BVCuma on fri 16 aug 02
Here are a couple of small chai cups..
I made these after about 75 "works" on the wheel
Top pic, glaze #1 Currie grid number #19..second firing
bottom jpg, glaze #1 tile number #17..third firing.
http://www.geocities.com/bvcuma/index5.html?1029391120820
These cups were not created as an end in themselves..
but as an exploration of the dynamic interplay=20
between soft clay, wet hands and the momentum of a spinning
flywheel slowly terminated by the drag of a sensitive toe...
Hence the lack of "finish" on the rim.
early wheel work..recent glaze tests
http://www.geocities.com/bvcuma/index9.html?1029433319800
These two pots clock in at around 125th
in number of forms made on the wheel...
You can tell... they are both a bit unrefined
The first one came out of the second firing.
And the bottom one has been fired twice... the first and the fourth =
firing.
http://www.geocities.com/bvcuma/index3.html?1029391323330
Here are a couple of sculptures made in Canada 1996
First is a replica of the Easter Island Monoliths.
I studied as much as I could the best examples..
unifyied the essential elements into this facial fragment...
The second is "Dancing Girl"=20
an ancient Mohenjo-Daro sculpture (Sindh-Pakistan)
The original had a head and left arm
(you can see the ghost palm print on her thigh)
I broke these off in an attempt to=20
create a less cerebral impact.( literally ; )
and connect on a deeper level...
face and hands "speak" too much...I think
Thats why I like fragments..
I also reduced the full upper arm length of bangels
and made only two at the elbow...
better balance and tension to the piece on the whole.
http://www.geocities.com/bvcuma/index4.html?1029347751380
These are my sculptures...
the first is an original from which a mould has been taken...
the second a paste epoxy positive taken as an experiment from a mould.
http://www.geocities.com/bvcuma/index6.html?1029435065610
Finally..from the kiln this morning...
early works..
I still don't trust my refined forms to the glost fire yet...
inconsistancy in predicting glaze response.
http://www.geocities.com/bvcuma/index8.html?1029394490940
I do hope you all have enjoyed these works!
Bruce
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