'Fungi' Project
This was my first project in september, we had to pick a word from a hat which would be the theme we had to communicate in glass, my word was Fungi. Perfect for me as i love organic and natural forms so its was an exciting first project for me.
A couple of pages from my sketchbook showing my research into fungi and mushrooms; their form, structure, colour and pattern, elements of which i wanted to communicate in a glass form.
The research created lead to the making of experiments using Sand Casting; a technique we had to use for this project. Creating a mould out of sand, we experimented with placing coloured powders, metals, coloured frits, and chemicals to look into create different effects.......Experimentation.
These were the first pieces i made in the project. The experimentation with Sand Casting, we had to use geometric shapes and look into including colour and 'things' inbetween each poured layer of glass.
I really like the first piece, the greens, turquiose and blue colours caused by using copper carbonate which reacted with the heat creating different colours. With each layer i using tongs to twist the colour together to create a swirl effect of colour.
The purpose of this project was to experiment with different effects with sand casting.
This lead me to make this experiment, with a more spherical form and using blues, white with gold colour, twisting each layer to create this sprial effect.
In concluding this project i produced several different proposal ideas in communicating the word Fugi which could be made using Sand Casting.
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