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Mature student, learning to use ceramics as a means of communication and expression.

It may not look like much, but I have managed to get work made and have almost finalised the semester and made a submission. The mark (which I hope to scrape by with) doesn't matter as much as proving to myself that even when my anxiety, my depression and my overwhelming pain try to take me down, I can sometimes surprise myself. Fibromyalgia, nerve damage, poor mental health and Degenerative Disk Disease may be the biggest part of me, but I hope that they aren't the most defining parts of me. Like all other disabilities, invisible disabilities take so much from the sufferer, and for me this semester was a fight to remind myself why I want to make art. I am more than my conditions, even if I forget that myself!! #belfastschoolofart #ulsteruniversitybelfast #fineartstudent #ceramics #fibromyalgia #fibrowarrior #uuceramics 08/08/2022

It may not look like much, but I have managed to get work made and have almost finalised the semester and made a submission. The mark (which I hope to scrape by with) doesn't matter as much as proving to myself that even when my anxiety, my depression and my overwhelming pain try to take me down, I can sometimes surprise myself. Fibromyalgia, nerve damage, poor mental health and Degenerative Disk Disease may be the biggest part of me, but I hope that they aren't the most defining parts of me. Like all other disabilities, invisible disabilities take so much from the sufferer, and for me this semester was a fight to remind myself why I want to make art. I am more than my conditions, even if I forget that myself!! #belfastschoolofart #ulsteruniversitybelfast #fineartstudent #ceramics #fibromyalgia #fibrowarrior #uuceramics

And my final piece of the semester is titled 'Stoneheart?'. This piece was inspired buy 2 particular quotes, recent global issues and my own failings as a human. Hand-built with grogged stoneware clay, this piece was designed to develop cracks and damage in firing. "A broken heart is not the same as sadness. Sadness occurs when the heart is stone cold and lifeless. On the contrary, there is an unbelievable amount of vitality in a broken heart" ~ Elizabeth Lesser "The real weapons of mass destruction are the hardened hearts of humanity." ~ Leonard Cohen #belfastschoolofart #ulsteruniversitybelfast #fineartstudent #ceramics #uuceramics 08/08/2022

And my final piece of the semester is titled 'Stoneheart?'. This piece was inspired buy 2 particular quotes, recent global issues and my own failings as a human. Hand-built with grogged stoneware clay, this piece was designed to develop cracks and damage in firing. "A broken heart is not the same as sadness. Sadness occurs when the heart is stone cold and lifeless. On the contrary, there is an unbelievable amount of vitality in a broken heart" ~ Elizabeth Lesser "The real weapons of mass destruction are the hardened hearts of humanity." ~ Leonard Cohen #belfastschoolofart #ulsteruniversitybelfast #fineartstudent #ceramics #uuceramics

Titled 'DBA Lifeline' this piece is hand-built from porcelain clay body and porcelain slip. It is inspired by someone I am lucky to have gotten to know and who has proven herself a kind, gentle soul with a fierce fighting spirit. #belfastschoolofart #ulsteruniversitybelfast #fineartstudent #ceramics #uuceramics 08/08/2022

Titled 'DBA Lifeline' this piece is hand-built from porcelain clay body and porcelain slip. It is inspired by someone I am lucky to have gotten to know and who has proven herself a kind, gentle soul with a fierce fighting spirit. #belfastschoolofart #ulsteruniversitybelfast #fineartstudent #ceramics #uuceramics

'Vortex' hand-built piece made from handmade porcelain paperclay. #belfastschoolofart #ulsteruniversitybelfast #fineartstudent #ceramics #uuceramics 08/08/2022

'Vortex' hand-built piece made from handmade porcelain paperclay. #belfastschoolofart #ulsteruniversitybelfast #fineartstudent #ceramics #uuceramics

Companion piece to 'Twice' this mini installation is titled 'More Masks Than Jellyfish'. This is another piece that I managed to complete during the last semester. Hand-built pieces are representative of a Jellyfish (constructed out of handmade porcelain paperclay) and a juvenile Hawksbill Turtle (constructed out of porcelain). #belfastschoolofart #fineartstudent #ulsteruniversity #ceramics #uuceramics 08/08/2022

Companion piece to 'Twice' this mini installation is titled 'More Masks Than Jellyfish'. This is another piece that I managed to complete during the last semester. Hand-built pieces are representative of a Jellyfish (constructed out of handmade porcelain paperclay) and a juvenile Hawksbill Turtle (constructed out of porcelain). #belfastschoolofart #fineartstudent #ulsteruniversity #ceramics #uuceramics

One of the very few pieces I managed to get produced during a bad semester (pain, anxiety and depression cyclical spell). 'Twice' is on display at the Assemblage exhibition this Tuesday at 7pm in Catalyst Arts @catalystarts, Belfast. #ulsteruniversity #fineartstudent #ceramics #belfastschoolofart #uuceramics 08/08/2022

