#pressmold

The new gradient really does make a difference in the photos and saves me just a little bit of time. This is 20 inch tall bottle is a combination of wheel thrown and press molded pieces. #clay #pottery #wheelthrown #pressmold #texture #contrast #object #bottle #clay #ceramic #ceramics #notfamous https://www.instagram.com/p/CDWK9hdjtbN/?igshid=n2q13250raif

I forgot who I first saw do this on Instagram, but man does it make removing them pressmolded styrofoam tumblers easy. The moisture of the clay creates a lock between the surface of the plaster mold and texture. The use of an air gun breaks that lock and allows me to remove the tumbler before the top dries too much to make trimming and shaping an easy process. So to whoever posted it on Instagram a couple of months ago, thank you. Now to set this bad boy aside so it can dry and be fired. #clay #pottery #mold #pressmold #styrofoam #cup #tumbler #faux #trompeloeil #ceramics #instapotter #pottersofinstagram #instapottery #technique https://www.instagram.com/p/CC6Wa13jj6h/?igshid=13w28tli5d11d

Some faux styrofoam tumblers drying on the shelf. Zatoichi is keeping watch to ensure their safety. Time to go create a few new stencils to use on them. Do you have any ideas for the stencils? Let me know in the comments. Who knows if it’s just off kilter enough I might use it. #clay #tumbler #pressmold #styrofoam #texture #stencilart #pottery #ceramics #questionoftheday #question https://www.instagram.com/p/CCRD-_IDwHa/?igshid=fdmpgm02orta

Working on some pressmold faux styrofoam tumblers. To get the layers of texture in the surface I am pressing the clay slabs into plaster molds. The plaster molds are how I create my objectification series of sculptures. These tumblers consist of no less than 3 different people. Once they are formed i can not even tell which models parts are used. It is a metaphor for life, we are who we are by the influences of others and our experiences. We can pinpoint a couple of key things but not every one and some we may not even know played a role in our development. It is what binds us together and makes us individuals. Hmm maybe I’m having too many deep thoughts and should get out of the studio. #pressmold #styrofoam #faux #trompeloeil #clay #pottery #metaphor #colorblindartist #deepthoughts #pieces #parts #object #art #artist #tumblerthursday https://www.instagram.com/p/CCJPS1mj4E4/?igshid=1gy5zvwyazkv

Oh it’s Thursday and I finally got another video finished and posted on YouTube. Anybody else hate doing the editing and uploading of videos? https://youtu.be/JDfJVPOSqlg #video #youtube #pressmold #object #clay #potter #art #artist #bluehair #dirtyhairypotter (at Gulfport, Mississippi) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-wsqTFjbyC/?igshid=2bxtgkrexlb9

Adding pressmold parts to beer tumblers. Just another Tuesday on the studio. #tumblertuesday #tumbler #pressmold #clay #object #art #artist #video #pottery #wheelthrown #thrownonaskutt (at Gulfport, Mississippi) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-rpw09DisA/?igshid=w6eebefobajb

In making my work that has press mold additions I find I was having lots of left overs from cutting and shaping. I had been making a few yunomis with them. I was thinking how could I make pieces that were more uniform and it hit me like a ton of bricks. I had a slip mold for making planters, just one of those things you end up with but never used. So I strapped it together and started pressing in the bits and pieces, cut the rim even and smoothed it and whamo, a simple rocks glass. It pleases me with its layers of texture. I had never been one for making pieces in a mold like this, taught it to my high school students but never liked what I made from them. Now there is a guy @markarnold_ceramics who does amazing work with this technique and owning one of his cups had some influence that is for sure. So here is to minimizing waste and making a new style with my same old nasty stank. #pressmold #ceramic #ceramics #rocksglass #yunomi #texture #clay #hadtimetothink #pottery #handmodel #stankpottery #art (at Gulfport, Mississippi) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-e41N_DrQr/?igshid=g1okysrmr04v

As someone who is always working on something this #marchmeetthemaker prompt of your current project is an easy post. This morning I can out to the studio and put the finishing touches on this press molded slab built cup. As stated before the process is a big part of why I make what I make. To get to this point I first had to recruit some models who were willing to let me pull plaster molds from their bodies. Luckily I have had some great friends who wanted to participate in this series of work. Once I have the molds I pull full casts which are turned into sculptures. Then I allow myself to play by pulling multiple parts from all of the molds. Most of those parts get used in the construction of wheel thrown functional objects. The leftovers become what you see here. This one also received some attention from one of my old stamps, David’s eye, yes that david, well a small plaster version of that David. The lip was refined this morning and the interior smoothed. The lovely cup was then placed back in my damp box to slowly dry. Once the piece is leather hard I will dip it in a porcelain slip so that it has a brilliant white surface and then it will bisque fired. I will then apply a black underglaze wash and white it back so that the details of the body parts and craggy construction cracks pop. Finally it will be glazed and fired to cone 10. This one may be destined for a woodkiln or as a test piece in @charlie_mabry and mine crazy mini wood kiln. So there you have it, my current project, or rather one of my projects currently in process. #marchmeetthemaker2020 #cup #slabbuilt #pressmold #objectify #object #objectification #process #currentproject #wip #clay #ceramic #pottery #clayart #ceramicart (at Gulfport, Mississippi) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9t-lf3gwWV/?igshid=gulhhlqyxm93