2018 Progress Report: October-Part 2

The second week of October was much like the first week. A variety of work was being done in a very short period of time. I managed to get ahold of one ceramic piece that was bisque fired and made sure it could still fit on the canvas I designed for it. I glazed more pieces, did more wet work and gessoed a few canvases The next week would involve the continued cycle of building, firing, glazing and firing again in addition to some progress made with the drawings.

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10/8/18: This was another ceramic piece for P13 that was bisque fired. I'll continue to do this with each piece to make sure they fit.

10/8/18: Glaze work for the P13 parts are done. 

10/9/18: More P13 parts are being made. Keeping the clay in large pieces has its challenges such as making sure the clay doesn't fall apart, but I wanted to make the pieces that way so they would require less fiber paste to conceal the gaps between the pieces. The corner pieces has to be somewhat small since it would have been too challenging to create single pieces that wrap around corners while making sure nothing falls apart and that it doesn't shrink too much after the pieces have been fired.

10/9/18: Here's another angle of P13. This looks so simple yet it has been anything but that. Not only do I have to design these pieces, but I still have to take them off when they're not completely dry so I can put a number on the inside of them in order to identify each one and then reattach it to the canvas until it dries. That is also why you see marker lines and numbers all over the canvas.

10/9/18:Here's a unique center piece. I don't have to identify this one through numbers since it is completely different from everything else.

10/10/18: I finally complete the canvas work on the sides of P14.

10/10/18: P14 from another angle. 

10/10/18: I glued down some chicken wire. I would eventually regret the placement of these pieces for reasons which will be explained in a future post.

10/10/18: More chicken wire work has been done. Looking back at it now, I wish I had made the hump at the bottom wider in order to balance the better on the wall.

10/11/18: Gesso work is done on the front.

10/11/18: Gesso work is done on the back.

10/11/18: Gesso work is done on the front.

10/11/18: Gesso work is done on the back.