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| message in a cup, out of bisque firing and ready for glaze |
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| aren't the blues lovely, still they are not how they will be after glazing, but they are certainly blue! |
Its very exciting as these will be ready to place in Footscray soon!
Saturday, July 16, 2016
more cups ready to glaze and go into second firing
More cups came out of the bisque firing and sit here in the photo ready to be glazed. I reckon they are in the kiln now as I am writing this. They will be fired up to about 1260 degrees celcius.
Monday, July 11, 2016
the latest decorated cups
Here are some of the latest decorated cups.
I have been experimenting with making blue coloured clays and then layering them with the recycled stoneware clay I usually use and some porcelain.
They don't look much now.
well that is the magic of ceramics,
that you have a go at something but you don't know what it will look like when its fired.
Its always a surprise when you open the kiln!
I have been experimenting with making blue coloured clays and then layering them with the recycled stoneware clay I usually use and some porcelain.
They don't look much now.
well that is the magic of ceramics,
that you have a go at something but you don't know what it will look like when its fired.
Its always a surprise when you open the kiln!
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| I think this cup has stoneware, blue stoneware, porcelain and blue porcelain coils and then a dark blue stain decoration on it. should be very yummy when it finally emerges from the kiln. |
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| This one is very subtle and we wont be able to see the results till its fired. I have added a little of the alice blue underglaze with some coloured stain |
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| Oh Naughty!!! this photo sneaked in. It is a cup made on the normal recycled stoneware clay and decorated. |
can you see the coils of different clays?
well this one is coils of different clays and then porcelain collaged bits over the top. It will be interesting to see what happens in the kiln. the porcelain may not like the stoneware clay underneath ( they might shrink at different rates) and then Pop Off!
Message in a Cup
Messages and stories of learning in Footscray are collected
and then written onto the insides of one hundred handmade blue cups. The cups
are placed in Footscray during BluScray events to be found by people and taken
home. The project gives voice to peoples experiences and understandings of
learning and shares these ideas with others in the city of Footscray.
Message in a Cup is part of BluScray, a program of
blue-themed arts and cultural events held throughout 2016 to celebrate Victoria
University’s Centenary in collaboration with Maribyrnong City Council for the
Footscray University Town initiative.
Visit www.vu.edu/bluscray
for more information #BluScray
the latest decorated cups
Here are some of the latest decorated cups.
I have been experimenting with making blue coloured clays and then layering them with the recycled stoneware clay I usually use and some porcelain.
They don't look much now.
well that is the magic of ceramics,
that you have a go at something but you don't know what it will look like when its fired.
Its always a surprise when you open the kiln!
I have been experimenting with making blue coloured clays and then layering them with the recycled stoneware clay I usually use and some porcelain.
They don't look much now.
well that is the magic of ceramics,
that you have a go at something but you don't know what it will look like when its fired.
Its always a surprise when you open the kiln!
|
| I think this cup has stoneware, blue stoneware, porcelain and blue porcelain coils and then a dark blue stain decoration on it. should be very yummy when it finally emerges from the kiln. |
|
| This one is very subtle and we wont be able to see the results till its fired. I have added a little of the alice blue underglaze with some coloured stain |
|
| Oh Naughty!!! this photo sneaked in. It is a cup made on the normal recycled stoneware clay and decorated. |
can you see the coils of different clays?
well this one is coils of different clays and then porcelain collaged bits over the top. It will be interesting to see what happens in the kiln. the porcelain may not like the stoneware clay underneath ( they might shrink at different rates) and then Pop Off!
Message in a cup
Messages and stories of Learning in Footscray are collected and then written onto the insides of one hundred blue cups. The cups are placed in Footscray during Blu-scray events to be found by people and taken home.
BluScray is a collaboration between Victoria University and Maribyrnong City Council
as part of Footscray University Town and the VU Centenary
cups in firing line
well the process of firing is a process of waiting and travelling and loading the kiln and unloading and glazing and reloading the kiln and firing and unloading and travelling. But whilst some are in the spare room drying, others are in the kiln having their bisque firing and others have been glazed and are waiting on the shelf for their glaze firing and then they will be travelling to Footscray to be placed!
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| having been made drying a little before painting . . . . |
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| having been made, being painted white inside for the text and blue outside |
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| being decorated with underglaze colours, stains and scraffito techniques. |
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| cups placed into the kiln for the bisque firing |
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| having been bisque fired! we begin to see the real inkling of the blues. |
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| being glazed with stoneware clear glaze. |
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| waiting on the shelf to be glaze fired |
Message in a cup
Messages and stories of Learning in Footscray are collected and then written onto the insides of one hundred blue cups. The cups are placed in Footscray during Blu-scray events to be found by people and taken home.
BluScray is a collaboration between Victoria University and Maribyrnong City Council
as part of Footscray University Town and the VU Centenary
Sunday, July 3, 2016
writing in the text
Today I wrote in some of the text from the messages that I gathered on thursday night at the Bluscray Photograph competition. I wrote the text onto the dried cups using cobalt oxide mixed with a little bit of blue underglaze which should help stop it smudging. What a beautiful blue-sky!
