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Feile Clai | Clay Festival Logo cymraeg Pottery figure Feile Clai | Clay Festival Logo cymraeg Pottery

 

Akiko Morita

 

Although I am an experienced thrower, my work invariably draws me to shapes, which don’t easily lend themselves to the wheel. Because of this, I started using moulds to allow me to make non-concentric shapes. To enhance my forms, I use tin-glaze with oxides decoration.

Bíodh ’s go bhfuil seantaithí agam ar an teilgean, bím do mo mhealladh ag cruthanna nach furast iad a cheapadh ar an roth.  Dá bhrí sin, thosaigh mé ag úsáid múnlaí crua ionas go bhféadfainn cruthanna mírialta a dhéanamh. Cuirim maise ar mo shaothar le craiceann stáin a bhfuil ocsaíd thríd.

Er mai taflwr profiadol ydw i, mae fy ngwaith yn ddieithriad yn fy nenu i siapiau nad ydynt eu cynnig eu hunain yn hawdd i’r droell. Oherwydd hyn, mi ddechreuais ddefnyddio mowldiau fel y gallwn wneud mwy o siapiau nad oeddynt yn gydganol. I ehangu fy ffurfiau, mi fydda i’n defnyddio gwydredd tun gydag addurno ocsid.