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Thanks to SIU's Art History Association, some of our students are spending spring break in #NYC, visiting museums and exploring career opportunities. Check out more photos of their trip @siuceramics #thisissiu #springbreak2019 https://ift.tt/2T62D2R

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Thanks to SIU's Art History Association, some of our students are spending spring break in #NYC, visiting museums and exploring career opportunities. Check out more photos of their trip @siuceramics #thisissiu #springbreak2019 https://ift.tt/2T62D2R

[shinyrays]

#Repost @ladypattiechalmers with @get_repost ・・・ LINDA LOPEZ @linda__lopez and MATHEW MCCONNELL @mathew_mcconnell at SIU next week. Lecture on Thursday at 7. We can't wait. #siuceramics #soadsiu #siu #visitingartists #siyou https://www.instagram.com/p/BpruPswAE4Y/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15lfzb5z3u18v

[emilylind-art-blog]

Tumblr Assignment #15

I think the theme of “obstructions” not only helped me in my ceramics work but also in my printmaking work. Working to have an exhibit of my printmaking work this semester, I needed to produce more work and I had struggled to come up with ideas. Taking criticism and direction from my teacher and friends about ideas and techniques, I stepped out of the bubble of safety in doing what I was familiar with and looked to better understand silkscreen, digital printing, photoshop, etc. to incorporate in my work.  In ceramics, I continued to think less of having to use the “traditional” techniques of firing and glazing. I never really liked the results I got from glazing so I started working with painting bisque ware and other materials. I better convinced myself that ceramics doesn’t have to be only ceramics but it only needs to be a part -- or the base -- of the project. I wish that I could have produced a few more pieces for myself seeing that this is my last semester in undergrad and  I’m not sure when I will be able to do ceramics again. 

Overall, I think the idea of “obstructions” helped me overall as an artist by exploring various methods and seeking more input from other people rather than just my teachers. My friends gave a lot of ideas about work to produce and overall I am please with how things turned out.

[thesekansashands]

Assignment 9 & 10 - Found Ceramic Object - Re-Purposed

The above pictured mugs and plate were discovered while roaming aimlessly through the aisles of Goodwill. “Made in the USA” can be seen on the bottom of the mugs indicating that these were a set amongst many of the same, which were mass-produced at one point in time. These functional pieces were originally plain on the exterior.

The history of this plate and these mugs are unknown, leaving much to my own imagination.  I enjoyed the idea that these once belonged to a sweet older lady who enjoyed staying warm with memories of the finer times in her life, a time when machines only ran by the hand of the human and milk was delivered to her doorstep.

I choose to modify these objects by applying digital decal images that remind me a of a much earlier time period.  For the plate, I combined the use of a digital decal as well as two vintage floral decals. The application of new images on this previously dull dinnerware has revived life and newness into each piece.  No longer would these be overlooked or discarded so easily…in fact, I would love to document the life of these pieces if they were to simply be placed back on the shelf of Goodwill.

[marcelaangel]

“Ceramic-ness”

Ceramic objects break. It's an intrinsic quality of clay after it's dry or it's been fired. Especially if you are prone to accidents. I made this "broken landscape" from broken pieces of several of my unlucky projects. Rearranging the pieces while letting them speak to me at a slow pace was like putting together a puzzle in which there is no right or wrong fitting. It was a move and a pause, a dialogue where forms and colors slowly let me know where they wanted to be placed.

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Thanks to SIU's Art History Association, some of our students are spending spring break in #NYC, visiting museums and exploring career opportunities. Check out more photos of their trip @siuceramics #thisissiu #springbreak2019 https://ift.tt/2T62D2R

[emilylind-art-blog]

Tumblr Assignment #14

I liked watching the final obstruction of the 5 Obstructions all pieced together. I think it is beneficial to have an outside opinion critique your work and offer direction. In this case, there was no option other than to perform the obstructions. They were out of the comfort zone of the producer, but in the end he was pleased with the work. I think that this is important to remember as an artist. There will be a lot of critique and suggestions for where you should go and you should be open to exploring other techniques, designs, strategies, etc. because even if they fail you will still gain experience from it. If they do succeed, then you understand a new way of doing things or can incorporate a new technique into your current work to give a new spin. 

[emilylind-art-blog]

Tumblr Assignment #13 “The 5 Obstructions”  For my obstructions I had to create over-sized versions of some of the most precious pieces of jewelry in a jewelry box I made my sophomore year in beginning sculpture.  The left piece is of a ring that my dad bought my mom after his 12 week basic training in Oklahoma when they were 17. He said he had made about $50 that week and he spent it on this ring and a matching necklace for my mom as a Christmas present. I’ve always loved the ring and never got to find out from my mom what significance it had until a few weeks ago. The middle ring is a smaller, golden band with three 3/8 carat diamonds set in the band. The band is thicker than most womens rings but due to the small size (originally a size 3 until I had it resized) it had to have been a woman’s ring. I’m not sure who it belonged to originally, but my mom had a lot of jewelry from her grandmother Thelma. The right watch is a custom, handmade, sapphire, diamond, and silver watch my great-great grandfather had made for my great-great grandmother in the early 1900s. The mechanics no longer work, but it is still my favorite piece of jewelry that I own.  The specification for the assignment was to create pieces of the jewelry to be larger than the box. For the left and middle ring, I threw a bowl and trimmed rings off to create the bands. The flower piece was slab and carved. The watch was slab rolled and carved as well. Each piece was bisqued, primed, and spray painted gold or silver. I then added acrylic paint to get the colors of the stones.The watch has silver thread to mimic the chain on the watch.