Iakobos Collection May 8, 2009

A walk through of the Iakobos Collection exhibition

Nonstop Taping April 23, 2009

After hours and hours of nonstop taping, finally all eight pieces are ready to grout… 32 sides… 21 tiles per side plus tops… over 650 plus tiles…

Not Done Taping April 21, 2009

After the mortar is allowed to set over a 24hr period, it was time to move into the next stage. This stage was brutal… tape, tape, and more tape. I think I ended up going through 5 rolls of painter’s tape. Every tile needed to be covered in preperation of grouting. There are grout release [...]

Mortar Phase – Applying Tile April 20, 2009

It’s time to put all the pieces together. I suspect I’m about a third of the way to completing the pieces. With the frames built and the tiles glazed, I began the prepping of the building phase by sorting the tiles back into their panel groups. I then mixed mortar and started the tile application [...]

Everything Takes Longer April 16, 2009

The glaze firing went well. I think there were portions of the kiln that fired unevenly which has caused some of the tiles to shrink to different sizes. This is going to be problematic when it comes to putting the form together. Switching gears, while the kiln was cooling I began to build the interior [...]

Tiles Ready For Glaze Fire April 14, 2009

After several long hours of glazing and then loading the kiln, the tiles are ready for there final testament in the kiln. Again we’ll cross our fingers and hope that nothing goes wrong. While the tiles are firing I’ll be preparing interior frames for the tiled forms.

Cross Your Fingers – Bisque Fire April 7, 2009

All 500 plus tiles were loaded into the kiln earlier this week for their bisque firing. Let’s hope none of them break or blow up. Update: Bisque fire successful with zero tiles lost! Yeah!!

Layout Tiles March 27, 2009

The forms I’ve decided to create are solid, grounded columns which will mimic the shape of the square tiles. In contrast to these forms the surface treatments will be more organic and active. A lot of organization goes into the preparation of building the forms I envision. To make the process as easy as possible, [...]

Iakobus Series March 26, 2009

Glaze Test with Glyph Tiles February 25, 2009

The results of a trial run to see how the prefered glaze palette will look with the glyph stamps.