This workshop explored the figure through using our life drawing studies to inspire and influence shapes and key areas of focus within the form. this technique involved rolling out slabs, applying a slip to the surface and then craving out the features using tools, to emphasise the shapes of the body and make our constructions more three dimensional we pushed out the clay from the other side. this was an interesting experiment as it made me more aware of how much you can push and pull clay to withstand its own weight.
During my trip to the V and A I found the artist Akio Takamori, who creates figurative pieces using a similar slab building technique.
Thom, D. and Thom, D. (2019). Out On Display #4: Akio Takamori and ‘Queer Objects’ • V&A Blog. [online] V&A Blog. Available at: https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/museum-life/out-on-display-4-akio-takamori-and-queer-objects [Accessed 9 Dec. 2019].
Lara Hoad Artist Designer: Maker 