Tag Archives: ceramics art

Finding our Past

Working on Finding our Past. walls on side of underpass off Highway 1 at Porter and Bay Avenue Exit in Santa Cruz, California. Clay and cement, Two walls each 110 feet long. 1996. This Sculpture won the Environs Enhancement Award from Cal Trans in 1997 and the Santa Cruz Archaeological Society Presidential Award for artistic effort and contribution toward archaeological awareness

Untitled-1

2-underpass

11-Finding-our-past-4

18-Finding-our-past-11

21-Finding-our-past-14

Video on my installation of the Sailmaker exhibit at the Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz, California

Making a Ceramic Tiles Chair

This is a step by step project on how to make a ceramic tiles chair. Beginning with the stucco armature, covering it with foam to allow for the 10% shrinkage of the clay, draping and sculpting the clay, cutting it into tiles, bisque and glaze firing the tiles and finally using thin set to attach them and grout to finish it up.