Week 1: Craftspersonship examples [Old’s Cool]

Our first class for this studio involved going out into the city and finding examples of craft - something that was likely created/designed by one person. Here's some stuff I found ~

John Dias flat clay sculpture


There's a few different things involved in the process of sculpting clay. 
- Start with fresh clay, a black canvas and then other clay is added onto it to form different shapes i.e. the hair on this guy ^ 
- Clay is removed with a cutting/scraping tool for precision, artist constantly manoeuvres around clay
- To maneuver with clay, water is added to soften it up

source: http://www.figurines-sculpture.com/sculpture-technique.html

Stained glass window



- First step is in the design of the window before even physically working with glass/paint
 - Seperate pieces of glasses selected, cut and painted, colours to match the template
 - Pieces slotted into H-sectioned lead cames. Joints soldered together. Example of this process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7NBCNY1Tck

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stained_glass

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