Michelle Wood

DEGREE BLOG

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Here you can find the blog I kept whilst completing my degree in Decorative Arts at Nottingham Trent University 2008.

It is in reverse story order.
The newest is first.

SELECTION Show web link

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new designers selection website link

hi 04/09/08

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Back drop for Nottingham Trent, Making the Future Exhibition.

ND 08/08/08

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SOme images from my phone from New Designers!

i... 03/08/08

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i got in for SELECTION 50 of the best new designers!

it ends on my birthday too, so it's going to be even better.

http://www.newdesigners.com/selection

sooo. i will have some work at:
New Designers SELECTION
18 – 21 SEPTEMBER 2008
Village Underground, Shoreditch

For the fifth year running New Designers SELECTION brings together an outstanding group of 50 young designers who have been selected from across the New Designers event in July 2008 at the Business Design Centre and from its design directory; newdesignersonline.co.uk.

In addition, showcasing the very best in young design excellence, New Designers and Bombay Sapphire are co-locating their events to create a key highlight of this year’s London Design Festival. The event will be staged in the fabulous Village Underground, situated in one of London’s key creative districts; Shoreditch.

Bombay Sapphire will feature the best martini cocktail glass designs by emerging designers from around the world. Finalists from 21 countries will compete as part of the BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Designer Glass Competition for the £10,000 main prize.

teehee heeeeee.

xxx

NEW DESIGNERS IMAGES 26/07/08

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cath kidston, pretty cool!

wierd.

learn to be...

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"Learn to be poor yet dedicated, forever. Step away from the computer every chance you can and learn how to be flexible as an artist/designer. Learn art history, color theory, grid systems, typography, photography, and illustration. Work with other artists/designers around you. We all learn from one another. Education is everything, but the institution isn't. School is great, but retaining information is better. With that said, Art School is great for some and a waiting room for others. It's certainly not a requirement to be an artist. Once you have a knowledge base, the world is yours."

-Jacob Bannon

application 24/07/08

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Images for New Designers 50 of the best 24/07/08

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Images for my application for New Designers 50 of the Best exhibiton in Sept.

Questions for marketing...20/07/08

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Questions for uni marketing people....

- What do you enjoy most about the course? The diversity of materials. Decorative Arts is great for experimenting, I enjoyed being able to choose between a range of materials to use to get my message across. I really enjoyed screen printing whenever I got chance, and enjoyed bringing screen printed enamels into my ceramic process. Specialising in ceramics has been the best part about the course for me, specialising in a demanding and time consuming material, for such a short space of time has been very trying at times, but ultimately worth it. I have enjoyed using ceramics as a medium to get my ideas out. I have also enjoyed being a student Rep and organising and designing our final show brochure.

- What is Nottingham Trent University Like? Nottingham Trent Uni is hull of colourful and interesting people, and the final shows illustrate it is also a hubb for colourful and interesting ideas. There are a lot of oppourtunities at the Uni, some obvious ones and some which you have to work hard at and push to get the results you want. There's a lot going on at Trent Uni, and there's a lot of great facilites which can be explored and used to your advantage. Even after three years, there's still a load of facilities I wish I still had the chance to use!

- Tell us about your work/ideas behind it/inspiration.
I use ceramics as a medium to express my ideas, and though I don't see myself solely as a ceramicist, I do love using the material, glazes and enamels to express my ideas.
I also use bright, clean colours to demonstrate a different way ceramics can be used, to try and get away from the traditional stereotype of ceramics.
I love using my chunky ceramic pieces as a tool to express the ideas I have about questioning function, consumerism and beauty. There is a darker element to my pots, which isn't instantly obvious to the audience. I love seeing the reactions people have when they read the slogans on my pots. Some tut, some empathise, some people relate to them, some chuckle, others just look at them wierdly. The slogans can be taken in many different ways and interpreted into so many different things and I love that interaction with the audience.
There's quite a faceless naivety in the pots simple form, it's not obvious at first but the pots are an extension of a series of illustrations based on emotions, feelings and day to day troubles, expereinced by me and other people. There's more depth to them than first meets the eye, and often stem from a lot of raw emotion, be it love, anger, envy, jealousy, shame, bitterness, happiness. Each pot has it's own character, and the slogan emblazed on it's front is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to that pots feelings. The pots are representational of feelings and are a phsyical result of them.

