Madeline Wynne Ceramics

I have set myself some targets for the month of October, to make the most of my time in the workshop. My overall aims are to make vessels...

I visited York Ceramics Fair on Saturday with Andrea, the venue was in a great location in the centre of town, within easy walking...

My interest in architecture and time, has led me to read about weathering. This natural process leaves its marks, by taking away...

This week I visited Potfest in the park, it was such a pleasure to be able to study contemporary studio ceramics close up, after such a...

I am focusing on making, and have started two more vessels. I have started the design from the footprint again, which I have modified...

Throughout this assignment I have been trying to identify artists who use slab-building techniques, ideally with an urban feel, so here...

Planning and making a template I was challenged, by Rob, to make a bigger slab-pot. So I have designed a complex pot, with just the right...

Becoming familiar with the glaze room I have been spending an hour in the glaze room most days that I am in Preston, testing or applying...

On return to college in mid - April I set up a weekly countdown timer on my phone, so every Tuesday I get a notification of how many...

I have decided that I need to keep a Google Drive record of my glaze and slips research, so I have a backup in case I lose my glaze book,...

I decided to make architectural forms from clay slabs, and have started to explore whether I should decorate the forms with colour or...

Most of the slab pots I have made in the past have been square or round. I have made a pyramid and a couple of bottle shapes, but...

I need to focus on form and architecture Form is more important to me than colour and texture. I have accepted, with some reservations,...

Today I took part in two online artist talks, and both were very inspiring. This morning Deiniol Williams gave a talk to MA Ceramics...

Top row 1 L to R Minkyu Lee, William Mitchell, Gunhild Aaberg Row 2 L to R Lubna Chowdhary, Sarah Fraser, Bryan Hopkins Row 3 Lto...

Two unconnected conversations have recently led me to question my colour palette for my current project. In a zoom workshop with the BCB,...

I have changed the title of this post, three times. I started bravely with 'Goodbye Minimalism', but then changed to 'Flirting with...

We have been to prepare a presentation on the work we had made this term for the Practice 2 module. I don't feel as if I had made very...

To date I have kept a dedicated notebook with recipes, their text or online sources, firing temperature and any notes about ingredient...

I am interested in changes in the urban environment, and how it contains and reflects the history and culture of the city. I have a...