Irritation, part of a series; Irritation, Deflation, Contemplation; Wall-hung Ceramic sealed vessel, Wire.
Yep, its a weird object, but really we didn't know how to start. I refused to make plates or flat things with print of oxide or ink because that is too direct, boring and simple for my attention span. We were searching for a way to convey the similarities of printmaking and ceramics but ended up with , at first glance, a cactus egg.
But - the beginning- which was the piece titled Contemplation, a burnished white egg shaped sphere with slight indentations, totalling half the size of a bowling ball. We sought to make an object- the epitome of which we figured was a ceramic thrown vessel that was simultaneuosly useless (which is what happens when ceramic vessels are too expensive to be functional anyhow) sealed whilst throwing. THis object was then drawn on by the polishing , engraving, and 'drawing' with wire. Wire was chosen because it is line. (when I think too much about line and its presence I cannot negate the fact that there is an inveitable physical depth in a line, even molecules thick when drawn with pencil, the only exception I expect is what is displayed in LCD screens). SO these lines were to coat the object in an abstract sense. We didnt want to draw anything particular so the wire drew what we essentially let it and the squiggles are great. the lines protrude to explain deeper marks made in the printmaking block.
This is so hard to put into words, I hope I havent lost you. I feel I have lost myself so I will try to be simpler, for all our sakes-
the vesseli made became the printmakers block and we drew line with wire to keep with the physicality of the object- you see if we drew with a 2d line it would be strange, print on 3, use 3d line.
I think that is the only way I can explain it.
THey are such interesting things- making a 2d print on the wall with a shadow, but this is only an afterthought.
Steven Bird published an article about the event in the online Journal of Australian Ceramics, issue 51/3, 2012. He quoted what we wrote about our works in the article, it may help explain what is going on:
http://australianceramics.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=175%3Aink-earth&catid=12&Itemid=93
