Chris Brandt - work

   The readings and postings from this semester stressed, to me, the importance of relationships and the artistic process.  Rendon and Pausch stressed the student-teacher and family relationships.  Flueckinger, as well as the Rural Studio and the book about Corita Kent, seemed to stress learning the process of creating as well as relationships.
    The sewing project shown here is a collaboration between my daughter, Holly, who has developmental delays, and myself.  I love her artwork, and she loved that I picked her work to sew.  Our enjoyment of art is just a part of our relationship.  My work in clay takes something that is thought of as functional and altering it into a non-functional piece.  I decided to try combining the processes of sewing and ceramics.  I sewed on the clay before firing on one piece, and after firing on the other.  The bisqueware piece is still in process, sewing on fired clay is harder that I thought!

Thread on Linen

8"x10"

 

 

 

Holly's work, and my interpretation

 

Low fire terra cotta clay

coiled and altered

fired to cone 04

thread

8"x5"x4"

side one

side two

 

Terra cotta low fire clay

coiled, altered and sewn

fired to 04

Burnt Umber wash

fired to 06

9"x4"x4"

side 1

side 2