Do the Astral Plane

This week in IP i did not get as much work done as I would have liked. I worked on my presentation during most of my spare time, or was in the ceramic studio building. Mostly I didn't get as much done because I became really sick on Wednesday and am still feeling under the weather today. All I can say is.. thank god for Penicillin. I'm hoping that this weekend I can work on building my forms some more while creating more mini and large glaze/surface test tiles.

Working on the structure of the presentation has really helped me define where my project is at this point. I was feeling kind of lost in my mind about what direction I'm going in. I'm not intirly sure still, but I think that I have a loose idea planned out.

I found a new artist whose work I really dig, her name is Bean Finneran. Finneran actually studied at U of M during some point in her early education. She creates these bushes, bundles, or piles if you will of brightly colored ceramic tubes. They have this fuzzy illusion about them created b y

the repititon and placement of the hard ceramic tubes. I really admire the fact that she is taking ceramics, an incredibly fragile and solid medium and producing a delicate yet bouncy form. Here are

images of her work.