As my artistic goals matured and evolved, so did my processes. I never planned to be a slip-caster, but there came a time when my ideas tor surface composition grew beyond the scope of what 1 could do with bisque ware, painter's tape, glaze, and wax resist. Through a great deal of experimentation in the studio, 1 found that only casting porcelain using plaster molds offered the precision I was after. So I developed a hybrid throwing and slip casting process that worked in the way I needed it to. What had been initially a step in an awkward direction—full of plaster disasters and ugly forms—eventually became a comfortable process that completely transformed my work.
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