✹ Ceramic Workshop
16th July 2021
This week, for the first time, I have tried ceramic workshop. I know it’s a bit late to try new process in the middle of term 3 but ceramic is something that I wanted to explore in my subject as well. I started to make some hand build pieces using Scarva Earthstone as I shared the bag with the student from other course that I happened to know her from induction. Surprisingly, I love working with clay since I was young, playing with plasticine clay all the time.
I had studied ceramic making in basic level before in undergraduate course, but back then I don’t like the feeling of stiff clay, somehow I chose other subject to studied like textile and fashion design. Although, during lockdown I had made this air dry clay project that helps me to relax and lat my mind wander off from myself and reduced some stress. I found ceramic making is such a fascinating process that you can make any shape and form from this material, it’s just that you need to give it some times to slightly make things the way you want it to look like. It takes time, but this is craft, craft always takes time and that’s the beauty of it.
I made some vases and smaller pieces like flowers which I plan to do some installation from that. I ended up making all of them in my house, set up the working space, I got the spinning tray from Ikea that works quite well with the hand building pieces. Also, for glaze I bought some fancy colours from online shop to try, now it’s in the Klint, firing.
I’m thinking I’d like to work on sculptural project in the future. I have tried throwing as well, but can’t manage to form the pot for 4 tries. Maybe if I try again I might get successfully done.
