Monday, May 18, 2015
Saturday, May 2, 2015
prototyping
Nikki's prototype, hand carved from a block of plaster, this is post molding so it has seen a little wear and tear, but it started all polished up.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
burst
Printing underglazes, marbling colored slip, casting, cutting and construction... I wonder what will happen when Megan puts it all together.
Littlefield Flight
We had the opportunity to design cups for the Littlefield, a classy bourbon bar here in Cincinnati. Specificity is a nice perimeter to work around, here we are dealing with portion and service.
case study
A few pieces in our Hallway Gallery showing the diversity of whats happening in ceramics. with Victoria, Nikki, and Harmony from the moldmaking class.
simple and complex
We talked about joining and combining our forms to discover new shape and also how simple gestures can be equally effective. with Megan and Olivia
lithophanes
The lithophanes can be a funny surprise in the bottoms of cups, Taylor was this making stuff with a sense of humor. No one got my reference to the Dead Milkmen song " bleach boys" when I brought it up, guess it was just coincidence, oh well.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Blender
Ian made some great contributions to the class including writing tutorials for some digital work. Here he is getting ready to pour plaster on a figure he modeled in Blender. The part was sent to DAAP's Rapid Prototyping Center to be 3-D printed then brought to ceramics to be transformed into porcelain.
old and new
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
flask
Ben cnc milled the master molds of the flask he designed in Solidworks so he could then cast the molds and increase his scale of production. At one point there was a holster that he was wearing around the studio for this thing.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
One of the projects this Spring quarter in the moldmaking class was to design a cup that housed a lithophane in the bottom so as you tilt your drink an image magically reveals itself as light penetrates through the translucent porcelain. The students used 3-d modeling software and 3-d printing, handforming and mold making produce these really great vessels.
Old time Ball Jar lid
Ben used Solidworks to design these mugs that a normal Ball Jar lid could screw on two. We calculated the shrinkage precisely and the master molds were cnc milled from high density foam. With these molds he was able to cast multiple production molds. He cast and crafted these mugs so well that even the very first one was glazed worked.
Fluid and Amorpheous
Emily responded immediately to the wheel and carving plaster, her own profile above and her hedgehog lithophane cup below.
awareness of self, a glass in a glass
Chrissy's approach to the lithophane cup project is a birds eye view of an empty glass in the bottom the tumbler.
Escher
Sarah paid tribute to MC Escher for the bottom of her lithophane cup which creates an interesting dialogue between his mathematics, the digital processing used in this piece, and the illusion of illusion.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
AU 2011 Raphael the Automotive Designer
Raphael designs cars and has worked all over the world contributing to high speed propulsion and style, but this was his first shot at molding and casting with porcelain. His intricate tendencies paid off as every piece made it, considering the loss rate typically associated with the material andthe complexity of some of his forms.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Origami
Friday, June 10, 2011
better
We acquired a large collection of hobby molds, as a donation to UC. I dont want the students to think that they can get away with just working with them as is, so I am having them carve, chisel, sand blast, break, and even pour plaster into them to change the interior shape of the mold.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
altered hobby molds
I think this vessel is a really great example of an altered hobby mold. Originally a zodiac planter, Pisces to be specific.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Jessie
Laura
Christiana's factory
Saturday, March 20, 2010
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