Ceramics studio
Even though the clay is not new for me, it's always fun to play with it, and to create some pots, bowls and boxes…

First class: The first task we had was to make a box with a cover and legs, using the pitching technique. I started with a simple round pot, adding some round cover and then as I looked at it I came to the idea of a pig box, add some ears and eyes and legs…
Second task was to create again a pot, with the technique of sneaks. Again I started a round simple shape, getting it to the size I wanted and when I looked at it surly looked like a sneak so I just added the head.

Second class: this time we focus on the coloring that made by a technique called – glazing.
I glazed my pig in brawn and the sneak in green with brawn dots.
I think and hope they both look nice…

franzi: final piece

i really enjoyed working in kingas clay studio.

my finall piece is a plate covered with leaves.

i really like my piece and the sound it makes

if it gets in touch with other clay pieces.

kinga was so nice to glaze it for me and the brownish colour she choose

really fits to the theme of the bowl.

Cardboard

I creat a lady shoe by carton and i think it's recognizable now.
In the beginning when I draw some sketches about my sister shoes i couldn't imagine the final project of it.
My first idea was when i cut out the forms to paint them to organic colors - black. But soon i changed my mind because these were too simple for me and i draw some shapes for them.

oh yess, i found one photo about the Clay lesson when we had to make each others heads .

its ralph:

things made at Kinga's studio

well, it was a good experienced for me, but the greatest disadvantage was the size of the studio - so, we were limited in space and teacher's support. nevertheless, here are my two pieces, i think i will repaint them with acrylic or vitrage paint, because when i started to paint with glaze i realised it 's damn hard to do without any practice) but as i really like the shape of the pot with the top, i think i will redo it so it would not seem like a disabled person painted it :)

really close look at a penguin in an armchair

Penguin!

My precious, Peetee is my first baby. He was born in the Pottery studio, 2 weeks ago and developed, beautified over the days and hours. Last time I saw him before today he was pale in color, now he glows. Forming him wasn't difficult at all, only used the back of a brush and my hands. He is about 10 cm high and about the same width. He cannot fly as none of the other penguins.

Celebrate the birth of Peetee with me!

This is the End My Only Friend the End...

Final project:

A Soft-Pillow > (Puha-Párna)

Natural Art:
Title: The Entrance
Collective project with Marcell..




















Pottery classes:

Wia

WaiA

Wire was very fun at the beginning when we all had our 1000 of ideas spinnin through our heads,  but the more and more we worked with it we realzied "omg" thats hard work. I have to say that I enjoyed doing the wire sculpture a lot. Wire can be a really nice medium. And I'm really satysfied with what I could come up with

pr3

So then, The last picture was just thoght of how our piece of gips could like later.
The following picture is what actually came out and so far I'm thnkful that i made it Cause i can use it as a DVD Holder.

project2

So we then destroyed the faces off each other and used the clay now in order to get an idea for waht we can do with our gips projects. I Even found the picture from my after facial stuff, even though the result with the gips at the end was really good. more therefore later

So I will make my part of the deal and present all my artworks that I've done in class and the others.

1. Face the person nexr you you in clay. Mjammajam. I felt like at a childsbirthday...
And after my face didn't turn out so nice, I was rather angry. BUT I really really tried. Espsecially at the beginning. I was in a good mood but when I saw that it never goes how I actually wanted to have it, it frustrated me a bit, I still, I gave my best.

Maya - Glazing

I was amazed, how simple is to glaze a burnt out pot! :-) i thought it's a long and much more difficult process, but i found it so simple. I mean the basic glazing technique. Of course the painting of a pot is much more difficult, and i wasn't quite brave to try, but i enjoyed how some other guys tryed to glaze his/her stuff. Especially Marcell! Oh, my gosh, he is amazingly able! :-) have you seen his painted pot? You must see it, beautiful! :-)

