#gcseart

This was a ceramic test I completed for my first GCSE year which inspired me to carry on with ceramics into my second year. It was a ceramic pot with a bee on the lid and flowers along the side. The layers of the pot were textured with dots and layered to give the impression of a beehive. The small bee on top I named Benson, so the pot became known as Benson's beehive.

This was a trial for a ceramic battle-axe that I intended to create as my end of year GCSE final piece. I intended to make the final piece far more detailed as I was going to make it full sized and thus would have more space to carve into. Unfortunately due to its size and the school kiln being unable to handle it, the final piece exploded in the kiln, but I still have its trial as shown above.

These were some ceramic weapon trials to explore the idea of creating ceramic weapons for my final GCSE Piece. They were small scale tiles with zoomed in parts of weapons that I added detail to. As the trials were successful this is what I moved forward with for my GCSE year.

This is a ceramic dagger of my own design I created for my GCSE final year. The idea was to give it a crystal like look with its shaping and shine.

This was a ceramic sword I designed and created for my GCSE final year. There is grooving I did into the sword to give it a worn look. The sword has a ceramic ribbon around the top to give it the impression of a well loved sword that the owner put ribbon on to make the handle more comfortable to hold; adding onto this idea of the sword being well loved, I carved a small bee drawing into the sword to help add onto this impression of a well loved sword that the owner has put their personal touches onto. I also created a ceramic tile for it to be displayed on. I tried to make the tile look rustic and wooden with grooves and lines and brown glazes with spots of shininess.