After a little bit of struggle dealing with endless cracks and techniques I forgot already, I finally figured out how to build a teapot with porcelain clay. This week, I have looked through Takashi Nakazato's work as Catherine commented on my last post. Moreover, the book Arcanum, which Mia recommended, has been interesting to learning about the historical story of porcelain. I also found a few more ceramics artist to be my reference. As I mentioned in my last post, I finally got the photos of my father's collection. Here are a couple of them (sorry, but my dad does not know how to take picture without blocking the corner with his fingers...) and they will be my reference for more teapots to come.
From the critique with Amanda, it went alright. She was interested in my concept of my personal experience inspiring me. She enjoyed the statement about searching for the precious using my memories from my culture. However, she said that she doesn't feel that I should spend time to make teapots and cut it out. She thinks I should use thick paper, such as watercolor paper, to make paper teapot and then dip into slip. I explained how the paper collapses when it's heavy from the slip, so we were brainstorming. The time went by really fast and although we did not have a solid conclusion, I thought of new ideas throughout our conversation. Overall, the conversation was much needed, and she gave me a bunch artists to look up as well.
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2 comments:
Hey Ting,
check this out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTkhqYrVA9U
it looks like they're using the laser etcher for fired tile - but we could try it with "leather hard" porcelain?
ooh oooh oooh!!! ooh - or you could laser cut the watercolor paper first, then dip it in the slip, then shape it to teapot????
Mia might have an idea if this would work?
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