bit of praying prior to the firing, and moving on to the next one.
Mom? Dave? Glenn? Get your rears down here some time, I’ve got plenty of reclaim to go around!
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Skull Study, originally uploaded by mudstuffing.
Hope your holidays were great, I’ve been purposely absent both online and in the studio, spending a little quality ‘real’ time around the holidays….
My brothers and sisters pitched in together to get my mom Philippe Faraut’s DVD series on sculpting. It’s an excellent series, and I highly recommend it. Not hat my mom really needs it, she’s a fine sculptor in her own right, but defintely has some tips and great information on anatomy and facial expressions. We previewed while at her house and I think all three of us (my little brother Dave, mom and me) were itching to get our hands on some clay to put some of this new found knowledge to use.
I decided since I had never haven’t drawn much anatomy since college, and all of that was drawing based (not 3d) I’d start with a study of the skull. I’m digging the results. I’m away in Seattle for next week, so no clay for me, but when I get back, I’ll hollow this out, start on something new, and bust out a bunch of orders I’ve been procrastinating on… I am usually creatively drained after the holidays for some reason and the last few weeks have been nothing but food, family, and a little poker. Now I am itching to getting back to producing and experimenting with new stuff.
Here’s the link the the DVD series if you are interested.
http://ceramicartsdaily.org/bookstore/dvd/the-art-of-sculpting-by-philippe-faraut-3-volume-set/
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Basil Drawing on Plate, originally uploaded by mudstuffing.
Just finished photographing and listing the items from the last firing of the year… check them all out in my etsy shop (http://khphillips.etsy.com), more to come tomorrow…
This dinner plate features an original drawing I did of basil leaves, originally for a set of pasta bowls - I did drawings of oregano, rosemary, thyme and basil.
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etsy-vasse5, originally uploaded by mudstuffing.
A wood and soda fired “vase?” I guess we’ll just call it a vessel. A piece threw and then ’squashed’ so I’d have more real estate for my drawing. About 11″ high.
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Voted best craft show in Asheville, this will be mine and Gina’s third Big Crafty, and each time we are more and more impressed with how original all of the artists are, Asheville truly is a mecca for creativity. Above is a picture of the belt buckle I made… artists were invited to create a belt buckle that will be raffled off during The Big Crafty. I welded up an upcycled spoon butterfly for mine. I really wanted model it for the picture, but the holidays have been blissful for yours truly, and my gut is showing the negative results…
The Big Crafty
Sunday, December 6th 2009
Pack Place, Downtown Asheville
12pm-6pm
http://www.thebigcrafty.com/
I hope they have free beer again…
my new pilsner is in the decal firing as I write this!
Custom Wedding Platter, originally uploaded by mudstuffing.
So, here’s that platter again. Great example to illustrate how a glaze can change (or in this case soda on a flashing slip) during the decal firing. The browns got a little toastier, but the blue (a glaze) got muted. Since I knew I was going to have to decal this platter from the beginning, I went with some “safe” (or rather “predictable) slips and glazes. A little dissappointed the blue faded (loooove browns and blues) but still really dig the platter.
Here’s some other recent pots. Most of these are out of the Suburban Soda Kiln (not the wood kiln).
Another wedding platter, Turner White Glaze, goes milky in the decal firing…
A line of dishes I’ve been working on. Meant to be a line I can easily put into long term production that is reliable, durable, rustic and elegant. A dark stoneware clay body, a stencil motif with a shino slip is applied at the leather hard stage. Then glazed in a white shino with turner white sprayed over. Then a simple decal of a brush stroke.