'My ceramic pieces are an extension of a series of illustrations based on
shape, form and text. Their bulkiness and size questions the role of the
‘pot’ in an interior setting.
Each pot carries a sentence, which represents a section of the illustrated
narrative from which they sprung.
These pots say what you didn’t have the guts to say.
Or the things that some people find so hard to express at times.
'

- This year's highlight/achievement? Completeing the DART final show Brochure, I felt was a huge success and I'm really pleased I managed to squeeze the extra hours in to get the design work and organsing for that done. It felt great getting thousands of them back from the printers! I am really pleased Imanaged to do that extra work and still get a grade i am really proud of. However the biggest and most suprising achievement has been being awarded a prize at New Designers. I wonthe Pulse award, which has been just fantastic. I have won a space at Pulse 2009, at Earls Court, on the Launch Pad, upcoming talent section, which is incredible, and also I have won some sponsorship towards setting up business/development.

- Plans for the future? I was already planning on setting up a studio in Nottingham with fellow DART ceramiscist Kath Crook, so we can carry on making and don't ever stop! And now I have been given these fantastic oppourtunites from Pulse, I can do it bigger, better and faster than I was planning originally. I also have the Pulse design exhibition to work towards next summer at Earls Court and I have been invited to exhibit my work in a few upcoming exhibitions too. I can't wait to get making again and devlop my ideas and range of work.

New Designers 08/07/08

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New Designers went much better than I could have ever imagined!

I won the Pulse award! Which is just crazy and so, so good. They give me a £1000 busary to help set up, which is just fantastic and will be such great help for the studio. And I get a £1000 worth of stand at Pulse, at Earls Court next year!

Kath Kidson gave me my award. My sponsors are so helpful and lovely. And new Designers was tiring but a total blast!

Whoop!

x

rufford and new designers 30/06/08

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This weekend has been exhuasting but great.
Showed my work at Rufford International Ceramic Show. It was a great experience.. and four of us camped for two nights too! Photos up next week.

Today I am off to London town, as my work is going to be at New Designers at the Design Business Centre in Islington, open to the public on thurs-sun.

www.newdesigners.com

Here's some pics from my degree show and others...

who do you think you are? 01/06/08

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slogan pots.
final show.
nearly finished.
never finished.
there for all to see.

we are cut from the same cloth 01/06/08

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hand written.
screen printed.
ceramic enamels.
onto transfers.

illustrstions x illustrations 26/05/08

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i thought.. 26/05/08

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nearly there... 26/05/08

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ceramics, illustration, text and life. unfortunat... 26/05/08

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ceramics, illustration, text and life.

unfortuently.

Final show booklet statement 19/05/08

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My ceramic pieces are an extension of a series of illustrations based on
shape, form and text. Their bulkiness and size questions the role of the
‘pot’ in an interior setting.
Each pot carries a sentence, which represents a section of the illustrated
narrative from which they sprung.
These pots say what you didn’t have the guts to say.
Or the things that some people find so hard to express at times.

also check out the new DART blog http://www.decorative-arts-graduates.blogspot.com/

Old explosion 17/05/08

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I've just realised I don't think I ever posted this picture of my exploded pots.

It was apparently not my fault.
Which, yes I agree, is a suprise.

The kiln was set wrong and they fired too fast.

(It's not my fault.
it's your fault.
It's her fault.
It's their fault.
it's my fault.)

This was around easter time. And basically set me back about two weeks or something silly. Oh well! I got over it.

