WORK IN PROGRESS – Charmology Head
Opened the kiln today to reveal a well glossy and ultra thickly glazed Charmology Head! Oops! Was thinking to myself as I glazed it that maybe the glaze was a bit thick!! Well it was! The glazed has pooled really thickly in some areas creating loss of definition and cloudy opaque patches! It’s worst on […]
WORK IN PROGRESS – William Clarke Labels
Still busy sorting out the handwritten labels William Clarke wrote to explain the charms he collected… I’ve scanned the labels and am busy resizing them in Photoshop before I send the photoshop file off to be made into ceramic decals. These will then be added to the Charmology head. There are also 3 charms on […]
INSPIRATION – Womens Shoes ca. 1650
INSPIRATION – Wowsers… just come across this image, they conjure up all sorts of imaginings
DRAWINGS – Art Gallery
Art Gallery (6th March 2012) maybe I’ll finish it one day – or maybe it will never be finished – or maybe it is finished….
WORK IN PROGRESS – Charmology Head II
Spare Charmology Head… just in case! This one’s going to remain all white. Finished modelling and leaving to dry… Charmology Head II
DRAWINGS – Waiting Room
Hurt my ankle and had to make an emergency trip to casualty… this poor chap was in the bed in fromt of me waiting to be attended to….
Beginnings
This is the beginning of my Blog… I’m going to launch straight into it starting from where I’m at now… currently I’m busy with a commission from Scarborough Museums Trust and their youth group Cultiv8 to create a phrenology based head inspired by the charm collection of William Clarke. This will be on display during […]
EVENT – An Eastern Summer
I was invited to be guest artist for the evening at the Eastern Summer event at Scarborough Art Gallery… I was portrait drawer for the night. Here’s a selection of my victims.