After i finished the glazing and painting work on my burnt out pot and vase, i begun to create my "final" piece, which is an extraordinary bowl, or tray. Its shape is quite irregular, which is encircled with some spirals. Neither the 3D figure, nor the 2D shape of the bowl aren't symmetric at all. The whole piece is irregular, and that is whay i liked to create this stuff so much. I hope it won't be destroyed during the burning process, and i will able to glaze and paint it afterwards. :-))

Maya - ceramics

I would say this was probably the best way, or better to say the best material, for me to create something sculpture-like. I really like the touch of clay, and i really liked to work with it. Just to count what i also liked in that class, i liked Kinga, who was/is sooooo kind and helpful with us, and the easy way how she thaught us as a group and as individuals at the same time. I liked that she allowed us to speak with her and also with each other, because this was a perfect team activity for us, when we could learn a lot from her and from each other, but at the same time we felt sooooo good.

As you can see my little ceramic pot is not a masterpiece, but this was my first try :-), and i enjoyed to create it.

By the way, i felt soooo pleased when i tryed to use the ceramic-wheel stuff!!! I always wanted to try, and i enjoyed to use it so much, although i found it quite difficult, because i tryed it so forcefully, instead of some gentle touching, but next time i will be more able! :-) Now i learned (again) that sometimes the less is more, you know. :-)))

Maya - installation

I guess this was the most funny and the most creative part of our sculpture class, because everybody got an amazingly difficult assignment to create something which is meaningful from such bricks, which has nothing to do with each other and the issue as well. Natela and i got "space" and "responsibility" as a topic or issue, and "rodent", "belt" and "cd" as available materials. I guess it was absolutely meaningless, that is why we decided we don't want to change our materials to a potential-meaningless other one, but we try to create something really funny with these amazing stuff. We decided to cerate a new word: space-responsibility, as a topic. Meaning we all are responsible for the entire environment which surrounds us, not just the Earth but the entire Universe (space), because we are the part of it.
And then we created a "Children-version" installation for children in any kindergarten, with a fairy tale-like story, which based on a super hero rodent, who can get a message from the Universe, and will play the music of Spheres with his special CD-player, which of course hangs on his belt, for all the living beings, and raise the "space-responsibility" in their/our souls. :-)))
We also created an outdoor installation, which can held somewhere in New York City, which is one of the most vibrant city of the world, and also the symbol of commercialism and consumerism. Where -of course it is a cliché- everybody live just for selling and buying something new, and don't care about the others, and our environment. The money is their god, to sell something or buy something is like a prayer for them. Everything is noicy (CD), dirty and full of useless stuff (the outmoded stuff bought yesterday, like design belts), everybody is getting locked in small and smelly blockhouses or cages, and finally everybody is suffering (including small animals, especially rodents). But where is the space-responsibility?!?
Our last installation is not site-specific, can be held in any gallery, and a bit more conservative. We would create a huge room, where at the corner you can see a smelly trash-hill (including CD-s and belts of course :-), there is smoke around you, and on the walls you can see some images, how the unresponsible humans destroys their environment, how they build up their garbage-hills, and how they try to burn away those disgusting formations (which of course pollutes even more the environment) or try to dig into the earth to hide those trashes from their eyes. When you can stand in front of a picture you can hear the voices of the actual happenings, and finally you can see our last image about the Universe (space), which is getting more and more polluted from the Earth - from us of course. But where is the space responsibility ?!?
These installations have sounded and have seemed ridiculous, and of course we all had a great fun, but behind it there is a quite important message for all of us.
:-)))

Maya - wire sculpture

I've chosen the thiner silver and gold coloured wires to create my wire sculpture, because i found these much delicate than the other plastic covered ones. Silver and gold together represents the feminin and masculin energy of life, which completes togeteher, and in this case creates a dalicate but at the same time powerful tree with leaves and fruits. The tree comes out from the earth and grows up to sky. Gets his/her energy from the Mother Earth through its roots, but at the same time from the high spheres, from the Sun by its leaves as well. The tree represents the Life itself in a complex way, but it's also can be a shady shelter for a playful dog, who is just jumping below the branches. :-)

Maya - Natural Art inspired by Andy Goldsworthy

I really liked the idea to create something natural but at the same time artistic stuff in the forest, i guess it is quite exciting, but i didn't like the way how we tryed it with soaked high heel shoes in the mud when it was raining. We got soaked and I got sick, and for some reason i wasn't glad when Paula told me, that we have to suffer for our art... It would have been nice if we knew it beforehand that we have to stay 2 hours in the forest in such crap weather.

