Crafts CouncilDirectoryJane CairnsWall WorksAbout‘Wall Works’ take as their starting point directly observed details from everyday life. Quickly taken, phone camera images are cropped and recontextualised to reveal moments of accidental abstract art. The process of making the ceramic panels, monoprinting from plaster using a slab of clay like a sheet of paper, develops the graphic qualities and adds textural details. The fired surface can contine to be worked and layered with engobes and oxides to create subtle and uniquely ceramic surfaces.Jane CairnsLondon, EnglandStack (Pale Green), Artist's OwnCeramic wall panel, mounted on mdf and framed without glass. Pieces are made with a process related to mono-printing using slips and paper resist techniques on a textured plaster block and using slab of clay like a sheet of paper. The process creates a unique composition with fine relief detail. Stack comes from chimney stacks seen on gable ends of houses and are often revealed when the adjoining house has been demolished.Traces (White Circle), Artist's ownStack (Yellow and Grey), Artist's ownPeeling (Large Blue Grey), Artist's ownCeramic wall panel (50x39 cm), mounted on mdf and framed without glass. Pieces are made with a process related to mono-printing using slips on a textured plaster block and using slab of clay like a sheet of paper. The process creates a unique composition with fine relief detail. Once bisque fired the work is layered with oxide washes and engobes, after a second firing the unglazed surface is finished with a wax stone polish that give a slight sheen.Not There (Black Spines), Artist's ownCeramic wall panel, mounted on mdf and framed without glass. Pieces are made with a process related to mono-printing using slips on a textured plaster block and using slab of clay like a sheet of paper. The process creates a unique composition with fine relief detail. Once bisque fired the work is layered with oxide washes and engobes.Not There (White Rectangle), Artist's OwnWall WorksAbout‘Wall Works’ take as their starting point directly observed details from everyday life. Quickly taken, phone camera images are cropped and recontextualised to reveal moments of accidental abstract art. The process of making the ceramic panels, monoprinting from plaster using a slab of clay like a sheet of paper, develops the graphic qualities and adds textural details. The fired surface can contine to be worked and layered with engobes and oxides to create subtle and uniquely ceramic surfaces.Jane CairnsLondon, EnglandStack (Pale Green), Artist's OwnCeramic wall panel, mounted on mdf and framed without glass. Pieces are made with a process related to mono-printing using slips and paper resist techniques on a textured plaster block and using slab of clay like a sheet of paper. The process creates a unique composition with fine relief detail. Stack comes from chimney stacks seen on gable ends of houses and are often revealed when the adjoining house has been demolished.Peeling (Large Blue Grey), Artist's ownCeramic wall panel (50x39 cm), mounted on mdf and framed without glass. Pieces are made with a process related to mono-printing using slips on a textured plaster block and using slab of clay like a sheet of paper. The process creates a unique composition with fine relief detail. Once bisque fired the work is layered with oxide washes and engobes, after a second firing the unglazed surface is finished with a wax stone polish that give a slight sheen.Traces (White Circle), Artist's ownNot There (Black Spines), Artist's ownCeramic wall panel, mounted on mdf and framed without glass. Pieces are made with a process related to mono-printing using slips on a textured plaster block and using slab of clay like a sheet of paper. The process creates a unique composition with fine relief detail. Once bisque fired the work is layered with oxide washes and engobes.Stack (Yellow and Grey), Artist's ownNot There (White Rectangle), Artist's OwnMore from Jane CairnsProjectFound FormsProjectHaptic/Tacit