Cone 5 tests 2.27.13

Sculpture and Installation Photo Gallery

                                                     Breathing Room II   (2002)

This is from an installation called Breathing Room II that I exhibited as part of a multi-installation show at the Reese Bullen Gallery at Humboldt State University in 2002.  The concept was an environment that helped the viewer feel a connection to these inanimate wet clay figures, wrapped in plastic, that become animated by the heat of the lights causing condensation around their faces.  A revision of the first Breathing Room show from 1995 in Eugene Oregon.

                                                   Head and Shoulders above it all  (1996)

                                                       Shapeshifters  (1998)

                                                        Mr. and Mrs. King  (1995)

                                                         Daedalus  (2011)

               above:  Decline Series  (ongoing)  below:  Emergence Series (ongoing)

Test 2

   11.17.12

Unfired pieces:

Formula:
New base (Base w/ ball clay and neph sye)

-batch cut in half for 2 tests:  (notes to self...gibberish)

1)  added 1/4 part (1/2 spoon) cobalt carb= med. blue  (should have been 1 spoon?).
1.1)  same as 1, but blue/green ostrom brushed over, dots of #2 inlayed
1.2) 1+inlay #2 eyes (skull)
1.3) 1+ brushed bright green ostrom (hathor background)
1.4) 1 in slab, rolled onto lowfire slip slab, pressed into shabti mold, #2 inlay band at bottom.
2) base + 1/2 pt (2 spoons) chrome carb= green

Test 1

Here is the first of my tests for a great Egyptian Faience clay body:

Here are the fired results
(cone06):

Methods: (notes to self...)

Base batch all include .5 part copper carb
add:
1)  base
1.5)  base + 1/4 pt mason #6266 (peacock green)
2)  base + 1part ball clay for plasticity
3)  base + 1/2 pt ball clay + 1/4 pt neph sye.
3.5)  same as #3 but rolled into a slab and placed on a slab of lowfire slip slab, joined and pressed into a mold.
Results:  
1= good but non plastic, cracks develop
1.5= bad....mason's too dark
2= ok, not as shiny as 3.
3= great, best result.....color could be darker for more tests...
3.5= very interesting direction, esp. the thick/thin color variation

Studio Shots

Recent photos from my monkey brain.....

As the monkey brain tries to explore it's environment.....

Geometric doodles of mine: