Exhibition (FMP)

These are photos of my final Exhibition which went well and the work was to a good standard. My ceramic tags went really well with my blue tags which was my first attempt, but still was good enough at my exhibition. My boards show each day I was in Paris from start to finish and what I did on those days. I focused on days when I was out in Paris and how I was going to make it flow in my end of year show. Each day is to represent places thatvi had visited on that particular day and how I got there and what it was like. The letters that I made show where I went and what I did. I also made coins to show many of the place I had been and my most favourite place was the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

Porcelain tags

These tags are just some of my final pieces made for my Exhibition. They have been oxided with Copper oxide and then fired to give it its burnish look. I have engraved the places I visited into the surface of my tags, just like my Metro tickets. What I like about these pieces is that they are small and work together as a final outcome, as you can see in my exhibition. I've placed a string through my tags to make them look more creative and proffetional for my end of year show.

Metro system prints

These prints of my Metro system are the main part of my development and giving me ideas for my end of year show. In these drawings I have used different colours to show different places/tourist attractions that I have visited. Some of the colours I have used have been runned into the next colours and this shows that I have been on this line more than once. I mixed around with different colours to see which one would be best to use, and the triptych was the best one that linked well with my theme. The colours are more positive and show a high level of strength to the drawings.

Ceramic tags

After my first attempt at my Metro tickets, I decided to make tags out of porcelain because its a better quality for my tags. Still sticking with the idea of Paris, I engraved my drawings into the clay according to what day I visited that place. What I like about my tags is how they are all different in each way and they relate back to my Cultural visit. My idea was to have them hanging on the wall in my Exhibition, so I made small holes to thread through pieces of string. The curled up edges gave a old and warn out look to them and that is what I needed to show when they are finished.

Metro ceramic tickets

My cultral visit was a starting point for my project and helped me to develop and create my outcomes, based on Paris. I started to create a series of tags made out of white clay, based on the places I visited. Using a cobalt blue oxide I  placed some parts of it in certain areas. I tried to use my theme of the Metro in every piece I make. These are just some of my tester pieces that I have made.

Homage Project Evaluation

 Throughout this project I found that I had lots of ideas and inspiration which would help me in my homage project. When I decided I wanted to do bus tickets, I looked at how they made me feel and behave, by the prices and how long it takes. The bus tickets were used as a template for my ceramic bus tickets before making, and then I putting some feelings down on what I thought of the bus service. I used letter stamps to push into the clay o reveal the words I wanted and also I ripped parts of my bus tickets to make them look old and ruined. This is to represent each day from Monday to Friday to show how old and how much I hate public transport. 

I made a Homage book out of envelopes to show my ideas and research and how I got to final idea of bus tickets. In my book I recorded and collected pieces of paper and tickets to help me in my Homage project. I also look at the journey from Cowbridge, my hometown to College in Bridgend. 

Coil Building Vase

Copper Oxide 

2014

This is the final coil-building piece with a Manganese Oxide blended into the coils and shell thumbnails. I left some areas darker to represent tone and shadow and to make it more of an authentic piece. What I like about using this oxide is that it shows the lines and detail I want to see and also brings out the detail of my shells on the side of the vase. I am in the process of glazing the shells to make them cleaner and to stand out more. There was trouble getting in to the cracks and hoops to place the oxide on so that they show up when fired again. There are some parts I had trouble getting into, but I used a small paintbrush cover the white parts left. During the firing the loop at the top of the vase came of and is ready to be glued back on when the last firing is done. 

This vase looks old and vintage, which is the impression I want to give to other viewers, and it looks different to what other people have done. What I don't like about my coil building is that the two bottom coils collapsed before they were fired, but overall I enjoyed designing and making this piece. 

Fired Bus Tickets

Buff Clay( Copper Oxide)

2014

These bus tickets have been fired in the kiln with a Copper Oxide on it, and have come out with a nice burned effect to show oldness and damage. In this photo I have placed them in order of days from Monday to Friday, showing how they gradually get worn away. What I like about these is how I have made them look old and warn away starting from Monday to Friday. These are based on my Homage project on my journey to college on the X2 bus. 

White Clay( Manganese Oxide) 

2014

Using White clay this time I focused on just the words that appear on the bus, and what comes into my head. I then just pushed words on the clay using letter stamps, and adding prices to show my anger towards bus tickets and buses. This time I used a different sort of Oxide, which was Manganese Oxide. This time, because I placed it on white clay the oxide has turned a dark grey, which is effective and contrasts between the other set I have done. During my Making I broke one of my clay tickets, which has turned out quite nicely, because my project is based on my bus tickets which is based on them gradually getting ruined each day.   

Ceramic Bus Tickets

These bus tickets were made for a project called Homage to letters, and I decided to create these small tickets out of buff clay. I pressed in words on the clay on what my feelings are about public transport, and how they always make me late. Pressing in letters using letter stamps I made them look like old and ruined bus tickets. I then decided to place some Copper Oxide on the letters and around the cracked edges to make them look older, and fragile. In some of my tickets I have made a map of my day today bus journey to the college. What I am trying to show is my emotions and feelings towards public transport, and the disadvantages of catching it. 

My seconded set of tickets is showing more feelings towards the X2 bus services, and how they make me late for my lessons. I folded over the corners and ripped parts off to make them look like they have been used over a couple of days. I used letter stamps again to give the impression of bus tickets. This time I used white clay instead of Buff to make them the same colours of my tickets. What I like about these is how the tickets show a certain behavior and anger with each fold, and makes them more special. These are ready to go into the kiln. 

Mono-Print Moodboard

I started to collect bus tickets from and going to college, and from other people who catch First Travel buses. I made rips and burned the edges of the bus tickets to show an old look, and how they have been destroyed over time. I wanted to show how much I have trouble with the bus and how it makes me late some days. This board shows my anger towards buses and bus tickets, and how they reflect on my everyday life. I like how the black mono- prints mix in with the burnt envelopes and tickets, and how they show my feelings and my frustration towards them. This final outcome will become a travel of my everyday bus journey to the college, but how I am able to cope with the X2 bus. I linked in my bus prices and what an older person would have to pay, which is nothing. 

Quick Print

Quick print sample(AP)

I used a process called quick print and drawings from my life drawing to create my print. Using three colours, I create a background using a piece of polystyrene I painted a red square to use as a backdrop, and also it reflects on other colours. I included some collage using pieces of paper from a road map to make it more artistic. I then made a yellow line to indicate where shadow will be from the print of the woman. In the first print on the right side I have brought out the detail of her belly to give a contrast between the other prints, which will be on the left side. I focused on just a dark negative print showing no detail at all, but also shows positive and negative prints. This print was going to be my artist proof, but it can be used in my portfolio or as a final piece of work. During the process I pressed ink onto the edge of my paper and ruined the edges, but I still decided to use it as a final piece of work.