I’ve been experimenting with ceramic surfaces using different stains and slips and I’ve been trying to set up a similar interface to the ink and paper drawings. I’ve had varying results so far. I’ve liked the qualities that I’ve achieved with the pieces where I’ve applied a thick brush stoke of slip and then applied a mocha stain over this. The stain bleeds into all of the feathery lines left by the mark of the brush on the slip.
I’m currently reading about phenomenology as I’m going to write my first essay on this particular position. I think the idea that metaphor can contribute to perception and the creation of meaning is a really interesting one. I’ve been examining Clare Twomey’s pieces as I’m going to examine them through phenomenology. The interaction between the artworks and the audience and her response to the gallery space is fascinating.