Decorative Arts brochure image.. 17/05/08

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this is my image for our final dart borchure.
i've spent all week designing and doing the layout for the final brochure.. it has taken so much longer than i thought. i'm really hoping it turns out looking swanky.. it's been a pretty steep learning curve.. but my geek skills came in handy and are now even more geeky. but it has without a doubt had a bit of a bad effect on my final work, as it's eaten into so much of my time.. but i'm still quite glad i did it.

looking forward to getting it back from le printers.

myspace.com/craigmulcahyphotography

craig has done some ace pics for us for the brochure too.

16/05/08 re glaze etc.. 16/05/08

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biggest pot in the world being sprayed.. 16/05/08

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Not a fan of 13/05/08

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Not a fan of now

Not a fan of this

Not a fan of you

Not a fan of dinner

Not a fan of lunch

Not a fan of cooking

Not a fan of bread

Not a fan of biting off more than you can chew

Not a fan of not being busy

Not a fan of being here

Not a fan of being lonely

Not a fan of being forgotten

Not a fan of being without you

Not a fan of being with you

Not a fan of being left

Not a fan of being irritating

Not a fan of being bossy

Not a fan of being too nice

Not a fan of being walked all over

Not a fan of being ignored

Not a fan of having no attention

Not a fan of restricting my attention for you

Not a fan of keeping quiet

Not a fan of not saying what i should've said

Not a fan of saying all the wrong things

Not a fan of getting it all out my system the wrong way

Not a fan of keeping it all bottled up

Not a fan of not knowing how to say it to you

Not a fan of you misunderstanding

Not a fan of you not knowing all the details

Not a fan of you thinking about anything

Not a fan of me thinking over the top ideas

Not a fan of my hair cut.

cracky cracky crack crack 08/05/08

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filed in cracky cracky crack crack..
jude said to be proud. so i am.

08/05/08 08/05/08

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stop looking at me.

i could just about...

lovely little pink.

big rugged dark pink.. hmm.

pre fired.

just fired 'biggest pot in the world'. he has cracked on his front belly. i hate him. i love him and i am going to fix him and make him the best.

upright standing tall cranky pair.

beautiful soft porcelain pot. glazed underneath. an absolute dream to touch.

this green was a mistake. should've been white.. i know i know.. i thought it was food colouring in the glaze.. it wasn't it was glaze stain obviously.. teach me to keep my glaze labels up to date.

boring
boring
boring

Bank holiday 04/05/08

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29/04/08 29/04/08

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Line drawings, some ideas for possible prints/back drops for final show.

www.rob-ryan.blogspot.com

hello again rob ryans text and beautiful drawings.

and finally a couple of sketch book pages etc, from last month. from walking over the hill with craig.

28/04/08 28/04/08

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didgital transfer text tests...

first glaze firing.. in the kiln today..

biggest pot in the world.

last little pots to be made...

back up big (ish) pot..

'Taking away the Mundanity' 27/04/08

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These pots are not meant to walk off of home-retail-shop-shelves into someones basket, carrier, car, lift, apartment/house/home/two up two down/mansion/bedsit.
They are not intended to be shipped off to china and mass produced.

They will never be the complex design-y, clean line inovative 'new shape', 'new material' new anything.

Their rigidness and bulkiness grounds them.
They are for your eyes and your head. Not your mind, or your soul. Just your eyeballs and your noggin.

They are most certainatly not for you mantle piece, in fact I challenge thee to fit one on it.

Their fludity makes them human.
Makes you want to touch them, reach out and touch their soft, shiney, hard yet cuddley exterior.

And be enticed by the narrative each pot skims on.

And each personality trait each on carries, like a burden, these pots say what you didn't have the guts to say. Or say the things that some people find so hard sometimes.

They let you let it all out, or at least a little.

Have a think about what it is you should've said or done today.

