Saturday 14 April 2012

Patterns

This looks like the start of some wall paper making mmmmm what to do next?

Friday 6 April 2012

ready for plaster mould

i have made the same buttons but in earthenware clay and going to make a plaster mould so i can create glass buttons too.

my favourite small button

i really love this small patterned button i just love the texture to it

patterned small buttons

smaller buttons

before they go into the kiln

before they go into the kiln and fired to 1060 bisque firing i just love all the detail that the porcelain picks up

button on a button

This is a porcelain button with different shapes and textures of buttons pushed into the clay with wholes cut out to represent a button

other porcelain buttons

This is a picture of several porcelain buttons with different materials and objects pushed onto the clay
This is my porcelain button with lace pushed into the clay to give it an embossed feel

Ceramic and textile badge

This is a porcelain button with lace pattern pushed into it and fired to a bisque fire and backed with recycled plastic shaped bug and sewn onto a piece of material

Tuesday 3 April 2012

My current work

My current work photograph by josh cockcroft

Button prints

I'm playing around with my button print on different materials I:e chiffon paper textiles using brown acrylic paint mixed with acrylic printing medium and another layer of white ontop

Glass screen prints

I am working with layers of glass with prints and include my material prints too. I am going to put my glass in the water jet cutter so I can have a running stitch going through the layers of glass

Screen printed piece

I screen printed onto paper using acrylic paint and acrylic based media it's an image of lace

Screen printing

This is an image of my screen I'm using to screen print on glass and fabrics