Beginning to 3D model a pair of interlocking geo cups

3D printing a large geo cup shape, next I create the mold for slip casting into ceramic

Demolding a slip cast geo cup shape

Studio shelves

Some glaze testing containers

A pair of geo cups, painted with underglaze, first time trying underglaze paints as part of exploring decorating.

Working on some glaze chemistry,

and planning new tests.

Video weighing out glaze ingredients

Unloading and organising some glaze tests on my specially designed test tile. Work from my DYCP, understanding the basics of glaze manipulation

Some Examples of glaze testing, and how adjusting the silica / alumina ratio can alter the glaze melt, surface and effect.

I am currently doing final refinements on some of the above glazes to finish my DYCP project.

Glaze over coloured clay tests - (unrefined)

A titanium crystalline & phase separating glaze, showing the sensitivity of the crystal growth based on application, and firing temperature from one side of the cup to the other. Research will clarify areas not currently understood like precise temperatures needed for manipulating crystal growth, phase separation and explore coloured responses. This is an example of a more complex glaze that requires more in depth research to understand and develop.

Shapes I made a few years ago exploring a poincare disk, this is a geometry based on branch and root growth and an example of the area I will dive deeper into. To find areas where geometry, and nature intersect to explore shape and texture that create a sense of ease, biophilia and calm. I plan to look use a mixture of sources for my research from books like the grammar of ornament, Ernst Haeckel and current academic research for organic systems to interrogate.

Texture and plaster casting workshop at Our Big Picture, last year before the renovation work had been carried out.