Properties & Qualities
Application
Product Sample Making Art
Qualities
Colourful Tactile/Textured
Colour
Earth-Coloured Green Blue Pink Red Yellow Other
Sample Information
Date of creation
Autumn 2022 & Spring 2023
Dimensions
17” x 20”, 22” x 32”
Culture & Context
Artwork inspired by Cuban architecture, smooth extravagant facades adjacent to mottled, worn-away surfaces. This artwork plays a key role in translating the source material into woven cloth
Process & Production
Collage, colour mixing, layers of different mediums e.g gouache paint, chalk, coloured pencils, markers, card
Credits
Craft Maker
Laura Cross
Library Contributor
National College of Art & Design Ireland
Photographer
Laura Cross
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Glass Inclusion in Silicone Bust
Hyper-real bust
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Sandblast of overlay blue/green glass with plotter-cut resist
Sandblast of overlay blue/green glass with plotter-cut resist
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Experimental tiles with Jesmonite and industrial waste
Experiments with cast jesmonite tiles with varying percentages of industrial swarf waste
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Clay print with glass
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Glazed 7
Blue glaze
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Rose – full fusing of opaque glass
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Leather and stripes – sample #15
Weaving – Texture – Material Aesthetics
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Flower printed bowl
Hand built flower bowl