The Useage Of Ceramic Sponge In Artistic Form Design
M. Fatih Karagül, M. Berrin Kayman Karagül
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Fine Arts Ceramic Department, Çanakkale / Turkey
Ceramic sponge are materials used for various purposes in
industrial field. They have porous structure, and this gives them advantage in
their usage areas. Ceramic sponge may be used as a tool or material especially
in filtration, separation, membrane, insulation, storage areas and also in
artistic shaping, though not frequently.[1]
The problems in the production of ceramic sponges, especially their fragility
appear before us as the material preferred and used by limited ceramists in the
field of art. We have aimed to present a new alternative in the use of ceramic
sponge in artistic works and to perform experimental statue applications with
this material; and we have obtained positive results with the new prescription
we prepared with porcelain properties, and we have also focused on the
improvability of this work.
The porous structure of the ceramic sponge, which is the
infrastructure of the material, ensures that the tissue effect is in the front
line in the process of shaping and after the process of firing in the massive
forms. Ceramic sponge has revealed that it is an alternative material and
shaping method for the ceramists who use tissue element in their works, and who
aim to emphasize this.
When the tissue diversity that will be obtained with sponges
that have different foamy structures is used by the artists parallel to their
designs, and designed with different combinations, it will be possible to
obtain richness of texture in visuals. With the studies conducted on the topic,
it has been determined that contemporary foreign ceramists like Michal Fargo,
Phil Lyddon, and Marcel Wanders produced works by using sponge. When these
works are examined, it is observed that each ceramist has a technique that is specific
for him/her. The information obtained from this has revealed that only our
imagination can limit us in converting a simple material like sponge into
various forms of creativity.
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| F.Karagül, M.B.Kayman, 2016, porcelain, 1300 C derece, 12x9,5 cm. |
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| F.Karagül, M.B.Kayman, 2016, porcelain, 1300 C derece, 12x10 cm. |
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| F.Karagül, M.B.Kayman, 2016, porcelain, 1300 C derece, 20x10 cm. |
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| F.Karagül, M.B.Kayman, 2016, porcelain, 1300 C derece, 22x10 cm. |
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| F.Karagül, M.B.Kayman, 2016, porcelain, 1300 C derece, 17x8 cm. |
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| F.Karagül, M.B.Kayman, 2016, porcelain, 1300 C derece, 10x17 cm. |
ISBN: 978-605-66332-6-3
[1] Z.
Taslicukur, C. Balaban, N. Kuskonmaz, Production of ceramic foam filters for
molten metal filtration using expanded polystyrene, Journal of the European
Ceramic Society 27 (2007) 637–640