If you want.

blurb blurb blurb blurb blurb blurb

little baby 27/04/08

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rubber tears

little baby test pots.

glazed. waiting to be fired...

white white white.

little baby 27/04/08

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rubber tears

little baby test pots.

glazed. waiting to be fired...

white white white.

Seven Day weeks. 26/04/08

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Last week of making pots.

little quiet pots. 24/04/08

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Today I am going to. 22/04/08

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I am about to go to a lecture on blogs.
I am waiting for grace and ruthie.
I wanted to be early in today.
Oops.

I am listening to Neil Perry.
I am going to update this later.
I am going to send that email later.
I am going to chase up my glaze order later.
I am going to sort out what the hell is going on with my house later.
I am going to try and persuade Helen to go for this amazing new house later.
I am not going to go to knitting club later.

I am going to worry about what craig is up to all day.
I am going to eat a rubbish dinner.

I am going to watch csi later.

I am going to go and make grace and ruthie hurry up.

I am going to see you later for a photo update of the pot variety.

Yellow 16/04/08

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50p pence for scale.

The first pot I made this size. it cracked on biscuit firing... but i'm using it for a glaze test. I like it. I like it cracked too. if it didn't have the bit on the outside that came off.. and just the crack i'd use it for a final piece (FP).

Glaze tests 16/04/08

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baby glaze tests. and baby pots ready for glaze tests. might make some super small baby pots to sit next to biggest pot in the universe (see later)

x

Ceramic Screen Print Tests 16/04/08

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Screen Printed transfers.

SO much better than digital transfers.

Happy Happy 14/04/08

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Hello I am making the biggest square pot in the world.

I hope it works.

London. 20/03/08

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Today I went to London.

I woke up very early. Which was good. Especially as I decided to drink gin at the Rolo Tomassi/House of Brothers gig the night before. Did well.

Not many Rolo Tomassi LPs left now. Got to print the last few up next next week, when the print room is back open. I am bored of the colours though, so I think I might mix it up a bit.

Have had a bunch of people asking me about RT tapes/demos.. mental. (Buy the record instead duh).

Anyway. London.

Met with the cool kids of tent london www.tentlondon.co.uk.. which was good. We were about 40mins late.. eeek. They were totally cool, and had a brilliant dog in their little office. I am very excited about putting our show on at tent. But it's hella expensive. And my work is going to be crap. But I will make the marketing brilliant, and people might think my work isn't crap. This is my new idea.

Then a swift departure from Shoreditch to Islington, for the New Designers set up lecture thing. I could barely keep my eyes open for most of it, but it was very useful. And we got a sneaky peak at our space for the show. I am scared it's quite out of the way.. (mix media courses seem to be lumped with a room out of the way a bit.... hmm) so i feel this is where our brilliant marketing plan must also be in full motion. Or we just rally people up and march them up to see our work. yes? Yes.

How has this blog turned into this really?

I am going to make luke a luke pot. As t'would appear he is the only person who reads this. bar me.

hello.

I also am dealing well with feeling funny.

Go team me.

x

PS. left my straighteners on ALL day.. for over 12 hours. This is suprisingly it is the first time I have ever done this in my life. Didn't burn my house down or really melt anything. Don't tell Helen. Shh.

Adaptable. 18/03/08

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I feel really funny. Funny and it reminds me of how i used to feel when I was jealous and paranoid. A surge of funny feelings all through me. It keeps coming and going with different thoughts.

It'd be nice if things weren't like this. I don't like the way other people make me feel. I wish things had been different for a long time. And I wasn't paranoid and worried.

But on the other hand I don't feel really funny. I feel really good. And really optimistic.
And that this is all great.

It's just other people that ruin this good feeling. I'm feeling fine.

big big. 14/03/08

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big pot in the drying cabinet.... to be biscuit fired soon!

glazed. 14/03/08

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the exterior white glaze on these pots feels beautiful.

it feels so buttery and soft and shiney.

i love it.

makes me want to hug my pots.

pot pots. 14/03/08

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Teehee.

slipcasting 14/03/08

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slipcasting.. out of the best mould i made in the world so far.

porcelain.

interesting. experimenting with different scales and thickness.....

