Year Two: Week Seventeen
Monday – Ceramics
Remember this? It’s my design for a diffuser (also known as an aroma lamp). Water goes in the cup shape at the top with drops of aromatic oil and the candle underneath warms this to send a fragrance (for aromatherapy) into the room.
I completed this piece on Monday and it has gone to the kiln room along with my wizard’s hat for the “W” book. Both need to be bisque fired so I can glaze them for the final firing.
I am learning more about “wabi sabi” as it may apply to ceramics. I am aiming for my pieces to have that quality. Here are some links that I have found interesting so far.
Robert Compton Pottery –
http://www.robertcomptonpottery.com/Sales-Wabi-Sabi-%20MasterPage.htm
What is Wabi-Sabi? - http://nobleharbor.com/tea/chado/WhatIsWabi-Sabi.htm
http://www.hermitary.com/solitude/aesthetics.html
Simply wabi-sabi - http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_/ai_n10044126
Wabi-sabi and Its Influences – http://www.socyberty.com/Philosophy/Wabi-sabi-and-Its-Influences.310663
Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi
Wednesday - Printmaking
I continue working on the large fusion head, based on the maquette you may have seen in an earlier blog. The head is a synthesis of styles: a head by contemporary sculptress Elizabeth Fring and from an ancient Egyptian head.
I have one more session ahead of me next week in which to complete the piece.
I’ll be submitting a display board that shows the pieces that inspired me along with the resulting fusion head and summarizes the two styles that have been combined.
I began work on a power point slide show assignment for photography. We selected a photographer from a list and I was fortunate to get one of my preferred choices – Henri Cartier-Bresson. I believe the most difficult aspect of this project will be narrowing down the number of photographs to show – he shot so many very fine pictures in his long lifetime.
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