One of the very few pieces I managed to get produced during a bad semester (pain, anxiety and depression cyclical spell). 'Twice' is on display at the Assemblage exhibition this Tuesday at 7pm in Catalyst Arts @catalystarts, Belfast. #ulsteruniversity #fineartstudent #ceramics #belfastschoolofart #uuceramics

Catalyst Arts exhibition in Belfast ... opening Tuesday 9th of August. Work being presented by Fine Art 2nd year students in the Sculpture/Lens and Ceramics departments. Come along and show your support. 08/08/2022

Catalyst Arts exhibition in Belfast ... opening Tuesday 9th of August. Work being presented by Fine Art 2nd year students in the Sculpture/Lens and Ceramics departments. Come along and show your support.

Haven't posted for ages, been too busy trying out new stuff and having it fail. Each failure pushed me to try harder. So this is all I have to share ... Set up for end of year 2, semster 1 hand in. Looks a bit busy maybe, but I tried ... now just to redo everything my blasted computer lost/corrupted/deleted when it crashed. Keep me in your thoughts guys, may end up with an alcohol issue by next week. #art #artstudent #fineart #ceramics #paperclayart #bonechina #parian #slipcastingceramics #experimentationinart #combustibleadditivesinclay #belfastschoolofart #uucjs #ulsteruniversitybelfast 08/08/2022

Haven't posted for ages, been too busy trying out new stuff and having it fail. Each failure pushed me to try harder. So this is all I have to share ... Set up for end of year 2, semster 1 hand in. Looks a bit busy maybe, but I tried ... now just to redo everything my blasted computer lost/corrupted/deleted when it crashed. Keep me in your thoughts guys, may end up with an alcohol issue by next week. #art #artstudent #fineart #ceramics #paperclayart #bonechina #parian #slipcastingceramics #experimentationinart #combustibleadditivesinclay #belfastschoolofart #uucjs #ulsteruniversitybelfast

Part two of final project of the semester. R&D Project. Building body clay with heavy grig used when creating all of the hand thrown elements before building into a stylised vessel. Which was then decorated with numerous different glazes to give an aged appearance of a found object. Fired in reduction at cone ten/1300 degrees celsius. #artstudent #ceramicsnovice #ulsteruniversity #uucjs #crankclay #handthrown #clayvesselsculpture #matt turquoise #tenmokuglaze #redironoxideglaze #yellowironoxide #crawlglaze 08/08/2022

Part two of final project of the semester. R&D Project. Building body clay with heavy grig used when creating all of the hand thrown elements before building into a stylised vessel. Which was then decorated with numerous different glazes to give an aged appearance of a found object. Fired in reduction at cone ten/1300 degrees celsius. #artstudent #ceramicsnovice #ulsteruniversity #uucjs #crankclay #handthrown #clayvesselsculpture #matt turquoise #tenmokuglaze #redironoxideglaze #yellowironoxide #crawlglaze

Part one of the last project of the semester. R&D project. Hand thrown and but up elements. Form painted with black slip and a crank building body slip, before being carved into. Then oxides applied and coated with transparent glaze. Unfortunately the handle broke off but lessons learnt from the process. #artstudent #ceramicsnovice #ulsteruniversity #uucjs #thistle #whiteclay #blackslip #buildingbodyslip #redironoxide #coppercarbonate #electricbluevelvet #underglaze #transparentglaze 08/08/2022

Part one of the last project of the semester. R&D project. Hand thrown and but up elements. Form painted with black slip and a crank building body slip, before being carved into. Then oxides applied and coated with transparent glaze. Unfortunately the handle broke off but lessons learnt from the process. #artstudent #ceramicsnovice #ulsteruniversity #uucjs #thistle #whiteclay #blackslip #buildingbodyslip #redironoxide #coppercarbonate #electricbluevelvet #underglaze #transparentglaze

Pouring vessel project complete ... Air, earth, fire and water. Still have a long way to go with the art but for my first run at throwing on a wheel, I am quite pleased. There are a few things I would change but I think they work well as a series. Thoughts? #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #whiteclay #handthrown 08/08/2022

Pouring vessel project complete ... Air, earth, fire and water. Still have a long way to go with the art but for my first run at throwing on a wheel, I am quite pleased. There are a few things I would change but I think they work well as a series. Thoughts? #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #whiteclay #handthrown

Final pouring vessel of the elements series ... air. This was designed to look like a cyclone/twister so I glazed it with a light coloured Honey Tenmoku glaze with Titanium Oxide added. Fired in reduction to come 10/1300 degrees. This was chosen to give the impression of dust and dirt being swept up into the moving air. I particularly like the fine bubbling effect that is more reminiscent of dust and sand in air. #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #whiteclay #reductionfired #tenmokuglaze 08/08/2022