The original idea: to be part of the nature and working together with nature is very close to me, and i was always glad when i could see any kind of nature art. I really like the artworks of Andy Goldsworthy, and the 1st thought which came out of my mind was to create an ascendant spiral of beautiful shells, which they have their own spiral shape, becasuse spiral means the continously developing life itself for me. But unfortunately i didn't find any shell at that time. I was disappointed and i felt crap, but afterward i found some beautiful fungus living on a tree trunk, and i decided i'll use them for my "artwork". The funguses created a natural terraced configuration on the tree trunk, and i inserted some colourful flowers (in different shape, size and colour) and leaves amongst the funguses, created such natural spring bouquet from the nature to the nature.

Pottery studio 2nd time : we put the colours on the things, and I also started my final work, i hope it wont break coz it started to fall down many times, i really hope it will be okay...we will see, Ralph and me will collect all the works on the 19th , and bring it to the school because we are so nice . :D

this was the original sculpture made from clay, and than the same from the plaster...I wanted to express pain. :

and my other sculpture made from the cartons...I couldnt find out what to make, because i didnt have any idea, so i looked around and saw the toilet cleaner in the WC, and i tought it will be abstract enough to make that...so that's it:

wire sculpture

Pottery classes

We had two pottery classes in a ceramic studio, here in Buda.In these classes the lady- who works there - also taught us, she was really helpful. I really enjoyed working with clay, It was much more fun than I tought. In the first class I made a pot using the pitching technique and another vase. By this monday they were all dried and burnt, so now we used glaze to paint them. It was a very interesting process, I have not known that it goes like this. In the nex couple of weeks they will be burnt again, so we can go and pick them up.

Installation works

In that class we had to work in pairs, I was working with Pavel. We got some random words and our task was to think of installation ideas using these words, such as "life" and "game". We made two pieces, sketches of eache of them with some explanation. We had to present them on the next class, tough I was not there since I was sick, but Pavel did a good job I think.

Pottery studio :
1st lesson: i think it was boring to make just simple cups instead of makeing some sculptures so that everyone can express themselves...the Hungarian teacher was very nice
2nd lesson : we finished the glazing, it was interesting and more creative than just make cups. I also made my final sculpture..

pottery studio

that i missed the first session of the pottery studio was not my fault. but anyways...
i joined the second session, and i really enjoed it very much! the hungarian teacher was amazingly patient and friendly. she was great in helping me, scine i didnt knew the techniques you tought the last time...i managed to create the two assignments all the others did last time. plus another piece, which i choose to be my finall project. i really liked working with the wet clay and to see all the possible ways of creating sth out of it...

Pottery studio 1.

We met at 2 o 'clock in the school and went to a pottery studio wich is next to an elementary school. A hungarian lady greeted us,she was very nice and helpful.We got some basic information about the types and techniques of clay,then we split up into two groups , foreighners with Paula and Hungarians with her. She showed us two different techniques, first we made a cup from ball. With our thumb we created a hole which became bigger and bigger.
My cup looks like a mushroom, because i made a top as well.We could also use "postmarks" to decorate it,so I put little cherrys on it.
I was curious what Paula's group made,I went to the other room to check them.There ws a big difference between the groups, it's interesting.You could easily noticed the Hungarian way of teaching is quite different.They had more "freedom" at Paul's team,the results were more artistic.I liked there works very much,but I like ours too. :) It's just interesting to see again what i have experienced before in Denmark.
The second task was to make a vase, she showed the technique and we followed the steps, it was easy.
I am waiting for the next lesson in the pottery studio!!!

