24.11.21

I've started work on creating the oil lamp inspired ceramics using the pipe motif to start with. The works have come out pretty interesting and mix my aesthetic with the basic elements of what make an oil lamp what it is, a wick hole, filling hole and handle. I developed the base pipe motif by adding texture slightly influened by Maximillian armor. The fluting of the armor is something I am aesthetically drawn too and wanted to see it translated into ceramic and away from the body. This fluting is something I feel was sucsessful and will be incoorporating more into other elements of the project. 

 

I'm going to start practising how I put different aspects of my project together so I have booked a room with a decent amount of space for Monday that I can experiment in. I'm going to start with using cardboard boxes as 'plinths' to add this contradiction between 'low' and 'high' material. I'll bring my ceramic, twine and maybe fabric work into this practise alongside some found objects  and just play with what I could potentially do.

Maximilan armour with grotesque mask 16th Century

Maximillian Armor

Named after the Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian I and produced in the early 1500s the armor is characterized by it's rounded, full form, broad-toed foot defences and the fluting of it's surfaces. The rippled, cloth-like apperance imitates the pleated garments worn by Renaissance gentlemen at the time and was inspired by contemporary fashion. Most popular in the first third of the 16th century it would have been worn into battle by hig-ranking nobleman such as a duke or a count.