ceramics

yesterday i had a little fun experimenting with

ceramics and transferring my own imagery
onto plates and mugs.

Oh it excited me lots.

=]

I'm sure there will be more to come.

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i met some gypsies...

...and they were very nice.

snow.

Snow is nice.

Spreading the love for fabric compositions.

Experimenting with more fabric compositions has lead me up to my final compositions and imagery for this half of the project, which is now all handed in *smiles* ! I have also tested a few of my images onto cotton poplin which I feel have been a bit of a let down with the colour being drained from the prints, but this is all within the developmental testing I guess!
But overall I personally prefer my paper based designs, but am still a little bit stuck with how they will be produced as end products! Will it be paper based or fabric? I would like to possibly print within ceramics, as this is an area which has been suggested by a few of my friends. I have also thought about canvas bags, as the 'gypsy' is a known traveller, the thought of bags is a thought of travelling around, so it makes a good link.
For now I shall leave you with some images of some more compositions, created both by hand and photoshop and some draped images of my prints on ceramics.

Gypsy Martha, Play me that sweet song.

Gypsy Martha likes Tea.

Travel with me and we can drink Tea.

Ideas for final pieces.

Fabric Compositions

I have been playing with fabric scraps, which relates to the gypsy theme, as within the vans I visited I noticed a lot of mixed colours and a bit of a 'mish mash' of fabrics, so I have taken this aspect and have started to use it within my own work. I have been making lots of compositions and making small story lines with my imagery.
A few examples:

Gypsy Tea Party.


Fond of tea?

MIRRORS.

After a print workshop last week, I was introduced to printing on aluminium plates with disperse prints from the digital printer. My tests worked well and it was something I wanted to pursue with as I am using shiny foils, metallic polishes and chrome imagery within my work.
So this week I have been taking advantage of the heat press and knocking out some test plates using silver mirror, gold mirror and matte white plates with single placement and repeat designs in different sizes.

So far I have only had chance to photogrpah my silver mirrored designs, but expect more to come soon! The photos aren't too great, but it was hard to get them at a good angle as everything around me was reflecting off them.

Enjoy!

Colour Palettes.

Here are some of the colour palettes I have been working with. The colours have been taken from my own photographs from La Rosa Campsite.