pipsclayplay

2009-07-07T16:29:00.000-07:00

Bridge 2

2009-07-07T16:20:00.000-07:00

Bridge

2009-07-07T16:09:00.000-07:00

Earthenware with black oxide wash

Tall clock 2

2009-07-07T16:06:00.000-07:00

Tall clock 1

2009-07-07T16:01:00.000-07:00

Earthenware with black oxide wash

Maisie

2009-07-06T05:35:00.000-07:00

Miss Maisie, a rough coated Jack Russell, was the last of her litter. She was a bargin, down from $400 to $70, as her breeders just wanted to cover their vet bills when they were unable to sell her. A great little dog, full of spunk and confidence.

Pennie - the pound puppy

2009-07-06T05:30:00.001-07:00

Apart from clay play, the fur kids occupy a good portion of my time. Both very spoilt. This is Pennie, who came to us via the Animal Rescue and Kyogle Pound. She is about 2 and half years old.

Green mirror

2009-07-06T05:22:00.000-07:00

Glazed mirror

2009-07-06T05:20:00.000-07:00

Soft blue mirror

2009-07-06T05:16:00.000-07:00

Mirrors

2009-07-06T05:13:00.000-07:00

Blue Mirror

2009-07-06T05:09:00.000-07:00

History project

2008-12-12T02:52:00.000-08:00

This was an interesting project that my son, under my direction, completed for a history assignment on Ancient Romans. Working under a time constraint - as with any 13 year old, you are told of the assignment not long before the due date - we raw fired this mosasic.

I had some greenware shaped tiles, which we painted with coloured slip. We rolled out the required round shaped for the base of the mosasic and he drew his design, filled in the tiles. Once dried, clear gloss glaze was applied to it and it was fired to 1100 degrees.

He and his father then grouted it, making it a real family project. Than handed in on time.

Having done mosasic with fired tiles, it was so easy breaking greenware tiles to any required shape in comparison.

Three vases

2008-12-12T02:45:00.001-08:00

Two of these vases were made from poured coloured slips and p/clay on to plaster slabs, left to dry and then cut and assembled.

The third (far left) was buildt from slabs and once dried lace imprinted clay or shapes were stuck around the vase. Stain oxide wash applied.

All three clear gloss glaze.

e/ware paperclay 20cm x 8cm

Clock

2008-12-12T02:40:00.000-08:00

e/ware paperclay; Slips and clear glaze

"Industrial" inspired vases

2008-12-12T02:21:00.001-08:00

larger vase: 50cm x 30cm

smaller vase: 20cm x 30cm

chocolate slip; gloss glaze interior; exterior sprayed glaze glaze

"Carousel" container

2008-12-12T02:08:00.000-08:00

30cm x 25cm lace imprint; s/ware paperclay; gloss glaze

Three legged lace bowl

2008-12-12T02:05:00.000-08:00

20cm x 20cm s/ware paperclay; oxide wash; gloss glaze

Bridges

2008-12-12T01:50:00.000-08:00

Two Venician inspired 'Lillyputtan' Bridges - the lower arched one porcelain p/clay;stain wash with a stoneware clear glaze; higher arch is e/ware paperlay

Boats

2008-12-12T01:38:00.000-08:00

Hand built s/ware paperclay; brushed with oxide stain; gloss glaze

Bowl

2008-12-12T01:32:00.000-08:00

30cm x 25cm white s/ware paperclay; blue slip trailed pattern; gloss glaze

Six monks in a leeky boat

2008-12-12T01:24:00.000-08:00

25cm x 15cm slip and glaze e/ware

Tall

2008-05-19T05:48:00.000-07:00

Paperclay vase/sculpture. Greenware. I enjoyed making this sculpture - one of two I made, the other one fell apart recently when I moved it to vacuumed, its now in the recycling bin. I like the form and the shape, and can see it coloured in multiple stripes, like bedsocks. I need to find a kiln big enough to fire it. But then again, as greenware, once I am tired of it, it goes into the recycling bin to be reborn.

Flower forms

2008-05-19T05:41:00.000-07:00

These were inspired by the work of Graham Hay, who was my tutor at the McGregor Summer School, Toowoomba, in Jan 2007. Paperclay. Bisqued fired.

Platter

2008-05-15T01:10:00.000-07:00

Old and New

2008-05-15T01:06:00.000-07:00

Old: The small brown pot was made about 25 years ago, when I was enrolled in a 12 month Tafe course . It is pit fired.

New: The upright vases are some of the first items I made in 2007 with Suvira. Paperclay. Celedon glaz. 1280C

Birdbrain

2008-05-15T01:02:00.000-07:00

Earthenware paperclay. Unfired. Painted with poster paints. Wooden branches for hands. He was headed for the recylcing bin recently until protests were lodged by other members of the family. He apparently has grown on people.

Staircase

2008-05-15T00:55:00.000-07:00

The blue bottle was made at Toowoomba Summer School 2007. It was an exercise in the capabilities of paperclay. The staircase would be extremely difficult to achieve out of normal clay.

The other sculpture as made as a group of 5 - they were requested by a friend as birthday presents for her Sagitarrian girlfriends - something about their love of drink.

Clock 1

2008-05-15T00:47:00.000-07:00

Funky Cylindrical Containers

2008-05-13T05:14:00.000-07:00

Funky Coloured Containers

2008-05-13T05:09:00.001-07:00

Coloured slips were applied over a plaster mould in random pattern. Liquid paperclay slip was poured over these to create a slab of clay from which the box shaped was cut. Once dry enough, the boxes were assembled. Funky = the lids don't really fit. Bisque fired. Clear glaze. 1300C. Biggest approx 12cm x 12cm 6cm

Incised Container

2008-05-13T05:05:00.000-07:00

Porcelain paperclay. Incised and applied features. Bisqued. Dilute black stain applied and rubbed back. Clear glaze applied to inside. Fired to 1300c. Approx 10 cm H

Clock

2008-05-13T05:01:00.001-07:00

Porcelain paperclay. Incised and applied features. Bisqued. Black stain applied. Fired to 1300C. Approx 45 cm H

Lace Work Paperclay

2008-05-13T04:59:00.000-07:00

Lace Work Paperclay

2008-05-13T04:53:00.000-07:00

Made by using paperclay slip, squeezed from a sauce bottle onto a plaster mould. Bisque fired. Clear glaze. Fired to 1300 C. Approx 25cm wide

Blue Boxes - Dec 2007

2008-05-12T00:17:00.000-07:00

Porcelain Paperclay painted and incised with 5% Dark Blue and 5% Choc Brown Ferro Stains. Bisque fired. Clear glaze applied. Fired to 1300C. Tallest approx 24cm; smaller approx 12cm

Gargoyle

2008-05-12T00:09:00.001-07:00

Again during a workshop with Ruth, I made my Gargoyle. The 'spit' is solar powered. The pot came from Mobs of Pots. Bisque fired

Fat Lady and friend

2008-05-11T23:54:00.000-07:00

This Fat Lady was made under the direction of Ruth Park, in one of her weekend sculpture workshops in 2006. approx 70cm H Bisque fired.

April 2008, I have made another lady to give to friends at Bellingen. Keane Raku T approx 70cmH

This lady has yet to make it to her intended destination, and now reside in our garden awaiting a lift south.