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Sample of our work

cjj — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:52:11 +0000

Click on an image to see similar work.

Mangroves and Humidity, Wooli

Deep gorge country

Vivaldi

Forest spirit screaming

All our own work

cjj — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:34:21 +0000

This site was originally put together last century! In 1998 Jon and I made a web site to show all of the latest art work that we had done. This is a rebuild of that site with the same artwork. It now allows me to more easily add to the site.
In the meantime, enjoy what we have here, it is all our own work.

Goat Skull Mold

cjj — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:57:02 +0000

All the pieces of the goat skull mold

Detail of the plaster mold for goat skull

Clay Goat Skull on 1 piece of the mold

The ceramic goat skull is made in a plaster mold that was taken from a real goat skull. Hence it is anatomically accurate but about 10% smaller than the original because the clay shrinks this much when it is fired.

In these images I have arranged all the pieces of the goat skull mold to try to demonstrate how they fit together… and a finished skull.

The loose pieces of plaster are held together with very strong rubber bands, and the internal cavity is filled with liquid clay. The dry plaster absorbs water out of the thin runny clay and this action leaves a layer of thick clay on the surface of the plaster. When the layer of clay is thick enough the remaining slip is poured out of the mold.

The plaster is then pulled away from the clay which is exactaly the same as the original form, except that it is hollow.

Friends in our garden

cjj — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:23:41 +0000

This is where we live

cjj — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:12:38 +0000