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PROJECTS
Englazed: The Science of Ceramics
Year Completed: 2017
This project involved a display of the physics and chemistry behind the practice of ceramics and experimental exploration of glaze creation at the St. Olaf Ceramics studio. It was created over three months for the senior St. Olaf Studio Art thesis requirement, where I interwove my physics and artistic backgrounds into a composite presentation of both experimental, graphic, and 3 dimensional work.
This project involved a display of the physics and chemistry behind the practice of ceramics and experimental exploration of glaze creation at the St. Olaf Ceramics studio. It was created over three months for the senior St. Olaf Studio Art thesis requirement, where I interwove my physics and artistic backgrounds into a composite presentation of both experimental, graphic, and 3 dimensional work.
Exhibition Layout
Interactive exhibition layout displayed in St. Olaf's Flaten Art Museum. Display consisted of informational boards, in-process pieces of work, 200 glaze test tiles, and 38 finished pieces that viewers were encouraged to eat ice cream out of.
Board 1:
Introduction to ceramics, informational board
Board 2:
Clay types, informational board
Board 3:
Clay types and throwing process, informational board
Board 4:
Bisque and glaze firing, informatoinal board
Board 5:
Glaze testing process and testing tile key, informational board
Board 6:
Firing process, informational board
Board 7:
Firing process, informational board
Board 8:
Ceramic product, informational board
Informational Sources
2D WORK
© Shelby Ahrendt 2019
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