53 iPad Drawing

 

Been spending hours doodling on the iPad app 53.

 

 

Mackintosh

 

Did this Mackintosh painting when I was at school and Mum still has it up in her attic room. Circles.

Mackintosh Paintings

My painting from years ago on wall in mum's attic room. 

Drawing with Wire

Drawing Jugs

Made some jugs. Took some photos. Played with the photos. Traced and copied and drew on and drew over the photos. Not sure what comes next...

Life Drawing

Feel bad because I've not been to as many life drawing classes as I planned. It's because it's not on my campus and I have to be organised enough to pack up and drive over there on time. Charlie the tutor is brilliant and tells you exactly what's making your drawing go horribly wrong. Here are some hands. I had some help with the thumb, which wouldn't go where it was supposed to go.

Drawing and throwing

Catching up a bit. Missed a tutorial on Monday and rightly told off twice by tutor. Bit of drawing while I think about what I'm going to do with the list of women in the ceramic industry...

Started some handbuilding that is going nowhere fast, and then some throwing with porcelain. Haven't thrown for three months or more, so all a bit wobbly to start. Made a mini moon jar...

and have left some pieces hanging upside down overnight to see what happens. Don't like them as individual vessels, but like the curves very much and will see if they do anything as a group. Now have odd muscle aches from wedging clay and carrying too many things at once up and down the stairs to the throwing room.

Had a good dissertation tutorial, and now have to plan in some days to get writing.

Accidentally bought a victorian wooden cake stand from antique shop. Bit of a bargain I think. Going to use it for displaying pots at the sales in November. Here it is with three Adam Buick moon jars...

Finally, found this picture of thrower Shozo Michikawa and his dog, and need to find out more. What's going on? Is the dog potting? I want a dog.

Tutorial

Tutorial. Wibbled on a bit, but there were moments of coherence and I'm pleased with my project proposals. Will be working on a piece to celebrate the women workers in the ceramic industry in Britain, past and present. This is my dissertation subject, and whilst writing I’ve collected a long list of women’s names that I want to use. And I'm going to continue with my throwing, and revel in my lack of control. I want to form edges and surfaces for bright, shiny, fluid glazes to pool and drip, and for the pieces to show the energy from the wheel. Time to get messy.