woensdag 31 maart 2010

Painting My Easter 'Eggs'


The tour the France is coming,a big bicycle sport event in Europe in juli, so I want to have quick a mural.I 'sketched' today some individual particles ,and later today - in the afternoon-,I will glaze them.The large bicycle is cut into 'minimural pieces', because I want to fire this quick s'grafitto sketch of the biclycles saterday. The other picture is an experiment with a gold glaze with contrasts,I designed the glaze earlier this week,and it is raw applied to the greenware.I ám curious about the result after firing.Happy Easter everyone!

Rob

zaterdag 27 maart 2010

Contrast with Underglaze

A wash with the underglaze brown and black,in the greenware stage.It makes the letters and textures better visable.The windmills and the boat are for my new collage;I love Holland.
Rob

vrijdag 26 maart 2010

Buy with Love



A client ordered some sayings;'What you do with love always works'.I go try to sell also some sayings to shops but then with the saying 'What you buy at{name of the shop}is always good'.The owner of the shop can give the tiles(with his name) as a gift to best clients.The sayings are easy to make by pushing clay into molds.The other picture ;streetnames for my maquettes.
Rob

dinsdag 23 maart 2010

Staycation T(r)ip


A Tour of inspiration for my s'graffito's is; Google Maps and Google Streetview.Today I plan a visit to the famous moulin rouge.Here the map of Paris in ceramic so far.I ám working on new casts of the eiffeltower and the arc de triomf(now with relief letters) Also I want to replace the moulin rouge on the map(with more nudes so stay tuned).
Rob

woensdag 17 maart 2010

A Negative Portrait of my Wife


A quick sculpt,and then casted as a negative relief, with a glaze thats pools in darker in the deeper areas.
Rob

maandag 15 maart 2010

Victorian Glazes




I developed a few glazes,victorian style, in different colors which also ask a special way of applying.The pigment of these highly transparent glazes sinks in the deeper places of a piece, and give shades in several tones.

Info about that, and the way I make the easy to use molds for this type of glazing is at hand.Please contact me for a two pages instruction manual,only for the cost of $10.
Rob

dinsdag 9 maart 2010

Rebuilding Maquette of Paris



I try to duplicate and/or replace parts of my 'maquette' piece Paris.But with difference,at least I want not a cargo train and I want improve the buildings.Today I sculpted the arc de triomf.
Rob

zondag 7 maart 2010

Another Sunny Day behind Glass


The sun shines much these early spring days in Holland ,and there is also a clear blue sky-but it is still not much spring-because it is so could.Here last week firing;a beach theme collage(also using figures I have show before).I like the transparent black glaze in contrast with the dull glazed parts in the piece.
Rob

woensdag 3 maart 2010

Stand Up

Iám doing excercises in making clayfigures.It could have as title;wake up in the morning and start a new day, a clock,maybe, make the piece complete.

Rob