No concrete thoughts At this time of the final project for the end of year exhibition at Waiheke Island Art Gallery. I have an overarching theme of clods and clouds or contrast.
I am experimenting with a bone China recipe, willendorf Venus shapes, ethereal Egyptian dancing bird shapes and minature bricks to make a Marquette sized salt kiln.
A bisque firing with current ideas of clods and clouds, contrasts and bricks for Marquette size salt kiln.
Notes to remind me of the need to make some 1/2 sized bricks from Terracotta. Surprise at the similar shrinkage rate of the terracotta and the porcelain slip bricks.
Moving down the funnel with concrete ideas. Constrast shown : with heavy brick and lighter clouds,
Thoughts of heavy and light, positive and negative space, darker and lighter colour and coarse and refined utilising terracotta juxtaposed with porcelain. Utilising feminine symbols of a rotund vase and v shape from ancient times.
Bricks glazed with Poenamu glaze and fired to 1120 degrees centigrade. Museum wax to be applied when exhibiting. Glazing applied to clods and clouds and to be reapplied. Sand from area around road to the Tongariro crossing at National Park mixed with Tom’s slip and applied to Willendorf Venus. Hopefully moving down the funnel towards concrete thoughts of exhibition pieces.
Time to write a proposal as time will get away. I’m aware that the proposal can be edited.
Work seen by Rob, his concern seemed to be the ‘Toy’ like nature of the bricks so encouraged to reglaze a few times. Rob said kiln bricks were not made of red terracotta so Tongariro sand and Tom’s white slip will be used.
Suggestion from Peter Collis to sawdust fire bricks when bisqued and then to fire to 1100 degrees centigrade in an electric kiln afterwards to achieve an anagama firing look.er. Process organised but all the carbon was burnt out from bricks. Refired overnight to capture the carbon on the bricks and red copper oxide sprinkled over.
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