tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835602002241013697.post4137734064211816226..comments2023-03-21T08:02:14.480-07:00Comments on Clay In Critique: Kip III: Lowfire AdventuresUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835602002241013697.post-71312231990634084542008-02-19T21:50:00.000-08:002008-02-19T21:50:00.000-08:00Hi Kip,It's great to see what you have been workin...Hi Kip,<BR/>It's great to see what you have been working on. Lots of progress!! You have really struck out in a new direction.<BR/>I'm curious if you have been slip casting at all? I know you were excited about that, and am wondering if anything has come of it.<BR/><BR/>I do think that I would like some color in the pieces. In fact, it took me a while to realize that they were, in fact, glazed. I also am entirely taken by your test tiles. I really love them, the colors and the patterns. I wonder about including some element of this decoration on your work - so that you have part of it that is narrative, and then decoration as a framing or a break between the narration. I just think they (the test tiles) are playful and pleasing. The imagery on your work is much more heavy and sobering. Having a decorative element could help seduce people into the enjoyment of your work (the way one is seduced into buying an SUV). I realize this might not be helpful, but the test tiles are the things I keep wanting to look at, and blow up to full size on my computer.<BR/><BR/>As for the pots -- my favorites are the turbine cup and the pipeline cup and saucer. I like that they reference a more specific place, that they are situated in a landscape rather having the 'anywhere america' feel. I also feel they make more of a connection to the process of resource movement. I also find that I like the pieces that have some amount of white space - some room to take a breath. <BR/><BR/>I've been delving into the whole realm of surface decoration since arriving in Sacramento, so some things that I have been thinking about are ideas of layering images, through sgraffito, slip inlays, different textures, drawn imagery and image transfer. It can get out of hand pretty quick! But you might want to spend some time thinking about different ways you can apply an image to your surface, and how that affects how the piece looks and the content of it. Drawn imagery vs. decals, etc. I know that is not very specific, but just some food for thought (like you don't have enough else to think about). <BR/><BR/>See you soon!!!!<BR/>-Megancritial ceramicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14712402143460853306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835602002241013697.post-62786205443036315492008-02-18T15:20:00.000-08:002008-02-18T15:20:00.000-08:00via martina, via linda arbuckle i have pages of r...via martina, via linda arbuckle i have pages of recipes, also the lisa orr glazes are nice and runny but are very soft surfaces that scarth easy but i love them. i did have one thought on a way to possibly try to marry the images to the object/cups and saucers in a stronger fashion. my idea/suggestion/(thought for my work as well) is for example with the suv and and gas pump is maybe some tire tread on the saucer so the decoration isn't just on the surface but part of the surface design/object. agian just an idea. i love the sharp,very direct line not soft. i started my ceramics career with tiles and love your start. i thought the "whats for dinner" were the most sucessful, i like the scratchy-ness and more clay coming thru. i do love the idea of some color, yellow chics perhaps or red bloddy meat. i am sorry i don't have more to say, but i think your on great path and should follow your nose and mind acinomcritial ceramicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14712402143460853306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835602002241013697.post-6898312640138435842008-02-18T14:53:00.000-08:002008-02-18T14:53:00.000-08:00ppiK-i feel like you have had that moment when thi...ppiK-i feel like you have had that moment when things are starting to become clear and just knowing how you want to finish your pots can be half the battle, congrats on this break thru!critial ceramicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14712402143460853306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835602002241013697.post-5968967340642819482008-02-13T19:52:00.000-08:002008-02-13T19:52:00.000-08:00hi kip -i second mel's "this looks great!" it see...hi kip -<BR/><BR/>i second mel's "this looks great!" it seems like you've clarified a number of things in your work from when i last glimpsed at your matt long workshop pieces. i can feel your innate attention to detail in these pieces and feel that the forms are really coming along as well. quite a different sense of engagement and conversation you are sharing with your pieces now. i love the tumbler shape...<BR/><BR/>i think the simple forms fit really well with the detailed drawings. have you thought about distorting the images where the cup bulges out (i.e. making the rising gas prices larger or more prominent on the bulging area of the cup...kind of like the distortion/fisheye effect from a camera lens)? <BR/><BR/>also, i am thinking about your ideas on making a sequence of drawings on a series of cups. how important is communicating a specific storyline? could someone rearrange the cups to make their own sense of the story, or do you like the idea of the order being really essential?<BR/><BR/>i thought the drawings of food (steaks, chickens etc) were quite clever, yet i wonder if some of these images might be too political or too "unappetizing" for some folks while they are eating their sunday dinner. yet, i feel that the reception of these pieces will change once you add the light -hearted and cheery colors for more irony.<BR/><BR/>i like the gas cup and saucer. the winding pump really animates the saucer!<BR/><BR/>i wonder if holding the kiln for a little longer at the final temp might help smooth those bubbles over? good luck and keep me posted with your glaze research!<BR/><BR/>hope we can reconnect in pittsburgh.<BR/><BR/>julianecritial ceramicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14712402143460853306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835602002241013697.post-60820823531330081732008-02-13T11:05:00.000-08:002008-02-13T11:05:00.000-08:00hey kip!first of all, this looks GREAT! honestly, ...hey kip!<BR/>first of all, this looks GREAT! honestly, i think the stark, sharp clarity of the line work works really well with just the red, white, and clear. but i know what you mean by wanting to create some sort of colorful cheeriness for ironic purposes. i love the clearly delineated stripes of red, and the drawing is amazing. this is perfect. i'm so happy this is coming together for you after all that hard work.<BR/>some artists that immediately come to mind that you probably know but maybe you don't:<BR/>kowkie durst<BR/>naomi cleary<BR/>julia galloway's landscape tumblers. i think it was martina, or maybe julienne, who pointed me to these. i'd never seen them before and it really helped me to think about how to string scenes together over more than one piece.<BR/>thinking of the zines and other graphic work, i can see these glazed in almost a paint by number, comic book sort of way. i'm actually not picturing as much running as you might be. just really bright, candy red and almost plastic-like colors. i don't know how to get those. maybe they are not glossy, now that i think of it.<BR/>some recipes:<BR/>lowfire clear (03)<BR/>frit 3124 85<BR/>EPK 15<BR/><BR/>merekeri clear (03) <BR/>this has some cloudiness to it<BR/>3124 59<BR/>3289 14<BR/>Neph Sye 11<BR/>Silica 10<BR/>EPK 6<BR/><BR/>woody's base (03)<BR/>this is a clear that can eat through slips and sig in some places. could be interesting.<BR/>GB 26<BR/>Lith Carb 4<BR/>3124 30<BR/>Neph Sye 20<BR/>EPK 5<BR/>Silica 1 <BR/>Calcined EPK 5<BR/><BR/>when i was first experimenting with clear, i got some dry lowfire clear glaze from standard ceramics. it was cheaper than the pink amaco stuff, but just as reliable if you measure your water. i don't remember what it was called, but there weren't many options so it shouldn't be too hard to figure out. i bet you could call standard directly and ask them to send you a free sample. or wait! i know! i have some left that you could use. i also have small amounts of the frits and such things for some of these recipes. i'll bring you presents at NCECA!<BR/>i'll have to ask ayumi for the runny glaze recipes she has. also, what about lustres? i bet kristen has some good recipes, too...<BR/>yay!!!!!!<BR/>lovemelmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920765600906522715noreply@blogger.com