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. 

Ceramic Art Exhibition, London

THE MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE FOR CERAMICS

PRESENTED BY CRAFTSMAN AND POTTERY ARTISTS LINK WITH 

CERAMIC REVIEW

The Royal College of Art 

 Studio: 07769 945487

Contact@jamesshake.co.uk

Free Entry 

Donations Included 

Open- 4th, 5th & 6th April 2014

The Royal College of Art is located beside Albert’s hall, Kensington Gore. 

In April 2014 London is holding the major selling art fair which displays ceramicists work, in the Royal     

College of Art. Includes work from James Hake who uses ceramics. Come along and look at the craftsmanship of the artist James Hake and many other contemporary artists. This also includes talks and tours around the art talking you about the history and how it was made, also understand the use of ceramics. All ceramics made buy talented young artists from the Royal College of Art. 

Visit the exhibitor registration page for further information on this event and to apply. You have a chance to buy from a range of 75 leading well-known artists. 

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