MC Hawkins. 04/03/08

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It's.not.my.fault.

Biggest pot so far.. 04/03/08

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big.,
big·ger, big·gest, adverb, noun
–adjective 1. large, as in size, height, width, or amount: a big house; a big quantity.
2. of major concern, importance, gravity, or the like: a big problem.
3. outstanding for a specified quality: a big liar; a big success.
4. important, as in influence, standing, or wealth: a big man in his field.
5. grown-up; mature: big enough to know better.
6. elder: my big sister.

Whacked this out before pilates.. I just realised I'm a total hippy. :(

x

Sketchbooks 27/02/08

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I have been making lots of little sketchbooks.. and just started a big new one.

i like textfontfont.

there's so much...
there's so much to do.. there's so much i want to do.. it will never end..

100 pots 100 dots 100 ideas.

Our final show is going to be branded 'Love.Making'.

<3

3D 27/02/08

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This is a pinky pot, it just has an engobe on it at the moment.. i made it a while ago and found it just came out of the kiln. lovely jubbly.

This is the tallest pot like this i have made.

I well off pots now. Which is nice. good timing meesh.
i have been doing muchos sketchbook work.. to try and get some good solid ideas. i'm fed up of pansying around with ceramics.. trying to learn how to build. i think i've done all the learning i can in that respect.

i have however also made my most brilliant and complex mould in my life so far...

so far.. so good...

pretty chuffed. only ruined the last piece.. think i was getting tired.. as i had been concentrating especially hard to not ruin my mould. as i am DREADFUL at making them. i always spill the plaster everywhere. or it explodes out of the little walls through the clay or something equally as annoying.

it's currently drying and i'll do some slip casting next week.

HUZZAH!

x

Today. 15/02/08

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Blobby messy pot that I left by accident over the dissertation reading weeks.....

Have sorted him out a bit today. Prob a bit dangerous, but he made some great shavings as I smoothed him down.

This week has been a bit of a Uni write off week. Glad I have got my dissertation in. And lots of other stuff has happened. I have tied up a lot of loose ends. Handed in my notices at both works YES. I am feeling so so much happier. and like I am standing at the bottom of a big hill that I cannot wait to bloody climb.

I love you.

Pot updates. 15/02/08

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Hi, Here's some more pics I've been meaning to post. Mainly of pots previously posted in progress.. and now glazed/half glazed..

Pink/Purple.
White glossy glaze. Purple engobe with bought pink glaze over the top.(Potters Connection)

Worked ok. Need to get better at applying the glaze.. but ok for an early attempt. Like the dotty texture.

A final piece, based on one of my initial ideas. IE - pot with text on. Simple. Idea: tonnes of clusters of pots, different vibrant colours on inside/white outside/ text on. All different text/slogans.
Some pots no text - texture on one exterior surface instead(see pink/purp pot).

After making a couple of pots that started to get a bit too neat.. Made a quick messy one. Turq engobe.. then turq glaze.. which pinged off. - bad glaze fit? Most probably. I think something to do with the engobe (BTW engobe is in between a slip and a glaze)- I miiiight have put an engobe mixed specifically for dry clay body onto biscuit fired body by accident. Hmmmm. I reckon it was that.

Ladies and Gents. THIS monstrocity, this foul beast, this horrific accident, this nigthmare made by humble human hands, is the single most disgusting colour and colour combination I have ever seen in my life. I nearly puked when I got it out of the kiln and I nearly didn't put it up on here, as I am so embarassed. However, as it was not intentional, so it's fine. We learn from our mistakes. I should know that.

The outside should've been black, I still have not worked out whether it was a bad recipe or my stupidity or another odd factor that caused such a monstrocity. Forget about it. NEXT!

