Unfortunately my final product is not reflective of the original concept or the work I put into making it. I went through many ideas and iterations before landing on something that worked. My original idea was a collection of candle lamps that would shine patterns on themselves and their surroundings but because of my inability…
Author: Rachel Schiebel
Polish and Present: Rachel Schiebel
At the beginning of the week I did the finishing touches on my piece. This included finishing and remolding the sides brushing over all surfaces and removing dust. After I finished the finishing touches I was able to fire it, Unfortunately it experienced some cracks but luckily these cracks will be filled during glazing. I…
Working More or Less
This week I spent about 12 hours in the studio learning about the properties of this new clay body and attempting to make the rough cuts for my final piece. I did 4 of the sides with minimal cracking, that I fixed. I had an issue with the clay not holding together as well as…
Failure and other Things: Rachel Schiebel
This week I did an incredible amount of failure, I have really out-done myself with this week’s assignment. I attempted to use more flexible thinner clay but unfortunately it fell apart as soon as I tried to pick it up. That was slightly less than ideal, because of that problem I was unable to attempt…
Maquette: Rachel Schiebel
What I have done: I cut and treated a couple slabs of 182 white stoneware and I made a CAD drawing to laser cut and went to the shop and attempted to cut it. What Happened: Stoneware is heat resistant and the laser cutter struggled to get even half way through. Interestingly the silica content…
Project Proposal
The idea behind my project is to laser cut squares and rectangles out of slabs of clay and make them into cubes and rectangular prisms and put in a high lumen light bulb. I plan on using Standard 182 white stoneware for my rectangular prisms, and flattening my slabs to 1/8 inch. Each box will…
Light Artist: Gunda Förster
Gunda Förster is a light artist who was born in Berlin Germany in 1967. Her art focuses on spacial awareness and architectural lighting. She is a professor of Architecture and Design at Universität Der Künste in Berlin. During this time in Germany there was civil unrest, poverty, and oppression. I think this comes out in…
Introduction: Rachel Schiebel
Hello, I’m Rachel. I have a good bit of experience with art. I have been doing pottery for about 4 years and have been involved in film photography, acrylic painting, and charcoal drawing in the past as well as holding leadership positions in Art Club. I also have a reasonable amount of experience with programming…