Coloured Bowls 2 Using the starting point of one of the Archimedean solids these forms are stretched and extended using polygons with the same sized edges, but losing the restriction that there are the same type at each of the vertices. It allows for playing with the shape and form as the stretch outwards from their starting point. The shape of the bowls is formed from shapes cut from reused packaging card. These are glued together and then layers of torn redundant office paper cover the shape using PVA glue. The bowl exterior has only two layers to allow for greater definition of the form and inside three more layers are laid over the first. The edges are kept sharp by using the edges of the paper and highlighted using acrylic paint. The bowls are finished inside with acrylic paint and then a collage of coloured magazine paper cut into triangles. For some these are then finished with a protective acrylic varnish and for the later ones with two coats of the lemon shellac varnish. Outside all the bowls are finished with layers of lemon shellac varnish for a deep golden colour and crisp, high gloss shine.
Yellow Extended Snub Art Bowl
Blue Extended Snub Dodecahedron Art Bowl
Grey Icosidodecahedron
COLOURED BOWLS The following are made using the same polygons as the Archimedean solids, but without reference to them. The forms of these bowls are more playful and come from the possibilities that arise as you put the polygons together and build outwards from the base.
The Entertainer Art Bowl
Green Cruciform Art Bowl
Red Hexagon Art Bowl
Coloured Bowls 1 The structure for these bowls is formed from polygons cut from old greetings cards. These are glued together and then overlaid with layers of redundant office paper and PVA glue. The first layers shape the bowls as the solid shifts and moves under the opposing forces of the drying paper. Subsequent layers add strength and solidity. Inside the bowls are collaged with a mosaic of torn magazine paper which lessons the feeling of structure. Outside the bowls are painted in a dark colour and then in white acrylic paint which is sanded off to reveal the polygons forming the structure. Inside and out the bowls are protected with two layers of acrylic varnish.