Casual Clay Class - The Quarry Arts Centre

Tuesday has become my Clay-Day.

I took a packed lunch with me and stayed 

until 2.30 pm before heading to the library 

to pick up some (clay technique) books,

then headed over to pick Cam up after school.

I was feeling pretty chuffedwith my paper-clay

(well....it LOOKED great!)

and rolled it out to a slab where I discovered,

much to my disappointment, it didn't cut cleanly!

Being fibrous in nature (with flax paper) meant it 

cut with fibres sticking out like whiskers! 

(no photos sorry)

So I reworked the clay into a large leaf with the

 intentions of fashioning a tall vase for some (wooden?)

flowers I purchased recently that need a tall vase.

So I'm still having FUN at this point.

I took a break for lunch and even

put up a Facebook status saying 

I was "having fun" playing with clay

at The Quarry Arts Centre!

My enthusiasm didn't last long though...

 A fern (NZ silver fern)

left a nice imprint

 as did the netting 

on the other side

(except it wasn't long enough) 

 but when I attempted to roll the 

clay in the "vase" shape it cracked 

and left finger indentations.

Using the sponge (that came with the clay-kit)

moistened with water, I was able to smooth

out the imperfections, which were, by this time

really bothering me! 

I almost packed in the vase idea but have 

seen pottery items that have been texturised

 by "scratching" with a toothpick...so did that.

 If I'm not liking it by next week, I'll 

just reconstitute it into something else. 

That's the great thing about clay!

Here's my pottery tiles from last week

I've textured the underside rolling them out on the 

nylon netting with the hope, they don't break.

Time: 3 hours

18 Feb 2014

Pottery

Sculpture Symposium Exhibition

I went along the exhibition of the finished sculptures on
Saturday afternoon. There was a really good turn out of
people milling around and a box to vote for
The People's Choice. Auction of the sculptures started
at 6.30pm but I didn't go along for that. I did, 

though take some photos (had to use the shop (BACH)
camera though as I'd left my at home) of the exhibition.
It was great to see them finished!

The Stone Sculptures:

 Wooden Sculptures:

Sculptures from Rock and Marble:

 Metal Sculptures:

And yes, I "scored" a piece (offcut) of 

oamaru stone for myself to practice on!

Time: One hour 

(Saturday 15 Feb 2014)

3D Sculpture

Sculpture Symposium

Oamaru Stone - Works-in-Progress!

 

 

Wood/Kauri

Stone/Marble:

and last but not least

METAL...

  

this is an existing piece of work

maybe by the same artist??

I look froward to seeing the progress/

end result by the weekend when 

there'll be an auction of the sculptures!


Time: 2 hours
3D Sculpture
Photography
11 Feb 2014

Quarry Arts Casual Clay Class

Clay leaves - I made these last week but didn't have my camera.

They are drying nicely

I love the shape of this one but (sadly) it's

 not the right size/shape for my soaps.

I'm trying so more slab tiles for my books.

..but this time I'm trying a bit of "texture" on the reverse.

This piece of netting (nylon?) came 

with my gas bottle replacement.

This is the pattern it leaves behind.

Hopefully it'll help reduce fracturing of the clay.

Using evergreen materials (again)
because I love the patterns

These tiles are half the size of those above 

they measure approx 3-4 inch square.

More leaf prints

Not sure if this'll work but going to
"give it a go"....just for fun!

PAPER CLAY

I'm pretty excited about my handmade paper clay!

There's a mix of ginger and flax paper 

scraps that I'm working in to the clay.

It was like playing with a cow pat LOL!!

It's been set aside to absorb or the moisture so I

 can work with it without it sticking to my hands.

Time: 4 hours

Causal Clay Class

Tuesday 11 Feb 2014