Lace Impressed Porcelain Tiles

Heres some more Ceramics I've been doing...this time using Lace Doilies! Using the oxides really brings out the pattern of the lace......I'm becoming very fond of these tiles...click the photos link to see more on Flickr x

Vintage Glove with Porcelain Impressed Tiles

This is what I've been working on in ceramics over the last few months....after testing and making samples heres a little taste of what will be in my Installation for the uni exhibition and New Designers Exhibition in London. Click on the Photos link to see more....

Milan Design Week 2010: Nendo's Chair Garden

Nendo's Chair Garden was one of our favorite shows from this year. In addition to showing several new products—previewed here a couple of weeks ago—the studio built tiny constructions from terracotta pots and miniature chairs and planted them in the garden of an interior courtyard. Inside, strong concepts were resolved through a nuanced treatment of materials. Take for example, the period, comma, quote set of paperweights, which take the shape of the aluminum's natural drop. Or the Corona globe, where all countries assume the same color—black—and borders disappear. We also got the chance to see the Cord Chair in person. It has a leg 15mm in diameter, clad with a thin layer of wood.

Major Project Ceramics Testers.

Here's a taste of the work made during the last few weeks spent in ceramics, I have yet to glaze me final pieces so these testers explore the use of underglaze colours topped off with half GS Dolomite and half Mother of Pearl glazes. I love the contrast between the matt and glassy looking glazes, I've popped more photos on flickr so click the link to the right to see more!

Jill Walker

I thought it was about time I showed you some of the other students work from my course at uni. This is a selection of work made by Jill Walker, I adore everything she makes.

The Charity shops of Stafford.

In order to develop my Minor Project further, I'm looking into how found objects are displayed in charity shops and flea markets. I took a trip into town with my camera to capture some of the treats stafford holds!

This was my first stop, The Katherine House Hospice shop on the corner of the high street and mill street....this place is amazing!

If I had the £48 pounds this gorgeous Singer Sewing Machine costs I'd have snapped it up there and then......keep dreaming helen!

mmmmm.....fabrics!

Glassware.

A fantastic range of books!

Just a small taste of the ceramics.....then I went to the Indoor Market to a great stall...

This guys stall can be a bit hit and miss...before christmas he had a set of ordinance survey maps that were so old and so lovely....again I couldn't afford them as they were £12 each! and now some other person has the joy of them!

I Love the way he's displayed the books and records....after taking a few more photos I headed over to Oxfam at the opposite end of the high street to the Katherine house shop.

Star Wars characters....

More Books...

Records close up...

My favourite boxes......Maps!... and so my tour ends...until my next visit to a nearby flea market in newcastle x

Screen Printed Postcards and Tins

Just a little taste of what I've been up to over the last 2 weeks.....click the photos link to see more!

Hodge Podge Arts

As I searched through my Flickr groups (a daily occurrence at the moment) I came across these little beauties by Karen of Hodge Podge Arts. I did a little digging and found her website : www.hodgepodgearts.co.uk investigate both the Ceramics and Sculpture galleries to see some real treats.....

Introducing Oliver Holden

I thought it was about time I showed you some of the awesome work created by my good friend Oliver Holden, who's currently studying at Plymouth University.
His work is "Concerned with process and material properties. Exploration and furthering of ideas to the point of exhaustion. Challenging 'what counts as' in the expanded fields of Painting, Sculpture, Sound and Drawing".
This is just a small teaser of what Oli creates, his paintings are absolutely magical so I suggest you take a good look at his website http://www.oliverholdenartist.co.uk to see more of his work.

Beccy Ridsdel

I stumbled across some amazing Ceramics by Beccy Ridsdel. This piece is from a installation set as a lab experiment in progress, based on the art/craft debate. I love her use of transfers and the inclusion of laboratory equipment in the work. To see more of Beccys work to go: www.beccyridsdel.co.uk