Final pouring vessel of the elements series ... air. This was designed to look like a cyclone/twister so I glazed it with a light coloured Honey Tenmoku glaze with Titanium Oxide added. Fired in reduction to come 10/1300 degrees. This was chosen to give the impression of dust and dirt being swept up into the moving air. I particularly like the fine bubbling effect that is more reminiscent of dust and sand in air. #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #whiteclay #reductionfired #tenmokuglaze

With this one, I was trying to capture more the charring and smoke than the flames, so I decided to go brown and black ... Just to be different I went with a shiny glaze, and due to that this one stands out that bit more. I deliberately chose that way to go because I wanted to emphasise the more man-made side of fire as opposed to the natural elements of air, water and earth. Thoughts? #artstudent #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #pouringvessels #whiteclay 08/08/2022

With this one, I was trying to capture more the charring and smoke than the flames, so I decided to go brown and black ... Just to be different I went with a shiny glaze, and due to that this one stands out that bit more. I deliberately chose that way to go because I wanted to emphasise the more man-made side of fire as opposed to the natural elements of air, water and earth. Thoughts? #artstudent #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #pouringvessels #whiteclay

Probably not to everyone's/anyone's taste, but I really love this matte moss like glaze. It really feels earthy to me and I think it fits with the idea for the piece. #artstudent #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #pouringvessels #whiteclay 08/08/2022

Probably not to everyone's/anyone's taste, but I really love this matte moss like glaze. It really feels earthy to me and I think it fits with the idea for the piece. #artstudent #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #pouringvessels #whiteclay

Not sure if I like the minimal glazing, may go back over it and refire. I like the matte look on the exteriors of the piece, although it is quite interesting to look at. #artstudent #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #pouringvessels #whiteclay 08/08/2022

Not sure if I like the minimal glazing, may go back over it and refire. I like the matte look on the exteriors of the piece, although it is quite interesting to look at. #artstudent #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #pouringvessels #whiteclay

Post bisque firing ... I have applied a layer of honey tenmoku glaze to the "air" form ... This glaze mixture has a titanium oxide component, so I hope to create a light brown and grey coloured glaze (will be my first to me trying reduction firing) to this form. The colour of the glaze applied won't inform the final colour, the atmosphere, temperature and glaze mixture components do that! Have yet to decide how to glaze the other pieces. That's the next step in my process fingers crossed. #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #artstudent #handdecorated #handthrown #whiteclay #slipdecoration #texturedclay 08/08/2022

Post bisque firing ... I have applied a layer of honey tenmoku glaze to the "air" form ... This glaze mixture has a titanium oxide component, so I hope to create a light brown and grey coloured glaze (will be my first to me trying reduction firing) to this form. The colour of the glaze applied won't inform the final colour, the atmosphere, temperature and glaze mixture components do that! Have yet to decide how to glaze the other pieces. That's the next step in my process fingers crossed. #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #artstudent #handdecorated #handthrown #whiteclay #slipdecoration #texturedclay

Brushed on coloured slips to the surface before bisque firing. I am a little about the lined piece having broken during carving, but will use as a test piece for glazing practice. These colours were brushed on, I have used red, yellow, green, blue and black slip on the carved areas ... Fingers crossed for bisque firing!! #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #artstudent #handthrown #handdecorated #whiteclay #slipdecoration #carvedandtexturedclay 08/08/2022

Brushed on coloured slips to the surface before bisque firing. I am a little about the lined piece having broken during carving, but will use as a test piece for glazing practice. These colours were brushed on, I have used red, yellow, green, blue and black slip on the carved areas ... Fingers crossed for bisque firing!! #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #artstudent #handthrown #handdecorated #whiteclay #slipdecoration #carvedandtexturedclay

Carved into the forms to give texture and applies designs that allude to each element ... I hope anyway. Flames for fire, a cyclone/twister type form for air, plant like markings for earth, and a sort of water droplet shape. #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #handthrown #handdecorated #whiteclay 08/08/2022

Carved into the forms to give texture and applies designs that allude to each element ... I hope anyway. Flames for fire, a cyclone/twister type form for air, plant like markings for earth, and a sort of water droplet shape. #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #handthrown #handdecorated #whiteclay

Forms I ended up using going forward with the pouring vessel project. They are all designed to appear different, but have the same thumb shaped indentations in their centres. This is a deliberate design choice ... I felt I needed something to give the series some cohesion. The aim is to make a series of flasks, all small enough to be held with the hand. Best laid plans eh? But giving it a go. #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #whiteclay #handthrown #elements 08/08/2022

