Diary

A collection of images and writing, documenting my creative process.

Porcelain with Abereiddi sone added while throwing

A group of miniature jars. Some rare and unusual o

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Contrasting scales coming out of the kiln yesterda

The flame in my wood fired kiln giving a variegate

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Moon Rise

Earth to Earth, Film & Timelapse, Making, Land Art, Research Grant

Earth to Earth - the beginning... from Adam Buick on Vimeo. Here is a preview of the time lapse film I have been making to document my Land Art project Earth to Earth. Full version coming soon...

A Night of Rain

Earth to Earth, Film & Timelapse, Land Art, Research Grant

Seven days of waiting and watching every change in the weather and this is what I found on Sunday morning. 20,000 images and the disintegration of the Jar happened in the dead of night, unable to be seen by the camera. The footage is amazing but what an anticlimax to...

Committing a Jar to Other Elements

Earth to Earth, Film & Timelapse, Land Art, Research Grant

What makes ceramics unique as an art form is the transformative process of firing. You make the work and then give it to the fire and hope that during its metamorphosis something beyond your expectation emerges. It is a natural process. No two trees grow the same and...

Earth to Earth 4 – Time Lapse

Earth to Earth, Film & Timelapse, Land Art, Exhibiting, Research Grant

For the past two months I have been working on the Earth to Earth project. This is part of my Arts Council of Wales research grant. This time I decided to document the weathering of the Jar using Time Lapse Photography. At first I thought this would be straight...

Power of Making

Film & Timelapse, Exhibiting, Other artists & collaborations

This autumn, the V&A and Crafts Council will celebrate the role of making in our lives by presenting an eclectic selection of over 100 exquisitely crafted objects. As part of this major exhibition entitled 'Power of Making' people from around the world were...

Seaweed

Local materials, Votive Jar, Research Grant

I have used seaweed in my work for some time, laying it directly onto the surface of pots during firing. For years I have been meaning to test its use as a glaze component. Wood ash is commonly used in glazes as is other organic matter, I have only ever seen one...

Kiln Opening 2011

Film & Timelapse, Exhibiting

Just over six weeks to make a kiln full of work for this years kiln opening, the main event at my annual open studio.

Votive Jars

Land Art, Local materials, Votive Jar, Research Grant

I have been reading through some of my old Archaeological literature from my time at university and have come across some interesting concepts. One area that particularly caught my interest is the burial or deposit of objects within the landscape by the people of the...