technical tuesday: surface decoration with foam cut outs

by | Jun 17, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

I posted these images on instagram yesturday and received a bunch of questions so I thought I’d included them here today for technical tuesday. Basically what I’m trying to do is add more depth to my functional work, and rather then return to stamps that I had used in the past I wanted to incorporate something that had a less precise or “refined” look to it. A technique that could be used from dish to dish but with different variations complementing how my dishes have unique hand drawn images rather than decals. Stamps to me equate to the same rigid repeativeness of decals. Not that I’m against either, I’m just looking for a different quality for this body of work.

Anyhow what I’m doing in cutting designs into thin sheets of foam (bought at Micheals here in Canada). I like how I can push and pull the images, use them on flat or rounded surfaces, layer them and ideally my aim is to incorporate them more and more into my work. It’s a technique I’ve seen many other artists use. It’s definitely not my idea, but hopefully I can develop my own spin on it.

technical tuesday: if you hate dipping tongs…

by | Jun 3, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

I saw this on pinterest the other day. Below is the description that came with the image. (sorry no source) Any one try this? I’ve never personally had an issue with the dipping tongs but some might.

The mesh holds a bit of glaze and when you release after dipping, it runs to the spots that were dry and seals the surface. I’ve always HATED dipping tongs and the bite marks they leave behind.