Textured Ceramic Lamp
Maker ··························DAVEY
Material··············White Stoneware
Methods ···········Thrown + Handbuilt
Created ···················April 2020
Commissioned···· Donald & Angela Hoye
Material··············White Stoneware
Methods ···········Thrown + Handbuilt
Created ···················April 2020
Commissioned···· Donald & Angela Hoye
Combining nearly ten years of lamp-making experience with ceramic art was an undertaking long in the making.
The textuterd lamp body was thrown on the wheel, with white stoneware, dryed to leather-hard, then textured during trim using hand tools and the wheel. The textured surface is created using hundreds of random yet intentioned taps with a drag tool. The tool’s handle is held parallel to the spinning wheel head, at varying speeds.
This trim process is performed on both the left and right side of the body, alternating with the reverse and forward motion of the wheel head. Alternating in this way creates elongated and seemingly organic grooves that neither start nor finish at one end or the other. These grooves are accentuated by the lighting provided by the tapered shade, revealing a gradient and shadows along the surface of the rounded clay body.
The lamp stem, cap, and socket are constructed from brass, and is powered by a houndstooth-patterened, fabric-covered power cord. This commision was created from start to finish at home during the confines of the COVID pandemic and was created for the home of Donald and Angela Hoye.
The textuterd lamp body was thrown on the wheel, with white stoneware, dryed to leather-hard, then textured during trim using hand tools and the wheel. The textured surface is created using hundreds of random yet intentioned taps with a drag tool. The tool’s handle is held parallel to the spinning wheel head, at varying speeds.
This trim process is performed on both the left and right side of the body, alternating with the reverse and forward motion of the wheel head. Alternating in this way creates elongated and seemingly organic grooves that neither start nor finish at one end or the other. These grooves are accentuated by the lighting provided by the tapered shade, revealing a gradient and shadows along the surface of the rounded clay body.
The lamp stem, cap, and socket are constructed from brass, and is powered by a houndstooth-patterened, fabric-covered power cord. This commision was created from start to finish at home during the confines of the COVID pandemic and was created for the home of Donald and Angela Hoye.
