WOAH, the Hokey Cokey!!!

Hellooooooooooooooooooooo!
It's been a fair few weeks since my first post! But here I am, back to tell you all about my exciting new work...and hopefully I'll give you some regular input from now on!
I think I'll begin by explaining to you what I'm about...that would make the most sense i feel!  From the title of my blog i think that you've gathered that i work in porcelain, and that there's something to do with patterns and pins in there, but you've not quite figured what they're about yet... WELL, here are some images of the work i made for my final project in the last academic year (I am now in my third year of studying Ba (hons) Contemporary Applied Arts at Hereford College of Arts) -

As you can see from these photos i like giving my porcelain a surface pattern (this particular one you see in the photographs was made by rolling the clay onto a plaster board that i'd scratched a pattern into that i'd taken out of my drawing sketchbook), but i also push pins into the clay and fire it with them in.  The firing makes the pins go very fragile and they turn a matt, blue-grey colour, which in my opinion is a fab contrast to the porcelain!

I have recently had a revelation on what my subject matter is!  Originally i thought that it was seed pods, and things that have multiples of things on/in them...this is what i'd tell people, even though it sounded really boring to me! I have realised that it's not this...i mean it's not too far off, but it's not solely this.  My subject matter is basically beautiful and abnormal things i find in my daily life...so i won't go out of my way to find seed pods, or objects covered in dots, i just like finding things. I love the element of surprise, and the nice feeling i get when i pick something from someone's garden (shshsh!) to photograph and draw.  So these things could be something like the biggest leaf i have EVER seen in my whole entire life!!! (i am a complete child)...or it could be a branch covered in tiny and beautiful seed pods...finding things makes me feel so happy!

Ahem...*recouping dignity* so now i have explained my subject matter, here are some of my favorite photos...

Now that i've filled you in on what i'm about i think i'll leave you with an image of a more current piece of work for you to ponder, and i shall explain more soon!

Nos dawch!!! XxX