Dicipline




     For my choice of discipline in initially chose sculpture, having enjoyed  both ceramics and sculpture equally during our elective term. It was soon obvious to me however, that sculpture was not the way for me. i just did not get it. it was far too abstract for my way of looking at things. i love form and i love art in which i can see what it means or represents. So for our first sculpture project we were given a brief on the human form and had to reconstruct in our own way ,,so i first started to make a realistically proportioned figure out of chicken wire to be told that it was not the correct approach, that it was too realistic.

The next effort i tried to make it a bit more abstract and began to make again a figurative piece from logs of wood,,,, again this was deemed too "obvious"

so after a lot of thought i decided after three week that i had to change disciplines so i looked to join ceramic and thankfully there was a place for me


                                            ceramics


the first project i was given was based on the narative
we had to pick a saying or metaphor or lyric and create a piece based on that. the saying i chose was
                                               "The Journey Of Life"


and to represent this i looked to Japanese tradition and picked the "Koi Fish". in japanese legend the Koi represents the life's journey and ambition or to strive for achievement and the waterfall represents the struggles and obstacles we face along the way

using a mix of porcelaine paper clay(for the waterfall and waves) and stoneware(for the fish and base) i mades my sculpture

my piece was then painted with underglaze using ,,orange and red for the fish and turquise ,blue, and green washes for the water with white for highlights, then an transparent glaze was applied which made the colours really come to life


also while making the fish we made some pieces for the raku kiln. these were dipped into a turquise copper oxide crackle glaze

then they were put into raku kiln before then being put into buckets of sawdust and then water to enable the raku process to happen

once this was done the pieces were ready to be cleaned

my favourite raku piece was the bowl i reclaimed from the skip and dipped into the glaze

here is ciaran doing a decal transfer demonstration

    yes after my experience in ceramics i think that i have definately made the correct choice
                                                                         i love it

ERICH FISCHL


                                          



                       SWIMMER AT REST, 1995.54 x 34.5 x 25.5 inches, bronze. Ed. of 3


Fischl's paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints have been the subject of numerous solo and major group exhibitions and his work is represented in many museums, as well as prestigious private and corporate collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Museum of Modem Art in New York City, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, St. Louis Art Museum, Louisiana Museum of Art in Denmark, MusÈe Beaubourg in Paris, The Paine Weber Collection, and many others. Fischl has collaborated with other artists and authors, including E.L. Doctorow, Allen Ginsberg, Jamaica Kincaid, Jerry Saltz and Frederic Tuten.  




GEHARD DEMETZ




                                                                
                                                                                           Mother bake for us  
               
                                        It's warmer now                                    
In just a few years, Gehard Demetz has risen to international prominence by applying his incredible craftsmanship as a traditional woodcarver to subjects that are new and appealing to contemporary viewers. His sculptures of children are at the same time attractive and disquieting and rendered with an amazing perfection that is by no means rhetorical or classicalSince his debut in 2005, Gehard Demetz has been invited by prominent galleries to exhibit in the United States, Spain, Germany, Korea. He has also produced monumental sculptures on commission for collectors around the world




MAGDALENA ABAKANOWITZ




                                                   
                                   'Anonim' 2009bronze unique19 x 8 x 11.2 ''Malborough Gallery, New York

LI TIANBING


                                                

Dream Studio (2009)                                                                                                 by LI Tianbing

RON MUECK

 

While many artists strive to glamorize, and portray our world to be better than it actually is, others simply find art in our ordinary lives and our simple bodies. Mueck is one of those artists, and is now well known for his super realistic sculptures where he portrays humans at key stages in the life cycle, from birth through middle age, to death.

LINUS LOHOFF

   PHOTOGRAPHY






BOBBY NEEL ADAMS

         

PHOTOGRAPHY,, AGEMAPS ,,2007

The point at which the images are physically torn together becomes the boundary line (or bridge) between decades of passing time,
to me they provide an eerie life-map, staring towards our future.' - bobby neel adams
Greenville museum of art  and  international centre for photography



STUART BRISLEY


                    


Sweating the Hole 2006 

Stills from video on DVD. Camera Roger Karshan. 

Exhibited Stuart Brisley: Works 1958-2006, England & Co 2006