Its been busy lately, Ive been slowly finishing work for a big public art commission at Banff Hospital. The lead artist was Lynne at
Curious Cranberry and I made 16 large porcelain tiles for wall hanging which were adorned with photographer
Nicole Gildea's images of the local area.
It was a long haul, firing tiles of this size is a minefield of cracking and breaking but we got there eventually, below are some of the pics of the making process ...
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| Starts off with pristine flat plaster bats |
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| The surface has to be damp or the clay will dry too quickly on the surface and cause fissures |
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| Use cottling clay to build a dam |
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| Slip has just been poured in |
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| Leave to dry till it holds its shape |
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| Leather hard and wiped to soften sharp edges |
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| I use a drillbit to get the holes correct - the clay has to be at exactly the right hardness for this to work |
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| Finished pieces |
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| A Story of Banff |
After the tiles were finished I was working of a another retirement commission, this time for Mr Dave Cordiner who was an art teacher at Ellon Academy. Dave has many interests and his colleagues wanted a few things on his person as well as his distinctive shoes.....
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| Dave likes his badmintion and his Apple products...... |
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| A blue holdall and a printing roller was also requested |
