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. 

James Hake, Ceramics;

.: Press Mould Collection

.: Press Mould Collection: Press Mould Collection Shells This image is based on my collection on shells and the colour brown, and I have used this to ma...

Gary Hume print

I am inspired by Gary Hume prints because he just looks at the shape and figure of a person, not the detail. I like how he has chosen three colours and worked light to dark. His prints are bright and are designed and painted well. I have used his technique to make some of my pieces of work using other people, and myself. I like how there is negative space and no facial features to bring this print out more, but you can see what it is. I have used outline of people in my screen-printing just as Gary Hume has done in his prints. I have this technique throughout the work and on my blog as you can see, and I will use this all the way through to my final FMP. 

Ceramic Collection

I have created ceramic pine cones from my collection project and placed them in order from small to large. I have used red clay to print my pine cones into the clay and create ceramic pieces of work. I have used clear glaze over the top of the pine cones to that you can see the detail of the carving and to give a shine to the pieces. Using sharp metal tools and using my pine cones as a reference, I was able to look at the detail and create nice effects with the tools as it went into the clay. What I like about the pieces I have made is the uneven and sharp edges, which gives the composition an interest. The white background makes the ceramic piece's stand out more and the light reflects on the glaze and shows the pure carving of the pine cones. Some of them I did did not turn out well, but I still used them in my final collection project. 

Coil Building

 

Using a process called Coil building I designed and created a ceramic vase, using different shapes and coils. I fixed the pieces together using a paint brush and a small amount of water, just to hold them into place. I wanted my creation to be unusual and a one off. I stayed with the theme of shells by using spiral shaped circles to go around the edge of my vase and to make it look appealing. I like how the coils are weaved into each other to create this unbalanced edge. I designed my work to look different from what other vases look like. This piece will be fired and glazed and presented as one my final outcomes.

Screen Printing

Screen Print 1&2

Oil Inks 

Blue and Red

I made prints using the pattern from my jacket and then using a process called Screen-printing to create these prints of a face. I wanted to ignore the facial features and just go with the blank face. This image shows positive a negative mark making and I want to show how a face can be seen without all the other features. I used red and blue because they are strong colours and you can see them anywhere. There is some marks on my print which I have left some paint behind, but it makes a good final piece with the paint marks left. I think the blue is stronger, but they both have the same quality. Focusing on the theme of pattern I looked at Sylvia Js work and made me look into the figure of other people. 

Portrait Pattern

 Using Pattern from my own clothes, I made an outline of the back of my body from a photograph I took from my phone and transferred it onto paper. I then printed off a second A3 paper, but this time using the pattern from my jacket. What I wanted was to get the outline of the portrait, not the detail because I wanted the pattern to be the main part of this piece, and have a positive final outcome. I used black paper to contrast the red so that it stands out from the black to make this more of a stronger piece of work.