I Am The Art

Cone six slip casting clay line blend.

2011-10-13T09:20:00.001-07:00

I will post the recipes when i get home!

Found this at R&F paints.

2011-10-13T09:13:00.001-07:00

This inspires me! It uses a nonfunctional glaze on the bottom two thirds for decoration and allows the vitrified clay to serve the functional requirements.

White clay body recipe testing

2011-09-27T09:57:00.001-07:00

Cone 6 Crystalline Glaze Base

2011-08-30T16:55:00.000-07:00

Fa’s #5 (Revised)	Cone 6
Zinc Oxide	27.0 %
Talc	5.0
Ferro Frit 3110	50.0
Spodumene	4.0
Silica (325 mesh)	14.0
	100.0 %
Add: Titanium Dioxide	2.0 %

Glaze was on cone 10 porcelain tiles.

Kiln Program

Increase temperature 350°F per hour to 700°F

Increase temperature 750°F per hour to 2000°F

Increase temperature 150°F per hour to 2210°F (this puts cone 6 over, cone 7 at 1 o’clock position)

Hold at 2210ºF for 10 minutes

Cool down 750°F per hour to 2000°F, hold for 1 hour

Cool down 750°F per hour to 1900°F, hold for 3 hours

Kiln off, vent off, total firing 9–9½ hours

Glaze #1 Base

Glaze #2 Red Iron Oxide 3.5%

Glaze #3 Cobalt Carbonate 1%

Glaze #4 Barium Carbonate 8%

Glaze #4 (Detail)

Glaze #5

Copper Carbonate 4%

Cobalt Carbonate .25%

Glaze #5 (Same Glaze)

Glaze #5 (Detail)

Observations

*Glaze application was not thick enough (painted on with three coats)

*Glaze #4 with barium carbonate produced the most crystals, possible because of its lower melting temperature

*Glaze #5 produced two distinct colors because of its placement in the kiln

etruscan bunny jug!

2011-08-05T08:59:00.001-07:00

This is what i did with some of the bird

2011-04-23T21:32:00.001-07:00

This is what i did with some of the birds

Diamond Ring and Display

2011-04-01T11:35:00.000-07:00

In my Crafting the Virtual Space class i created 'diamond rings' and a ring display on the computer using Rhino3D and had them made real using the laser cutter on campus. They are now being sold at at the store i work at ^_^ www.cocoonathome.com

I plan on usinf my bosses sons monster d

2011-03-18T08:11:00.001-07:00

I plan on usinf my bosses sons monster drawings and turning them into sculptures.

Hug Monster Update!

2011-03-10T17:24:00.001-08:00

The Hug Monsters are going out tomorrow and they will have this snippet of text with them.

Hi, I am a hug monster and I am trying to get home in time for a critique at 3pm on Thursday, March 17th, 2011. Please pass me along (with a hug!) to someone who is or is more likely to know a student or teacher currently in the class Ceramic Object as Multiples.

Modeled after Michael Gurevich’s small world experiment, anyone is on average six steps (friend of a friend) away from any other person. Questions/ Comments http://danielsangiacomo.blogspot.com/

More! And better!

2011-02-17T20:47:00.001-08:00

More dead baby birds

Lighting project

2011-02-17T15:42:00.001-08:00

Its a dead baby bird.

Bubble Gum Essential Oil Blend

2011-02-10T07:40:00.000-08:00

Bubble Gum Essential Oil Blend

Hug Monsters by Garfield

2011-02-08T07:42:00.001-08:00

*Please Click on Picture to View*

This is my idea for the hug monsters.

Baby Heads

2011-02-05T15:16:00.001-08:00

Probably my favorite thing in the store i work at.

Rhinoceros

2011-02-04T10:30:00.001-08:00

Using rhino, a 3d drawing program in my crafting virtural space class.

More, more, more!

2011-02-03T13:41:00.001-08:00

I'm up to number 130, i have a production going so its running smooth. Still not sure if i should bisque or use the energy and fire them to temp..

Hug monsters

2011-02-02T09:52:00.001-08:00

I plan on using 100 of them for a "six degrees of seperation" experiment.

Ceramics = Baking

2010-08-03T16:25:00.001-07:00

If ceramics doesn't work out for me i'm going to be a baker, thats just how it is.

So i love baking and i firmly believe that baking is not like cooking. Cooking you can make a sauce with whats simply laying around; a can of tomato paste, a garlic clove or two, dash or three of oregano, and poof! you have an awesome sauce. Now if you were to do that in baking... you'd end up with any from a rock like loaf, soggy pie, rubbery bread, or crass tart.

