'Rings' Exhibition

If anyone is in the Leeds area over the next few months, try and pop into the Craft Centre & Design Gallery at the City Art Gallery...

I am taking part in the 'Rings' exhibition which runs from 22nd January - 25th June 2011

Should be a good exhibition!

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Free Range Lettering

Tom, a student on Foundation Studies, is dressing these ceramic eggs with lettering, produced on the vinyl cutter. It really brings something to the form, adding meaning in a really thoughtful way. The detail that is achieved on this machine, continues to surprise me, (also, vinyl is alot easier to apply than Letraset!

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Wood Turning Wonderland

Clarice Moran and Sophie Walker, (CAA Students) are learning how to wood turn in the 3D Dept. They have confidently taken to it, already producing some lovely effects. I was impressed with their lack of concern over using such, tradionally 'dangerous', machinery. It's always a good sign when I have pull students away from their work at the end of the day; shows that they're having fun! It's great to see people using skills, they never knew, they had and making it their own. I'm looking forward to them returning after that Christmas break, to push the envelope even further.

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Sophie Walker

Clarice Moran

Detail of Clarices work

GLASS POT MELTING

STUDENT PUSH GLASS A BIT FURTHER BY LEARNING TO POT MELT

Creating a pouring hole

Working out glass amount of glass needed

Casting pots and glass in kiln ready to fire

Finished melted glass captured in ceramic former

Sample 1 pot melting

Sampel 2 pot melting

WELL DONE LADIES

Locket Making workshop with Year 2 Jewellery students

Cutting out the press tool and adding decoration to the metal

Gemma using the fly-press to create her locket shape

Using the fret saw to pierce out intricate detail


Soldering on tiny hinges!

The finished results!

PRINT/CERAMICS CROSSOVER: SAMPLE MAKING

Create unusual samples like those shown here. They were produced in a process workshop run jointly by the Printmaking and Ceramics Workshops.

Damp clay tiles were passed through the relief press, together with items to be impressed into the surface of the clay. These ranged from dry leaves to a variety of textile materials. Metal type was also pressed into the clay.

The clay was then taken to the Ceramics Workshop to be dried and fired. Once bisque fired, the tiles may be re-fired with glaze or as with the examples here, brought back to the Print Workshop to be 'cold surfaced' with printing inks.

The Affordable Arts fair in all its glory!

A few pics of the Affordable Arts Fair...get down and grab yourself a christmas bargain.