screen prints on ceramics

These are four prints i did on ceramic slabs. I made a silk screen from a photograph of one of my collarges of the Downs. I then printed this in different colour, thin glazes on to white clay slabs. I then etched into each slab and brushed in an iron oxide, which shows up as the dark lines in the grooves of my etched marks. I then did reverse mono-printing on to the images to build up colour by painting a think layer of slips on to torn pieces of paper and pressing this on to the image ( paper that stuck burnt off in firing). I finnally glazed the whole thing with a matt glaze, and once this was fired, used copper or gold leaf where there was once a windmill in the origional photograph.

screen prints

I scanned the origional prints in and the scanner turned them these horrible bright colours. in REAL life they are much more subtle, i dont like to use the word "pastel" but i will. but this is how the photograph screen printed directly on to paper..... I prefer the images on clay.

2010-2011, paintings of the pavement

collarges of Lewes Downs

2010-2011 collagraph prints from photographs of the lewes downs

1st year, ceramic sculpture project. 2009-2010

 I began making this tiny sculpture, but it i neglected it for a day and it dried too fast and fell apart, so i decided to go much bigger.

 I made these wooden structure to hold the clay up as i worked on them ( i made two towers but ive only got photos for one of them)

 Before firing

 balls made from cast of childrens bouncy balls, black clay and white clay

one of the towers in the final show