Description: An introduction to the ceramic artwork and practice-based research of Christopher McHugh, artist based at the University of Sunderland, UK.
Dr Christopher McHugh - artist and ceramics researcher based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and the north east of England.
An article in Ceramics Ireland Magazine complemented my submission to Land/Marks, Ceramics Ireland's triennial ceramics competition. The article discussed my research in Japan and features several photographs of works Seto Monogatari 7 and 8, including on the front cover.
The material experiments with scoria resulted in a new body of research artefacts. These vessels were made by oxidation firing the scoria in plaster and molochite moulds to temperatures between 1260-1280oC in a process similar to the pâte de verre glass technique. Although the scoria’s lack of plasticity is problematic from a conventional ceramics perspective, the outputs demonstrate that it does have potential as a creative medium with particular material attributes and links to a specific locale. The proc