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.