Magic Water

 

Marian Williams’ Pottery

Attaching handles, welding seams, joining pieces of clay….Problems?!

Here is the easy solution!

Magic Water!  Lana Wilson’s recipe is (from website):

Magic Water

1 Gallon Water

9.5 Grams Sodium Silicate

3 Grams Soda Ash

OR

1 Gallon Water

3 Tablespoons of Liquid Sodium Silicate

1 1/2 Teaspoons of Soda Ash source

I use a toothbrush to score and apply and have had really great success!  No more messy slip and cracks in pieces during the drying process!

I found on Marian William's Blog. Link below. 

https://www.marianwilliamspottery.com/2012/07/04/its-magical-how-to-make-and-use-magic-water/?fbclid=IwAR2md6gOELs9EQQrvLRS5aQg4EXYqAPV8n1pqniDWsyOhlkIR9oCEpJVxa4

Bamana Potters

Bamana potter Seban Fané, Kunògò, Mali, 1991. Photograph by Barbara E. Frank.

 

Bamana potters are part of a complex social and artistic network among the Mande peoples of West Africa.  Identified collectively as nyamakalaw, blacksmiths, potters, bards and leatherworkers form a separate social class from the mostly farmer majority. A woman does not simply choose to become a potter. She is born into a family of blacksmiths and potters, who protect the secrets of their trades by endogamous marriage practices. The Bamana term for potter, numumuso, is generally translated as "blacksmith woman", but means much more than the wife or mother of a blacksmith. 

Continue reading and more images: https://africa.uima.uiowa.edu/topic-essays/show/5?start=0

 

Sam Bolanos, Student Work, Ceramic I

Ceramic and Glaze

Assignment - Make a collection of at least 15 small, hand-held forms. 

 

Clay Studio

 

Savanna Jones, Student Work, Independent Body of Work for BFA Exhibition

Ceramic Bisque and Wax

 

Annie Fox, Student Work, Ceramic I

Ceramic and Glaze

Response to "inspired by mountains" prompt. 

3" x 4" x 1.5"

Ceramic and Glaze

An example of carving for the experimental category. 

Raised areas are glazed. 

5" length

 

Rachel Lee, Student Work, Ceramic I, Examples of 20 Small Sculptures

Response to "negative space" prompt. 

Ceramic with glaze. 

4" width x 5" height

Response to "inspired by mountains" prompt. 

Ceramic with flocking. 

Largest form 6" in length.

Response to "with legs/elevate" prompt. 

Ceramic with glaze. 

7" height

 

Amelia Weber, Experiments in open pit firing at Gamble Rodgers State Park Flagler Beach, FL

After learning about pit firing from a book in the clay studio, 

Amelia brought along some of her greenware on a camping trip. 

 

Sasha Lute, Student Work

This installation represents parts to a whole system by utilizing windows to see into "rooms" that housed scenes of miniatures of furniture, noses, ears, lips, and hands. The installation to me portrays pieces of a whole person and the little things that make us who we are. I began by making several miniature clay body parts that I sculpted by hand to create molds. I built a faux wall that fit into a small space in the art building. This way my abstract formation of a person could physically take up and claim its own space, ceiling, walls, and floors.

Sasha Lute, Student Work

Fairy tales, like the tooth fairy, rely on  illusions. Fairies flying, sneaking into your room, stealing your tooth, and leaving a gift behind seems like a bunch of frills to me. I always questioned why the fairies need teeth. I put a small, sculpted tooth on a pedestal to emphasize this importance of this object and "floated" pillows above the tooth to push the boundaries of reality.