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nicola crocker ceramics: 15-Jul-2011
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Friday, 15 July 2011. I'm trialing the idea of wall hanging pieces. This piece is made from paperclay, to lighten it and add further texture. Slip resist of a fern leaf and then glazed. I'm thinking of a triptych (series of 3) showing the different seasons of plants in my garden. Obviously I can only do summer at the moment though! Black chunky paperclay. Porcelain slip resist fern leaf. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). 45 Southside, Barbican, Plymouth. Open Art Gallery Cafe, Rottingdean, Brighton.
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nicola crocker ceramics: 18-Sep-2011
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Sunday, 18 September 2011. Earthenware colour glaze tests. These are some pots I have glazed with some new colour tests, ready to Raku fire with horsehair. The little lidded pots are also a new experiment. Unfortunately it's howling with rain and the weather forecast is pretty dismal for the next few days so I don't know when I'm going to be able to finish them. These are the colours I tested using an earthenware gloss base glaze. These colours are a blend of all the above colours at 1%. 23 Nov - 23 Feb.
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nicola crocker ceramics: 13-Jul-2011
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Wednesday, 13 July 2011. Well the results are out and I officially have a Foundation Degree with Distinction! A really huge thank you to my husband (not just for the lovely bottle of bubbly! But for putting up with all the stress and supporting me over the last 4 years of study. I hope I can start to repay him with some success now. I do feel this is just the beginning though as this is where the hard work begins, enlightening the world to Nicola Crocker Ceramics! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). At the studi...
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nicola crocker ceramics: 20-Jan-2012
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Friday, 20 January 2012. Artists work who I have been looking at:. Jane wheeler http:/ www.janewheeler.co.uk/. Robert Cooper http:/ www.robertcooper.net/. Jo Connell http:/ www.jjconnell.co.uk/joomla/index.php. Shozo Michikawa http:/ www.shozo-michikawa.jp/eng/index.html. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). 45 Southside, Barbican, Plymouth. Broomhill Art Hotel and Sculpture Gardens, Muddiford, Devon. Open Art Gallery Cafe, Rottingdean, Brighton. 23 Nov - 23 Feb. Degree Show - Petroc 2011. View my complete profile.
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nicola crocker ceramics: 21-Sep-2011
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011. At last a break form the rain today, the sun was shinning so I took the opportunity to catch up with some Raku firing. Helped by my friend and fellow ceramicist Ros I spent the day making little horsehair pots. This is the Raku kiln that I built a couple of years ago . It is great in the fact that it is really easy to set up and pack away. I literary wheel it in and out of the shed, connect the gas and away I go! We had a little visitor checking that we were doing it right!
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nicola crocker ceramics: Trials and tribulations of a new graduate
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Tuesday, 4 October 2011. Trials and tribulations of a new graduate. No one warned me how hard it would be when I left college! I've put myself under pressure to make for several events when my work is still in the development stage. The lovely horsehair pots are proving to be problematic. I know with time I will be able to get them right but I don't have much (time) as deadlines are looming. Each time I need to try a new method/idea it is a process of. 5 October 2011 at 02:30. You will get there! Barring...
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nicola crocker ceramics: 16-Sep-2011
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Friday, 16 September 2011. Gosh it's ages since I blogged last. I think I have been subconsciously having a break now I have finished college. But actually its good to keep a note of what I've been doing for my own records, to look back on in the future. I have done quite a lot over the summer and last couple of weeks since the children went back to school. This picture is of me force drying some test tiles (I'm soooo impatient! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). 45 Southside, Barbican, Plymouth. 23 Nov - 23 Feb.
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nicola crocker ceramics: 20-Nov-2011
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Sunday, 20 November 2011. I've been looking at some alternatives to the horsehair technique as the percentage of pots that don't make it through the process is too high (currently 40%! Melting copper wire on to pots is something I looked at in my Foundation Diploma and something that I have wanted to revisit for a long time. So these pictures are the experiments so far. Copper wire low fired. Copper wire high fired. Comparison of all 3. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). 45 Southside, Barbican, Plymouth.
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