Simply baking is a science. And recipes are key and i only trust a handful chefs.

America's Test Kitchen: They have a few published books including Baking Illustrated and a pay for website. All of their recipes are tested hundred of times and includes forwards that explain what resulted when they added more or less flour in a cake or the effect of milk vs cream. All very good tasting recipes.

Alton Brown: Any one who has watched Food Network knows this guy and i trust him. His take on baking is similar to my own, very scientific. He explains the interactions of ingredients, heat, and preparation wile putting it in layman terms. His recipes are perfect but i consider them more of a base to work from.

Martha Stewart: I love Martha Stewart.

breaking shit makes you feel better

2010-07-15T21:58:00.000-07:00

Today i broke a plate... and it felt amazing! I don't get mad often and when i do i'm not even sure who to be mad at but i think i found the most satisfying form of expression. I think i might make a whole line of ceramic pieces just to break when i'm angry.

My Home

2010-02-25T23:39:00.000-08:00

So i'm finally doing it. I'm in New Paltz and i'm doing ceramics! Although this is my second semester this is my first ceramics class here and i've in all but a month turned the studio into my home.

During class one of my class mates began to tell me how homey i acted in the studio and went on to tell me how the sink area was my kitchen and all the students in the class were in my living room.

I thought it was hilarious but very true. I take it upon my self to know what every thing in the studio is for and what it does. I guess it also helps i have that general feel about me that says "i know what i'm doing, maybe you should ask me for help"

It seems all to often that people ask me for help, especially if they don't know me. For example, i have been working in plaster for all of a week and there are people asking me how to do certain things. I love it, i can't wait to teach!

Its a forest in there!

2009-07-24T10:51:00.000-07:00

Well i couldn't move with out my plants, the room would just feel dead. So i hooked up my grow light, a timer, and all my plants!

So i moved all my plants and installed my new grow light!!! Its brand new technology that uses led lights to provide all the plants really need in light with out the heat or expansive amount of energy usually required from old grow lights.

I love putting my plants in glass jars, it lets me see the roots and really get a feel for how fast they are growing. The only thing is i can't put too many kinds of plants in jars because they don't drain but i solved that. I bought a few carbide drill bits and started drilling through glass. Which is a really messy situation.

When you drill you get glass dust every where; the drill bits are shaped like a blunt arrow head so you have to keep changing the size to drill; after you drill one hole you have compromised the structure of the glass and breaking the thing becomes much more likely with the next hole you drill; and you need the the slightest pressure or you will break the thing... only half of the things i drilled through survived...

Next on my to do list is taking apart a humidifier to create a humid area for some plants.

Etsy.com

2009-05-30T17:52:00.000-07:00

A few months back a woman spoke at my college called Linda Rachichi and she metioned something about making money while you sleep and i took it to heart.

I decieded to put some of the jewelry i've made on this website that sells hand made things. Soon i hope i will have enough ceramic work to sell.

This is the first piece i put on the website.

http://dannybunny.etsy.com/

Graphic Design Project

2009-05-03T10:53:00.000-07:00

So one of the students at the ceramic studio works at a hair salon, and one thing led to another and she asked me to make her a poster for the salons new henna hair color service.

I've always fought with my 'art' with graphic design. I used clip art from stock photo websites but the color, placement, and font choice is mine. At this point i'm not convinced i can call things like this 'artwork'. I feel like they belong to another category like 'applied art' and not 'fine art' or 'installation art'.

New Paltz Here I Come

2009-05-03T10:43:00.000-07:00

So I have to announce to every one that i was accepted to both the college and the art department at SUNY New Palt. Another step in my journey as an artist!

Making Curtains

2009-03-21T15:09:00.000-07:00

I need the sun, I need to feel the sunshine on my face and in my eyes to wake up and not be depressed. So naturally I just didn't have curtains, they block out part of the sun and when the sun comes in on an angle even blocking a little bit of the window will block a lot of the sunshine!

But one day my mom starts yelling that I need curtains... and that I need privacy... so I think even tho my windows face the wood that she might have gotten word from the neighbors that... well that I’m a boy. lol.

So I made curtains from scratch. The fabric is blood red that came form a satin sheet set (satin sucks to sleep on I much prefer cotton). The rods extend far beyond the opening of the window, so when I push them aside they don't block anything AAAAND they make my room look bigger.