✹ Terracotta star vase
20th October 2021
After a graduate exhibition and London design festival show, I had taken some break and still don’t feel like to work with flat material (paper/plastic sheet) from previous project - ⇲Fan project and ⇲Wawwow so I take a break from those project to work more with something more 3D like and clay is the answer.
I worked with clay before but it doesn’t go well as you can find here in this blog ⇲In doubt we make, I guess that was the first time I work with ceramic clay, back then I didn’t know how the material that well, I didn’t know how to control the clay, the stage of dryness and how to form the clay properly.
This time I know much better, and terracotta is the easiest clay to work with, I love the feeling of clay in my hands and the limitless possibility the clay can be. I developed the pattern from my previous project - ⇲The Hopes as the purpose of The Hopes collection is to be my first step towards ceramic and pot making practice. And now I take that to my heart and pushing it forward with this improvement.
The intuitive process of drawing stars just so enjoyable but I took so long to carve the edges of them and smooth the surface. It’s just so neditative and peacful process - this is what I lvoe about clay making - you just be with the clay, nothing much involve just some hand tools, water and clay. Unlike metal work or wood work that involve with lots of heavy tools that you have to be aware of. Can’t wait to see when it’s fire and glazed!