A successful black glaze! The inside to this pot is a d r e a m.
So shiney and amazing and dark. I love it. Even if the outside looks blue over the white, I quite like that. One of my fav pots so far. Neat, fairly well made for me, nice glaze, nice stripey texture outside.

Iron Spangles.
Another great word. Not as spangley as they sound though. Unless sprinkled on and left pretty rough. Which is quite nice. Don't like the effect when mixed into glaze though. Just dark speckles.. Dull. Pretty much everything I hate about ceramics in it's texture/effect etc. I want big bold bright man made manufactured colours and finishes. Plasticy. Not earthy, naturally, boring. But spangles were cheap and possibly can be used at some point for something hmm.

My glaze sketch book. Today. The studio. Uni. Nottingham. The world. The Universe. by Michelle Wood aged 22.

One Long pot. Biscuit fired. Waiting to be finished.... I'd like to see him about five times the size one day.

This is one of my best made ones, in neatness factors anyway. He's very neat and prim and proper. Which I love him for. Although he doesn't really feel like he is mine. Like a child who's too beautiful for the parents and must've been adopted, surely? Still, I'm proud I made such a neat pot. But fuck that, I'll not be making a habit of it. But at least I can prove I am fairly capable. YESSS.

My messy pot up there ^ was the anti-this pot.

On my wall.

Bye xx

G-G-G-GGGglazes. Some disasters. 14/02/08

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Some glaze disasters.. Some bad glaze fits - and pinging.

'Ping' and 'engobe' are great words.

However, it would appear that the reason my glazes ping.. are possibly to do with said engobes. which is upsetting. but i do get to say ping and engobe a few more times.

ping.

White blobby rules.

bye. x

Practice pots.. in progress. 14/02/08

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Hi,

here's some pictures from the middle of January.

Test pots, now finished.. more pics to foolow..

Spray booth.
Engobes.
Glazes.
All before firing.

X

Dissertation/Disserstraction 02/02/08

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If my degree was in distractions I'd be queen of the coop, top of the class, king of the jungle.

It isn't.

It doesn't help that I haven't had the guts to hand my notices in at EITHER of my jobs and that pretty much ever saturday I am working 10-6, 8-3. It is hurting. But it is better than not being able to sleep. At least this way when I get to have some sleep I appreciate it.

The internet is evil, and isn't helping my brain very much right now.

It also doesn't help that my dissertation deadline is on friday, and I have decided last minute to pretty much rewrite everything and change it all.

I am glad I have though to be honest, it's much more interesting. To me anyway.

I am going to miss the library when I leave uni so much. :( What have I been doing for the last three years really? ..Oh yeh..

I have no idea whether to move or not. Brighton is calling me massively, it has been for years, and now I could have the chance to go.. live with vicky for her final year. Possibly do my PGCE?

I thought I wanted to live in loads of places, Edinburgh, London, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester.. but right now Brighton seems to be all that is talking to me.

How will I ever fit in living in all of those places and more places in my life?

Happiest serving others. Happiest pleasing others, apart from myself. Untill I let it ruin me. Good one.

I have more pictures that have been waiting to upload of my pots and glazes, but my (stolen neighbours) wireless internet at home is utterly rubbish. I'll remember to bring the to work/uni, and do a big update.

Everythings shit. Couldn't be much more rubbish.

But everything is going to get HELLA BETTER. Hopefully hella soon.

X

08/01/08 11/01/08

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Hello.

Happy New Year.

This year I have mostly been...

Unglazed/half glazed
gold lustre/real gold
fired/unfired
scales/powder
dry/damp
fired/unfired
engobe/engobe

DARTY XMAS.. 18/12/07

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Decorative Arts xmas time.

DART XMAS PARTY at Bar Non.
DART XMAS stall at Bonnington, NTU.

Some stuff I have made.. more pics to come.

xxx

Hello. Again. 17/12/07

2008-09-02T13:42:00.001-07:00

Well hello.

