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Handbuilding and Surface Techniques with Jeremy Randall In this installment of the Ceramic Arts Daily Presents Video Series, Jeremy Randall presents the handbuilding and decorating processes he uses to create his vibrant architecturally-inspired vessels. Jeremy uses textures and asymmetry to reference aging industrial and agricultural structures. He explains his tar paper template system-including a bonus feature on using tar paper templates to sketch in three dimensions-which allows a bit of control in form, but also leaves room for alteration. Through a series of projects, you’ll gain a mastery of a textured slab technique and decorating style that you can incorporate into your own work or expand on in your own way.
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Off to a good start Jeremy Randall constructs awesome pieces using textured slabs. He begins his DVD with a demonstration showing his techniques for making slabs without the use of a slab roller by throwing them onto a work surface. Since his home studio is small, this technique is ideal and it also creates slabs that are stable. |
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A great way to learn new techniques is by making something. Jeremy leads you through four unique projects-flower holder, hump mold tray, bale-handled bucket, and oval-lidded jar-where he takes you step-by-step through the texturing and construction process. Each project reinforces basic techniques while introducing new ones along the way. |
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Unusual techniques Part of Jeremy’s aesthetic is in how he builds forms with individual sections that have different textures and exposed seams. He also uses non-clay materials like nichrome wire and steel tacks to add even more visual interest, and offering a jumping off point for further exploration on your part. |
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When you see Jeremy’s work, you’ll definitely be curious about how he gets such colorful surfaces. He describes his technique for how to make terra sigillata, add colors, and burnish a surface to create beautiful natural sealed surfaces without glazing that will remind you of antique milk paint. |
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Jeremy Randall’s artist statement
A quote by Pete Seeger states… “The greatest paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings yet shorter tempers, we have wider freeways yet narrower viewpoints, we spend more yet we have less, we buy more yet we enjoy it less, we have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences and less time.” As members of the American society we are caught up in the hurried lifestyle that surrounds us. Work pervades our every thought and action and we allow no time for peaceful contemplation or personal reflection. We as a society are caught in a cycle that is unraveling the very fabric, the connection to person and place that binds us. We are no longer attached to our community, we no longer know our neighbors, and, at times it seems as though we don’t even know ourselves. It is through my work that I am addressing these issues of loss of community, loss of sacred place, loss of personal history, and the need to pay attention to what is around us. I believe that we need to re-connect to our surroundings, people, objects and community. My work is meant to be the catalyst for those connections.
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