Showing posts with label ceramics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ceramics. Show all posts

05 March 2012

preliminary test




My work over the past few months has centralized around the idea of function, obscurity, and process. As I began working with these bowls, I have been examining the functional properties of how bowls are used and turning that around to the point of destroying their intended purpose. I find, ultimately, that the ability to change one form so drastically and in so many ways is how I work through a process of making. My emphasis on obscurity lies in the shift from an emphasis on the final form to the significance of the creative process, material, and technique. I am looking towards the accidents of ceramic mold making and how I can embrace the imperfections of a process while simultaneously revealing a truth within an uncertainty.
This was a quick attempt at hanging the bowls. I found I definitely needed a safer way of securing the bowls to the wall, but I enjoyed seeing them off of a tabletop and in a more sculptural form. 

04 March 2012

irreconcilable differences



In moving along with my interest in obscuring identity within the figure, I decided to take my concept to ceramics. The issue I couldn't move past was actually the figure, the Virgin Mary, for I wasn't interested in the religious connotations even though they were ever prevalent. Yet, I'm really glad I kept progressing with this figural work, for I was able to do it, see where else it could go, and where it would lead me.