Message in a cup
Messages and stories of Learning in Footscray are collected and then written onto the insides of one hundred blue cups. The cups are placed in Footscray during Blu-scray events to be found by people and taken home.
BluScray is a collaboration between Victoria University and Maribyrnong City Council
as part of Footscray University Town and the VU Centenary
Thursday, June 30, 2016
tonight at the picturing bluscray photography prize
Tonight was the opening of the Bluscray photographic prize.
I interviewed people about what learning or education meant to them.
below are some notes from this evenings interviews
Liz said: Learning is bliss
Kirsten said: Learning is about being the best version of you that you can be.
Ko said: Learning is a very personal thing, its like finding that little switch or a door that opens in your mind and allows you to see things in a different way. Its not just an accumulation of knowledge. Its having a new view on things. Those are the things that to me are learning. Otherwise its just another thing to remember.
Ali - Education, you've got to be a mug!
(I'm thinking this might be a play of words on the fact that it will be written on a cup)
Raine said:
Education . . .
its a pretty sure path to vacation.
Silvie said: The best students are the ones who make the most mistakes
(she entered a photograph in the competition, it is of a poster that also has a reference to teaching)
Above is the dude Ocore.
The portrait that was taken of him
by Wirut Khemnak
won first prize !
and he arrived near the end of the evening and was pretty chuffed to find out. Then he said well he wanted it to win, but then he didn't want it to win. Then I asked him to tell me about his ideas of education and learning. Well Ocore can deliver an instant speech and so out came all of these marvellous ideas, but I was only able to gather snatches of them. (the snatches of phrases and words from Ocore's ideas are below)
You can read about it here:
more info about the prize below:
VU at MetroWest from 30 June – 23 July.
Reflections on the Maribyrnong River, street art in Maddern Square, fishmongers in the Little Saigon Market, and textured historic facades are just some of the subjects you will see featured in this exhibition, representing incredibly diverse perceptions that reveal Footscray’s unique character.
When you visit the exhibition, you can also vote for your favourite photograph in the People's Choice Award, to be announced at the end of the exhibition.
Key dates
- Exhibition launch and announcement of prize winners: Thursday 30 June, 6-8pm
- Exhibition open: 30 June – 22 July, 9am-5pm Monday-Friday
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Message in a cup
Messages and stories of Learning in Footscray are collected and then written onto the insides of one hundred blue cups. The cups are placed in Footscray during Blu-scray events to be found by people and taken home.
BluScray is a collaboration between Victoria University and Maribyrnong City Council
as part of Footscray University Town and the VU Centenary
tonight at the picturing bluscray photography prize
Tonight was the opening of the Bluscray photographic prize.
I interviewed people about what learning or education meant to them.
below are some notes from this evenings interviews
Liz said: Learning is bliss
Kirsten said: Learning is about being the best version of you that you can be.
Ko said: Learning is a very personal thing, its like finding that little switch or a door that opens in your mind and allows you to see things in a different way. Its not just an accumulation of knowledge. Its having a new view on things. Those are the things that to me are learning. Otherwise its just another thing to remember.
Ali - Education, you've got to be a mug!
(I'm thinking this might be a play of words on the fact that it will be written on a cup)
Raine said:
Education . . .
its a pretty sure path to vacation.
Silvie said: The best students are the ones who make the most mistakes
(she entered a photograph in the competition, it is of a poster that also has a reference to teaching)
Above is the dude Ocore. The portrait that was taken of him won first prize and he arrived near the end of the evening and was pretty chuffed to find out. Then he said well he wanted it to win, but then he didn't want it to win. Then I asked him to tell me about his ideas of education and learning. Well Ocore can deliver an instant speech and so out came all of these marvellous ideas, but I was only able to gather snatches of them. (the snatches of phrases and words from Ocore's ideas are below)
more info about the prize below:
Entries for the competition have now closed.
We received over 200 photographs that explore 'blue' in Footscray, all of which will be displayed in a major salon-style exhibition at VU at MetroWest from 30 June – 23 July.
Reflections on the Maribyrnong River, street art in Maddern Square, fishmongers in the Little Saigon Market, and textured historic facades are just some of the subjects you will see featured in this exhibition, representing incredibly diverse perceptions that reveal Footscray’s unique character.
Each photograph goes into the running for prizes totalling the value of $2000. Simon O’Dwyer, an award-winning photographer formerly of The Age, will announce the winning entries during the exhibition launch on Thursday 30 June. When you visit the exhibition, you can also vote for your favourite photograph in the People's Choice Award, to be announced at the end of the exhibition.
Key dates
- Exhibition launch and announcement of prize winners: Thursday 30 June, 6-8pm
- Exhibition open: 30 June – 22 July, 9am-5pm Monday-Friday
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Message in a cup
Messages and stories of Learning in Footscray are collected and then written onto the insides of one hundred blue cups. The cups are placed in Footscray during Blu-scray events to be found by people and taken home.
BluScray is a collaboration between Victoria University and Maribyrnong City Council
as part of Footscray University Town and the VU Centenary
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