Installation

Again Paula showed us some example before we started to work,it was very interesting.Then she divided us to pairs,my pair was Bettina.Cool,because we haven't worked together before.Then we had to pull out slips of papers from an envelope of subjects and materials.We got:censorship,mobile-phone,balloon,fabric.Bettina was in a good mode and inspirating me with her ideas. :) The main thought is how chinese people are censured by the goverment in writing SMS.It's terrible that somebody is considering their messages...
The problem was how to connenct the balloon and mobile-phone to this hole idea.But finally we come up with the result.
The three installations:
1.PERFORMANCE:A soldier is sitting in the middle of a room where a lot of balloons (written names and dates) are hanging on lines fill up with liquid.On the floor mobile-phones are spreaded all over.Suddenly a phone is ringing,the soldier stand up and killing the balloons if a phone is ringing with his gun.The liquid spill out and overrun the floor which "kills" the ringing phones.
2.TV IN A ROOM(in a gallery,Budapest) : There is an old Tv at the middle of the room where people can watch the hole performance.At the enterance a soldier is standing and let people in the room one by one.
3.Exhibition somwhere in the World: Hanging figures- made of pieces of phones.

Cupboard sculpture

Before this lesson Paula asked us to think about an everydy object and made sketches from six side of it.I have chosen my cool sunglass.I made the sketches then I cut it from a cupboard and put together somehow...Wow!It was working well.You can still see that it's a sunglass just in an other way. :)

Wire sculpture

I was ill and missed a class when my classmates could try to work with wire and explore its features.I knew almost everybody had an idea for the next lesson that's why I was a bit nervous.At the begining I had no clue what to do until i got the wire.I was playing and somehow it became a hat and then it was obvious to make a head which wears the hat.Every idea was just coming so fast,finally I made a woman with a big skirt which is shaking if I move the figure.The last step was just stick it to a peace of wood.It was one of the best lesson...

Plaster sculpture

The task was to create an abstract figure from plaster.First Paula showed us some example of abstract art to get some ideas.These images helped to inspirate me and I started to make some sketches in my notebook.Then we changed our room and try to work with clay at first.I couldn't manage to follow my sketches so I was just playing with it for a while.I lost my inspiration somehow then I made a barrel with legs and and arms coming out of it.It looked like a "human tree" ,as I turn left or right it became a figure.I liked the idea so I had to create something similar from plaster as well.Everybody got a pack of plaster and some special equipment to carve.It was quite wet so it was easy to work as well.I couldn't finish ,because the time was not enough, I had to brought home in a plastic bag.Next day I continued my work,it was a bit dryer,but still workable.I carved the leg and the butt at first then I was graving the arm when it's broken-down...unfortunately! It was wet so I couldn't stick it back.Hmm.Maybe it will look like a very abstract piece of art. :) The last step was to chisel and refine the sculpture with emery-paper,that was the hardest...

First lesson

This lesson was a general introduction for us. At first we just "played" with oil based clay, touch it, form it and get acquinted with it. The task was a to make a sculpter of our neighbor,my pair was Julcsi.I made her shoulder and the head at the begining then i could work on the details.IT was very hard to form the noise,the mounth and the eyes,becuse I hve never done something like this before.Fortunetaly Paula showed us how to make the eyes realistic,but mine just look like a hole inside a ball. :) Honestly,it's not similar to Julcsi at all,that's why i tryed to illustrate her long hair,becuse it's one of her main feature.I was dissapointed at first tht i couldn't make better and then i looked around and noticed everybody had hard time with it.
Anyway I am happy that we have this kind of lessons even if i am not the best.I am sure it will develope after the semester.

okay , so far :
I will put up some photos about what i made throughout the lessons, just i can not find any photos...

fake clay : when we had to make each -others heads from clay it was really hard, not only because i haven't worked with clay for a long time, but also because to make the facial expressions for a starter who holds clay for the first time in his/her hands , its just an incredible hard work to make a face. However with ralph's help -that he put on a hat- my work was easy coz nobody had problems with recognizing him.

