泥土

All are Welcome

tiastudio — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:23:06 +0000

We are firing up again!

tiastudio — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:47:30 +0000

Direction to Thow Kwang Pottery Jungle : Take MRT to Boon Lay Station. Hop on to bus 199 at the bus interchange. Alight the bus stop after the PIE flyover along Jalan Bahar, just before the turn to Nanyang Avenue (NTU). You can see a small road on the left side with huge pots at the corner before the bus stop.

Five Vases #01, #07 to #10

tiastudio — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:53:46 +0000

The vase series with shino glazes outside. The inside is mixed glaze and no glazes for the lower portions so I hope there will be unpredictable salting result reacting with the clay body direct.

Bowl #12

tiastudio — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:22:57 +0000

This is #12. Before and after apply coloured clay slips and transparent glaze on Saturday, 12 Feb.

Tall pieces #02, #03, #05 & #06

tiastudio — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:05:36 +0000

Tall pieces from #02 to #06 plus one more #11, total 6 pieces made in three different batches. #04 is shorter and is not shown here in this picture.

With the expert potters from China

tiastudio — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:21:50 +0000

This sketch of Ah Koon at the potter wheel was probably the first sketch I did in 2011. These experts came from China. Ah Koon threw very big pots, the other wedged the clay in a effortless manner, what a team!

preparation for the next firing

tiastudio — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:17:02 +0000

Pottery Jungle lower level workshop occupied by two potters from China for a short stay just to work on big jars. Upper level workshop occupied by Steven Low, resident potter and helper, Yang Ce. Other clay artists come only on weekends for the preparation of the recent wood firing.

Result of firing

tiastudio — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:15:37 +0000

I did not post the result for May 2010 firing because many of my sculptural pieces did not survive the glazing. They cracked when they were just too dry for the glazes. Lesson learnt : wet the greenwares with wet sponge and work very fast when pouring the glaze. However, the result of the following ‘bread’ series was good.

kiln condition

tiastudio — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:33:34 +0000

After the firing session in May, the condition of the kiln was a great concern to most of us. The axis appeared to have misaligned and the interior was in quite a bad condition. Time to call in the experts for some maintenance.

getting ready for the wood firing

tiastudio — Wed, 19 May 2010 11:59:36 +0000

Time is running out. I have only this weekend to glaze all the pots. The wood firing will be next weekend on 28 to 29 May, 2010. Here are the pieces I made these few day at home every night till 1 to 2am after a long day at work. It is really tiring but rewarding too.