Ceramics and Clay

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A smaller smoke fired snail

Post author By Jon Williams
Post date 16th May 2021

Sit’s nicely in the palm this one. Love the markings produced by smoke permeating the layers of clay resist.

smoke fired rocking snail by ceramic artist jon williams

Tags garden, herefordshire, interactive, interactive art, play, process, sagger fired, sculpture, smoke, smoke fired, snails, thrown and assembled, work in progress

artist experiments Interactive art work in progress

Blue shell

Post author By Jon Williams
Post date 18th April 2021

Tags interactive, interactive art, leather hard, rocking pots, thrown and assembled, wip, work in progress

artist Outside work in progress

Antennae

Post author By Jon Williams
Post date 14th March 2021

I love making these!!! – so much fun to produce! ??

They start life on the potters wheel as thin, solid cones. Texture is added whilst the clay spins and each one finally curled from the tip down.

They’re insect antennae, added to the bodies of sculptural bees, bugs and snails. ? ? ?

That said, I reckon they hold their own as mini-sculptures reminiscent of unfurling ferns or organic iron work.

Tags bees, bugs, freshly thrown, garden, learning through play, materials, playing with clay, potters wheel, soft clay, terracotta, thrown and assembled, work in progress