plaster sculptures: I dont like plaster. i can also say that i hate it, and it gives me a really bad feeling to touch it, somehow i get goosepimples . after all i did a hard work with makeing the sculpture, and i got really low grades, whatever i dont care, i just dont think that its so fair.

wire sculptures: my idea was to make a wire lingerie , and i think that i completed it very well. i also decided to make that because i wanted to make a performace out of it and the reason for that was that i knew that nobody will choose to make a performance ....

installation project

Installation project
For this task my partner was Susana, and our subject was Memory.
Before looking at our tools/materials we decided to make a brine storm about the word memory and the associations it bring to us. It brought a lot of ideas, which the majority of them had something to do with nostalgic feelings and moments, nostalgic memories of the past.
We decided to make installations dedicated to the 70th and make the observer part of the art. The memory and nostalgic become present.
The material we chosen from the list was "Old Monitors" , and the other materials that play an important role in the insulation are: 70th style furniture, old cars, sound devices, food, and colored tiles.
The 3 installations are as the following:
1. In a gallery – a room designed as a 70th living room, with the old monitor TV showing black and white movie, and a food small followed by a mother sound of "come, come, the food is getting cold" .

2. In Budapest – a part of a modern street would be transform back to the way it looked 30 years ago, with a nice wood bench and the proper tiles.
3. In the world – drive in spots, with the essence of the past, some old cars, black & white movies and so on…

Marcell and hands: studio

Cheramics Studio

This was one of the highlights (after the plaster) during our time. We went to this studio to learn more about different types of clay and material. We would also get the chance to make some objects to try the different techniques.

I made a very simple box"ish" form with feet following the same fashion and even a block inside under the lid to serve as a stopper. I was quite pleased and it was all very pleasant but I wish we would have more time or do more of this plaster or sculpture training in class.

Stone Box

(crappy Paint concept art, but you get the idea...)

Marcell and hands: installation

3 pieces of paper

partner: Èvi

This was an installation assignment and it was very fun. It reminded me a bit of surrealism and how you incorperate and structure your work to create a message. I didn´t know to what extent this was going to be made but we had to draw up a image of this composition after recieving 3 pieces of paper with words written on them that we would later use in our images.

Èvi and me got of to a good start combinding all of the elements in 3 different pictures, all conserning the enviorment and our effect on nature.

I started drawing on one idea we had but I took such time I had to finish it at home while Évi took care of the other 2 after having discussed all of the ideas.

*no picture yet*

Marcell and hands: land art

Human rabbit hole

We took a tram to a forsety spot a few minutes out of the city where we would create land art. It started out pretty warm but soon we became showered in heavy rain. Oddly enough that did not stop us and nobody really complained. Might be a bit grumpy over wet clothes but it's not everyday you experiance something so so,... close to nature?
I started out my taking in the enviorment looking at angles and shapes thinking of what I could do. I often dedicate myself to small creations thinking they are a bit safer and easier to work with but this time impressed by the massive scene I chose to create a gigantic "passage" made from twigs and branches. Early in to the process I got company from Natela who agreed with my idea and we both started closing up gaps and free space of the path with all sorts of wood. After one shower, 3000 twigs and alot of ant work we managed to create a sertain interessting dividation between one side of the passage and the other.

My original thought was simple; pure curiosity, the thought of that nature shapes itself and there are many unknown areas and things to discover inspired me to build this extra "door" to something you cannot see unless you take a step inside.

*no picture yet*

Marcell and hands: abstract cardboard

Abstract cardboard
This assignment was pretty fast and I didn't give it much thought. I did understand it but the thought of abstract is a bit repulsive to me and I have no interesst in it. But an assignment is an assignment so I grabbed a glue gun and thought it was small and bendy enough to make something abstract out of it.
We were to create a cardboard structure in a 6 piece arangement (colored) to create a abstract representation of that object. I did mine and it came out pretty solid in gold and black, quite small but allright.

*no picture yet*

Cardboard Sculpture

This is a famous Marcells classes!
The task was to do six side of an object, but my sculpture is a big mass…
So I have no idea how many sides it has...