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This final week of work has been focusing on the rock handle mugs. I think these have perfectly illustrated the mix between ergonomics and interactive play. I wanted to create pieces that fit well in the hand but also draw in the user. I photographed all my “experimental” fired mugs and asked people around the… Continue reading Week 8 – making a project!

After seeing the handle in the charity shop which fit perfectly in my hand I wanted to research more into abstract ergonomics. I wanted to see how pieces could fit in a person’s hand while looking like they might not. I saw work similar to the handle on the lid in the shop, where the… Continue reading Week 7 – Experimenting with my work

Coming back from Christmas I started looking at my ideas and continuing research and developing them into something 3D. For me, I find a huge part of developing a project is making it through trial and error. Although creating mind maps and doing research is also important I learn the most while I have my… Continue reading Week 6 – Developing my own ideas

On Monday morning I made a list of things i still had left to do. I thought id begin with the tasks that I assumed would be the quickest, I was wrong, everything takes alot of time. My first task was carving out the extruder handle plate. This was harder then i thought, the saw… Continue reading Week 5 – Bringing work together

To begin this week we had an independent workday. I took this opportunity to throw my mugs. I had never thrown in this way before, being told how much to use and try and duplicate the mugs over and over. I spent the day throwing and at the end, I had 9 mugs that I… Continue reading Week 4 – Getting comfortable

On Monday I continued to work on my handle, I managed to break it again! I was now an expert handle crafter and didn’t mind sitting for a while and sanding it down. I also had a kiln induction with Andy, this showed me again how little I actually know about ceramics. I had no… Continue reading Week 3 – New information

This week ran smoothly in from the last, I carried on carving, sanding and smoothing my handle down. On Monday I finished off my tile moulds and sad with Cerys and Nina perfecting my handle. I also planned with Nina our carving session for Tuesday, we were on the lathe! On the Tuesday morning before… Continue reading Week 2 – Trial and error

This biconical urn was found in a burial mound near Amesbury, Wiltshire. The urn was from the Bronze age which dates 1900-1500BC. While visiting Salisbury Museum, I became interested in this artefact because of the materials used to create it and the idea that it has gone full circle while still staying within 10 miles… Continue reading Biconical Urn – Salisbury Museum. Written Statement.

In this week I finished all making, I had burnished my piece to be fired over the weekend and I now had nothing left to do but create my portfolios. I filmed stop motions of me breaking down my other pieces and adding them into my urn. I took photos of my pieces and I… Continue reading Week 5 – The end of my unit’s journey

During this week I had an aim to create a more solid project, while still experimenting with creating. With the new focus on death and new knowledge about plaster casting, I created a cast of a bone which I found while Mudlarking. I loved this process since it gave me time to think about how… Continue reading Week 3 – Developing Ideas