Thursday 5 June 2014

Update!
The clay 'blanket' can be seen, until 19th June, at the Morley College in London. Woot!

Thursday 16 January 2014

My Blanket OF the Ground

Nope, that's not a typo.  I'm making clay crochet.  Kind of.
A lot has been going on in my life this past year or so, and I won't bore you with the details, but as part of my journey I am now back at college, doin' a bit of the arty-farty.

A crochet blanket that had been stowed away for years finally got completed, and it will take pride of place in whichever house I land up in.  I love it.
We were fuffing about with clay and I got my hands on a hexagonal tile cutter.  Ideas began to flow as I played about with texture.


A bit of string theory followed...






I added oxides...
Here they are after firing.  Now they need a glaze.

I can't wait to see the finished result - they'll be going up on the wall when I have my place.