Where to begin..? Hmm.. prehaps justify myself? yes good start meesh.

A lot has happened of late. And a lot has changed, mainly cos it's had no other choice I guess. I have managed to stupidly, awkwardly and strangely force myself into where I am now.. and I guess I'm just trying to come out ok on the otherside... where ever that may be.

Lessons learned. Friends discovered. Treasures uncovered. True hearts found. Real thoughts exposed. ETC.

Anyway, it's time internet-time was used a bit more productively. So I have temporarily sacked off facebook and semi sacked off myspace.. (have kept on the D!L!P!R! one.. due to business commitments and that ;)... [and so my pyshco streak can still stalk. oh the shame.])

So to cut this long, vague and ridiculous story short:

I'm going to start using this blog. for. real.

Uni stuff. Label stuf. Anything stuff. Things I am doing. I'll try not to nclude party pics. but I find that unlikely.

Not that I care awfully about showing anyone this, or anyone looking, and quite frankly.. I kind of don't want them to.. (but I also don't want it to be totally private..) but because I have realised my over use of the waste of time, space, energy that is the likes of facebook... REALLY just satisfied my craving to write stuff.

Get stuff out of my system.

Write things in bullet points.. y'know.. the usual.

So here I am once more. Only more productive.. maybe.

Death to livejournal.
Long live live journal!

Meesh forever!

X

Final Second year Project 03/06/07

2008-09-02T13:41:00.002-07:00

Hello,

Well my Second year of decorative arts is very nealry over, and the tow year shave flown by, and i feel this is the ONLY project so far, that feels like it's MY work, and like i'm gettign somewhere, and that i can take it many othe rplaces. WHICH I am finding extremely exciting.

There's shed loads of work to do, a whole load of fund raising to do etc, (i'm a student rep.. so gotta get on it!)

Here's the pics from my assessment,

liked the way it all looked in the end.. so here you go..

xxxx

Spring Clean boutique 21/05/07

2008-09-02T13:41:00.001-07:00

Spring Clean Boutique.
Decorative Arts Year two, fund rasing attempts! Student reps, me, Bibby and our adopted Rep, who's probably better than us, Ruthie! Did better than we thought, and I got my make up done as a practise run for fashion show.. bright yellow eyes, and bright turquoise eyebrows, nice.

21/05/07 21/05/07

2008-09-02T13:40:00.000-07:00

Hello,

time for a little update.

Nearly at the end of the second year of my degree..

last project has been 'Commisson', i am proposing a large series/cluster of pots. Yellow ones of course.

Here's some pics of some of my samples etc..

More to come when finished!

x

My desk today 27/02/07

2008-09-02T13:37:00.001-07:00

My desk today.

So far.. so good.. although for some reason I have done the colours a bit differently to what I originally planned. I should be supervised.

Being kicked out of uni at approx 6 is getting a bit of a joke!

but FRIDAY the first batch of records will be done, not many.. -The rest will be done start of April.
xxx

DART2 19/02/07

2008-09-02T13:34:00.001-07:00

the starts of 'gallery project'

Uni 19/02/07

2008-09-02T13:33:00.000-07:00

BA (Hons) - Decorative Arts

DART YEAR 1/DART YEAR 2

About the course
"The course offers a unique and exciting opportunity to study applied art, design and studio crafts within a stimulating interdisciplinary studio and workshops programme. This covers a variety of surfaces and media including ceramics, glass, metal, wood, textiles and paper making. The course seeks to establish the value and application of individual creative expression by providing an interactive broad base from which the potential artist/craftsperson is encouraged to develop progressively in design, making and craft skills. Within a context of historical and contemporary practice, students develop the design, studio and workshop skills to equip them for professional opportunities in contemporary applied arts practice."

hello 19/02/07

2008-09-02T13:32:00.001-07:00

I'm starting this journal with the intent of documenting some work, I'll start with some old stuff.

drawing, summer 05.