These are decorative wall tiles with some crazy undersea shapes on top. The glaze is of an unnamed color, but it’s got these subtle silver starry splashes that I really like. Maybe you can imagine these glimmering by a benthal vent. Stay tuned because I made two more to complete the set, which haven’t been fired yet. Here are the tiles from a different angle:
Below, see my N most recent works of all varieties. Choose a category under "Portfolio" on the left for more organization.
Tiles
July 2010
Milky Pitcher
July 2010
Birthday present for my mom, who loves pitchers, vases, and the color yellow. I am taking a super great ceramics class at the Hyde Park Art Center, and this is my first completed piece. The pitcher is slab-built, and the glaze is “mamo yellow”. I’m looking forward to improving my technique, but this is not too shabby for now. It certainly beats the time I gave my mom a rock with ice cream sprinkles glued to it.
Sponge Vase
February 2010
My first-ever ceramic piece is this spongey vase. My friend Erica had an amazing birthday party at Lill Street Art Center, where we all made little rad projects. The Lill Street people glazed & fired them for us, and we got our creations back a few weeks later. Now I’m using this guy as a vase for some “lucky bamboo” (which is not bamboo at all). It really brightens up my office!
The Beat Dolls
December 2009
Logo for an all-girls barbershop quintet, “The Beat Dolls,” hitting the Chicago music scene for Xmas ‘09. They wanted to come across as feminine without being girly, and edgy but still friendly and up-beat. They also wanted a sweet-ass logo that looks like taffeta.
Parallactic
November 2009
My dear friends at Parallactic Consulting revamped their image with a new website and logo (which, unlike the previous logo, is not a diagram from SGL’s BA).
Stemming
July 2009
Logo created for Stemming.org, an upcoming personal project of Clara Raubertas. It’s a networking site for women & girls in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), so the visual play on plants & growth was a clear choice here.
Nautilus/Bananas
January 2009
I found this nautilus in Science News, and I found the bananas at the Garfield Park Conservatory. Painted on a bitterly cold afternoon with CAR and JBR.
Open Produce
July 2008
Logo designed for Open Produce, a somewhat community-effort open-source grocery store in Hyde Park.
Omni Converter
September 2007
Logo for a website that would convert any file format into any other file format, and calculate unit conversions as well.
