This week the second proposal was sent off to the BCB outlining our individual ideas and requirements for the Hothouse explore residency opening in September. I don't want to give too much away at this early stage of development but thought i'd post a few of my work in progress images up.
I've begun testing some ideas out with ink and smaller scale ceramic trials to get a sense of how my concept will work and the qualities I'm wanting to achieve within the larger final pieces.
The ink tests are giving me an idea of marks that can be created when liquid is dropping on to a surface from varying heights.
I found these old funnels which were originally used to distill cider or beer one of them goes back to the Georgian period.
I have been using these to experiment with the idea of a constant or intermittent dripping motion and have been hanging them at different levels to see what impact that has on the surface below, in this case I have introduced clay...
I'm also interested in the expansive quality clay has in large quantities so wanted to see how or if it changes when mirrors are introduced.
Playing with the idea of scale and creating an illusion, opening the material out into the space or creating a a physical image of repetition from all angles.
I have another site visit to Spode in a few weeks time to begin to work out exact positioning and some technical details that will need consideration before work can commence any further.
