What has pottery got to do with Experiential Design?
My personal passion is live events where performance meets digital meets exhibition and I am a firm believer in sharing knowledge with a visitor in its most effective form.
Experiential design is all about feeling.
Moving people.
In my view, there are a large number of tools available to me as a 3D Designer to feed that aim.
The architecture of a space allows a structured timeline for an immersive journey, and an opportunity to tell a sequential story.
The story is at the heart of any convincing human interaction, which can be enhanced by a multitude of traditional media - lighting, sound, live actors - and more advanced media - projection mapping, VR, AR, digital and social media.
But then the interesting bit comes in.
Where we start to really connect to a space or a brand is with the bits we touch - materials, textures, fabrics and planting.
Pottery, to me, screams touch me! feel me! and when we do, it is at that moment we can choose what that close-up, personal ceramic message contains.
Amazing glaze
February 4, 2020The finished article.
Another composite pot made from different parts thrown separately, allowed to dry to harden a little and then re-thrown when put back together.
Glazed by pouring upside down.
More composite pots
February 4, 2020Another composite pot made from different parts thrown separately, allowed to dry to harden a little and then re-thrown when put back together.
I’m learning more each time I try this technique – there are so many variables, probably even more than just throwing one big pot.
A trio of bowls
September 27, 2019Fresh out the kiln – this trio of bowls, hand thrown on the pottery wheel and glazed in matt purple and blue.
Composite pots at Morley College
August 18, 2018My first composite pot made from different parts thrown separately, allowed to dry to harden a little and then re-thrown when put back together. This means I can make bigger pots than just throwing one at a time.
First listing on my Etsy shop.
July 12, 2018This sunny little number will be the first listing on my Etsy shop.
That’s if I can bear to part with it. (Sword letter opener not included).
A Space For Hopes & Dreams
July 4, 2018View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jenny Smith (@boodoo.pots)
Hand built pottery
May 18, 2018View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jenny Smith (@boodoo.pots)
Touch me, feel me. The magic of Pottery
May 2, 2017I’ve started a pottery class to get back into throwing and glazing pots. I did some hand building at school and some throwing at Uni, so it had been a while, to say the least. I wanted to get back into this again since it’s such a tactile medium, both during the making process and when … Read More