Forms I ended up using going forward with the pouring vessel project. They are all designed to appear different, but have the same thumb shaped indentations in their centres. This is a deliberate design choice ... I felt I needed something to give the series some cohesion. The aim is to make a series of flasks, all small enough to be held with the hand. Best laid plans eh? But giving it a go. #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #whiteclay #handthrown #elements

Well, big praise to all you ceramics artists and potters who have the skill in throwing. I tried throwing for the very first time, it was far more difficult than you all make it look! There were a great deal of failures both on and off the wheel for me, but a project had to be completed, so I pushed through (read that as I was entirely winging it) to make sure I had a series of 3 wheel thrown pouring vessels to turn in. These vessels are not in any way polished enough to be sharing, but work is work ... We learn more from our failures than our successes (or at least that is what I am telling myself!). Based around the four elements of air, earth, fire and water I built these pieces on the wheel. I chose to represent these elements because they all have a role to play in ceramics. Or at least to my mind they do, to This shows the problematic first form, and the pieces I felt I could use ... Decoration would be applied later ... Apologies to all you accomplished potters and ceramicists for the "bespoke" appearance of my wonky vessels ... Still learning. This far I have learnt that maybe the wheel isn't for me lol #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #artstudent #whiteclay #handthrown #pouringvessels #elements 08/08/2022

Well, big praise to all you ceramics artists and potters who have the skill in throwing. I tried throwing for the very first time, it was far more difficult than you all make it look! There were a great deal of failures both on and off the wheel for me, but a project had to be completed, so I pushed through (read that as I was entirely winging it) to make sure I had a series of 3 wheel thrown pouring vessels to turn in. These vessels are not in any way polished enough to be sharing, but work is work ... We learn more from our failures than our successes (or at least that is what I am telling myself!). Based around the four elements of air, earth, fire and water I built these pieces on the wheel. I chose to represent these elements because they all have a role to play in ceramics. Or at least to my mind they do, to This shows the problematic first form, and the pieces I felt I could use ... Decoration would be applied later ... Apologies to all you accomplished potters and ceramicists for the "bespoke" appearance of my wonky vessels ... Still learning. This far I have learnt that maybe the wheel isn't for me lol #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #artstudent #whiteclay #handthrown #pouringvessels #elements

Follow up shots ... After having the pieces high fired again, the warping was reduced quite a bit. Even so, you can see how different the shape of the pages are from each other, so I could feasibly build the piece into a functional book. I messed about with how to display the work, and ultimately decided on creating a concertina effect ... There was some damage caused during construction but this was due to cracking that had formed during drying stages. I'm not overly precious as the page affected mirrored the one which had already lost a corner. Having completed this project ... I think I would try it again but with alterations ... I would like to try this with paperclay and printmaking techniques using a plaster bat to control and regulate drying of each page to the same stage. I think displaying it as a concertina allows the viewer to read the imagery much the same way as they would a physical book. Overall, I am happy to have been able to make something and really appreciated the learning process it afforded me. #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #artstudent #terracottaclay #slipdecoration #tenmokuglaze #texturedclay 08/08/2022

Follow up shots ... After having the pieces high fired again, the warping was reduced quite a bit. Even so, you can see how different the shape of the pages are from each other, so I could feasibly build the piece into a functional book. I messed about with how to display the work, and ultimately decided on creating a concertina effect ... There was some damage caused during construction but this was due to cracking that had formed during drying stages. I'm not overly precious as the page affected mirrored the one which had already lost a corner. Having completed this project ... I think I would try it again but with alterations ... I would like to try this with paperclay and printmaking techniques using a plaster bat to control and regulate drying of each page to the same stage. I think displaying it as a concertina allows the viewer to read the imagery much the same way as they would a physical book. Overall, I am happy to have been able to make something and really appreciated the learning process it afforded me. #ulsteruniversity #belfastschoolofart #ceramicsnovice #artstudent #terracottaclay #slipdecoration #tenmokuglaze #texturedclay

What's your own idea of a sanctuary? - mine is a quiet warm place, reading a book with a cup of tea, knowing my family are safe and well. Spent a few days in studio trying to make a ceramics book. Not sure if these will withstand drying never mind finger ... Fingers crossed for my pieces please. I would do it myself but they are all hacked to bits and super dehydrated. ***note to self, buy the best barrier cream out there for studio practice***. #artstudent #fineartceramics #ceramicsnovice #terracotta #oaktree #acorn #familytree #sanctuary 08/08/2022

What's your own idea of a sanctuary? - mine is a quiet warm place, reading a book with a cup of tea, knowing my family are safe and well. Spent a few days in studio trying to make a ceramics book. Not sure if these will withstand drying never mind finger ... Fingers crossed for my pieces please. I would do it myself but they are all hacked to bits and super dehydrated. ***note to self, buy the best barrier cream out there for studio practice***. #artstudent #fineartceramics #ceramicsnovice #terracotta #oaktree #acorn #familytree #sanctuary

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