Top: Bone China Cups in Momagami Box.
1997.
Cups 5 x 6.5 cm. Box by
Naomi Macantelli.
Above: Bone China Cup
on Porcelain Wave. 1997.. |
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Setters:
A setter is an item which resembles a lid and is cast separately. I
make the setter in the same way that I make the model, by turning on a
plater lathe. The inside diameter of the setter which is to fit inside
the object is the diameter of the object less the thickness of the
cast. The setter is cast at the same time as the object and they are
dried together. The setter is painted with alumina wash prior to high
firing to prevent the pieces fusing together. |
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I have recreated some of the textures from plaster moulds using paperclay.
Fragments of these have been incorporated into my pieces to accentuate the
varying degrees of translucency. Although I have made a few experiments
with glazes, decals and lustre techniques, I do not feel that they are
appropriate for my sculptural forms. The white, sensuous, smooth quality
of bone china does not require a glaze, just a delicate hint of colour
that will not disguise its translucency. Experiments using nitrates and
studying the methods in Arne Ase's book: Watercolour on Porcelain
and the work of Les Blakebrough led to my use of these soluble colourants
which I feel are well suited to bone china, giving clear, bright colours
and reacting differently on bone china in comparison with porcelain. In
addition to my original proposal, I have also made links with other
studios: packaging and presenting with the furniture studio and liaising
with metal work studios for assembling light fittings and lamp stands.
Through this research, I
have achieved my aims by exploring the way in which light can be
transmitted through slipcast bone china using a range of decorating
techniques to enhance maximum translucency.
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| Angela Mellor is an English ceramist who undertook
further study at the University of Tasmania, Hobart. In 1998 she was
awarded an MGS Scholarship from Monash University in Melbourne to do
research for an M.A. She received an 'Honourable Mention' at the 5th
International Ceramics Competition 1998, Mino, Japan for 'Bone china
cups in momagami box'. Similar pieces are shown in the two-year
touring exhibition, Mapping Identity, which opened at Object
Galleries, Sydney, in 1998. She will be demonstrating her techniques
at EDGE, 9th National Ceramic Conference in Perth, WA, 5-8 July, 1999.
Photographs unless otherwise credited are by Uffe Schultz. |
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