28 Ceramics starts off

 On Wednesday we started to engage in Ceramics with Robert Cooper, Robert's enthusiasm was clear from the start and very intrigued to find he'd worked with/for Eduardo Paolozzi.



Robert's plan is to get us producing work connected to the Utopia/Dystopia topic for a cup and saucer and we were given magazines to help us collage ideas and not much later we were working with slabs of clay to start working with.

I am rather literal with themes (perhaps too literal)  and I was thinking about a cup with a happy side and less happy side to be a breakfast cup - and the idea of a Utopian or Dystopian view of the day ahead. 

For next week we should take a cup and saucer as well as do some research on potters and check out some techniques on youtube.


Happy or Sad 

Raw Materials

    

A sad mug?








A happy Ice cream



Robert Demonstrates 





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