DANIEL ROLLITT
ARTISDAN
WHERE ART MEETS CRAFT
Contrasts
This project was part of a joint module based upon Landscapes whereby two different mediums were chosen to produce work from the same research. I chose architectural glass (see Glass) and ceramics.
This work represents the contrasting shapes, colours, sizes and textures of fields making up the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty of The Lincolnshire Wolds. Most people consider Lincolnshire to be flat and uninteresting yet I enjoy visiting this area when driving on my way to the coast. It is comprised of scarps of chalk, limestone and sandstone.
The poem on the reverse by A. S. Byatt describes the area as "rolling hills [that] appear to be folded out of the surface of the earth", hence the link to why earthenware was used.
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Materials: Terracotta clay slab built sculpture, casting slip, hand-brushed oxide tinted slip
Dimensions: H300 x D180 mm
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Date: May 2016
Photo: © 2016 Daniel Rollitt
Test piece made from slabs of clay assembled into slumped rainbow-like shape. Terracotta mixed with sand represents sandstone, oxides colour the layers. Porcelain and porcelain casting slip, along with fired porcelain represents glacial till.
Sculpture represents the undulating landscape of The Lincolnshire Wolds, reverse is mono-printed to show the geology of the landscape, applied using black stain, glycerine, and newspaper.
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Materials: Terracotta clay, Porcelain clay & casting slip, oxide tinted layers
Dimensions: H200 x W450 x D150 mm
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Date: May 2016
