Book, Plinths and Display Cases.

After talking with Steve about display he mentioned a book: Art an the Museum, which may help me consider how the work may be read. Went to the library but it was booked out although the nice lady let me look at it. I decided to purchase my own copy as it looked really interesting. Also found Contemporary Cultures of Display which is an OU book but interesting about how the museums up-dates their image and how art has influenced this.


These are some cases Zak has which he offered for my consideration. I'm still not sure about whether or not they should go in cases or behind glass/perpex. I have a sense some of the tactile nature would be lost. I dont really want people to actually pick them up but they will see more detail if they are in plain view.

More Display Ideas

Various arrangments on the table, which was covered in white paper. Liked the hight but think there is too many.

an offering?

After moving them around on the board, with Anna, we came up with this arrangement, which worked, although they tend to blend with the background. Anna thought tressel tables but Steve read that as 'dig-sight', re acheology; not what I 'm looking for.

Liked the hint of a figure but too much detail is lost.

Tried covering the ones on the wall, quite liked this.

Close together: too close!

some covered, some not.

To see if they work under the veil, answer: no.

Tried laying them on a green veil. ref Courbet. Thought about them maybe floating or travelling, attempting a sense of movement, dont think it worked too well.

Fabric Pieces and other recent items

An experiement in making holes in the clay, intending to add ribbon or maybe wire, like sewing them together.


This one has a small amount of under-glaze painted on.



These are cotton dipped in porcelain casting slip on stoneware. No glaze. Verry brittle and delicate.

Exploring Ideas For Display.

To see how it might look inserted in the gallery wall - I cut a hole in mount board and pushed it through. After discuing how it looked with Anna we came up with the idea to create box frames as a way to then mount them on the wall. I will be making these after the Easter break.

On the right the paper-clay mold has a porcelain insert, the two others have fabric, dipped in casting slip, inside cast molds.

These are paper-clay with porcelain. They were created using a mold I made myself, from plaster. The one on the right was made first, I then made one which made a clearer reference to seeds or pods. I particularly like the way the folds turned out, painted in under-glaze, leaving the paper-clay unglazed.

Paper-clay - First experiments

These three are made in paper-clay with porcelain folds inside. On the lower image they have been biscuit fired. I painted the folds with under-glaze, trying out the three different red tones avaliable. On the top are they are fired and in a display box to see what they might look like.