What will I Make of These?

I wouldn't eat that s--t!!

and what am I going to do with this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=jEjUAnPc2VA

OK!

Now that you are having a look at my blog, I suggest you have a closer look at the photo's. When I say closer, I mean really close.  How does one do this you may ask?  Its real easy.  Hopefully you have a mouse at hand?  Right click and go into properties, click on properties.  You now have a description of the photo and at the top you will find some text, this is what I have saved the photo as.  Are you still wondering?  When I "save as" I got to think up a name or title.  This gets me thinking and depending on the mood, it could just be a name, but sometimes a wee story comes to mind.  This giving a little more insight as to how I'm thinking.  The idea came to mind looking through some old photo's, on the back's of some photo's I find writing, either with a name or a brief description.  I like the idea and besides its fun. 



                                                                                

Twist and Rock

My new twist in ceramics?
This idea has risen from looking through some old sketch books
over the Christmas period, while on holiday in Ireland.  In conversation with my
brother Tony.  I wondered if he had by chance had any old twister for making hay ropes, laying about on his farm?
Couple day's later he turns up with a twister.  One he had made specially for me.  Oh! was I pleased.
Will be adding to this post.  Watch this space!.....

The Twisting of the Rope
by:  W.B.Yeats
http://www.readbookonline.net/readonline/2123/

The Sligo Way
http://www.sligoheritage.com/archtwistingropes.htm

A Hay-Rope/Pack-Saddle. from County Louth
http://www.jstor.org/stable/27729004

Hut/Tent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/boho,_county_fermanagh

Michael Quirke - The Woodcarver - Sligo Town on the Net

This is the twister my brother Tony made,
he used the wire handle from a bucket to form the shape
and seasoned branches from an Elder bush to form the handles. 
The centre core of the Elder branch is easy to shove the wire through.
The Elder bush or small tree produce edible berries, rich in vitamin C.
Collected for domestic and commercial use, but the rest of the plant
has a little poison.

Arranging my twisters in various positions in order to document.  After I take the photograph and start rearranging, I can't help but look at my work and see Pablo Picasso's creations.  Seems strange, but before the end of unit 1, while I was preparing for our show leading up to Christmas.  I had been working in the metal-workshop, racking my brain trying to figuring out how I could finish a piece of work.  Richard - one of the technicians had asked, if I was familiar with Picasso's work in sculpturing?  with that - Richard pulled a large book on Picasso's works on sculpture from the shelf and started flicking through the pages.  I'm sure I was expecting him to stop on a certain page and show me something extraordinary? but no.  Richard  left the book on the table and walked off.  First couple of moments I was puzzled and then the penny dropped.  Of course! Picasso made things - Lot's of sculptures.  After a flick through the book, I put back on the shelf and start making things.  Now I'm wondering if Picasso has brushed off on me?  The subconscious?

Using different materials, wanting to see where it will lead too?

Finding some scraps of metal and crudely welding together

( I really need my reading glasses while welding)

The perspex I purchased. 

Using the woodwork - shop I formed the perspex - using an electric heating gun to create the twists and bends and at the same time putting the perspex sleeves into position. had to be real careful with the heating gun, knowing when to stop. Otherwise I could have ended up with this?

Oh! maybe this is what you want?

The Void in the Oil

Thomas Hjelm a fellow peer.  Working with strong materials in his paintings.

His most recent work has moved up a notch and hangs out on its own. 

I really feel that this is one of his best!

The painting is meant to hang from the ceiling using a heavy metal chain and lock,

with the viewer having to walk around it. The canvas is completely wrapped around the frame stretcher. 

 Black oil paint liberally applied as if it were dipped in Richard Wilson's 20-50 used sump oil and then dragged it from The Saatchi Gallery.

I have chosen to show only part of the painting.

Clay and Paper Clay

 Continuing with the them... '13'
Playing around with ideas, using different materials.
Had chat with ceramics technician - Tim.  Came up with some interesting possibility's.
 Decided to start with mixing together some paper clay, mix - 2 clay, 1 mulch paper.
Slow process and not sure of the outcome, but its all part of the learning.
Letting the clay dry to a leather consistency and forming it into a ball, but in my case its - The Rock.
Pinching bits of clay from my rock and rolling them out on a clean flat surface, forming into rods.
I could have used a board on top to create a more even roll, instead I used the flats of my hands,
gives a more organic feel to the work. 
Took several hours to get to the stage before firing, (baking) three days in fact,
but I have been in the making mode and anything can happen.

Result after firing?  One break, but that happened before going in the kiln.
Happy with the results so far.

 Warm glow with natural clay colour, tempting! but I have decided to add glaze.

Using a blue glaze, dipping process - really experimenting. 
Have tried to brush the glaze on, but it don't really work. 
Yes! there is brush on glaze, I want to use, but not for now.  I'm not precious about the finish.  I really want to have mistakes.  This gives me a chance to figure out possible ways around these mistakes and maybe leads on to other developments.  In a way I could say it was - or is - a bit like brainstorming, this can lead into other avenues, giving me a much wider range in possibility's.

Keeping busy while in the ceramics work-shop.
Coming up with some new ideas, yet again! and whilst I'm in the swing
of making and experimenting, lets try another twist?

Inflated Art!

Emma experimenting with various materials in order to create shape/colour.
Not all of her experiments work, but why should they?
Just happened to be around while she was working on a balloon shape,
this was the outcome.  She didn't panic, my guess is - she's been
down this road before?
Always good to have a camera at hand.



 Experimenting in the ceramics workshop.



Right click on the photo, go into properties and read the other side of the pictures.
How do you right click on an apple?  I don't know.

Part 2. 3rd Year Students. Triangle



You got to work with me on this one!
Looking through some old photos, I've noticed on some of the photo's,
people have written on the back's  in order to document the event, or what ever.
In this case I have some text on the back of my photos.
All you got to do is right click on the photo (each photo has got some text of some kind) and go into properties.
Have your self a little story.