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A Body of Ceramic Transferware

A body of ceramic transferware; digitally printed ceramic transfers The body of work consists of nine large scale, handcrafted slip cast shards, with
of my ballpoint pen drawings, fired onto bespoke ceramic shards. bespoke applied digitally printed ceramic transfers. These were made from scanned
and digitally enhanced ballpoint pen drawings of a cannabis bud and tree, a peacock
spider and a dragonfly in the on-going series of transferware celebrating weeds.
Made possible with the following expertise:
Dominique Hobbs — fractal research and design, including transfer layouts Large ceramic shards (fragments) are the perfect canvas on which to
Ross May / ROSSCO — mould making and slip casting extend my exploration of fragmented surfaces (reimagined Yobitsugi as explained
Digital Ceramics — water slide transfers above), drawing inspiration from nature’s fractal patterns (repeat patterns of
John Shirley — technical ceramic consultant
different sizes and configurations) developed in association with Dominic Hobbs, a
Masters Graphic Design student. The cannabis bud, peacock spider and dragonfly
drawings are digitally enhanced with reference to fractals. They are applied to
unique slip cast, carved, painted, glazed and inhouse fired shards, exploring the
concept of fragmented fragments and fractals with creative and innovative surface
development options.
Applying the bespoke transfers to my uniquely designed and manufactured
shards addresses some negative connotations associated with my earlier work,
as being too commercial. Replacing the ready-mades with slip cast shards, in the
creation of the bespoke applied transferware, is fundamental to making uniquely
crafted one-of-a-kind ceramic statements. Transferware is a term normally applied
to ceramics incorporating repeat transfers applied as decoration in the production
of ranges of commercial ceramics.

Figure 6. Figure 7.
Ballpoint pen drawing of a dragonfly, digitally enhanced as Ballpoint pen drawings of a dragonfly and a cannabis bud,
fractals. Towards digitally printed ceramic transfers. digitally enhanced as fractals. Towards digitally printed
ceramic transfers.

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