While doing research for Unit X, I came across these ceramic games that Liz Crain has created. As I had missed these in the first half of this unit I wanted to look at these to remind myself about the play part of the ceramic pieces I'm making and how users interact with them. The one game that stood out to me was 'Toss it Off' this was due to the simplicity of the shapes which is similar to what I had been working with. In the explanation of the game, Crain is very versatile, the ceramic cylinders are labelled as sipper cups even though she says they can be filled with drinks, sweets and objects. The fact that the pieces were textured also interested me due to the fact that it wasn't necessary for the game, however, it might be interesting to see how these silicone hoops would've reacted differently to being thrown over the different textured ceramics.
Seeing the other games that Liz Crain created using clay, I decided to focus on the presentation of her pieces through the photography.
Here is one of the games that Crain created out of clay. Packrat is made up of nests within this tree shaped trunk and gold decal glass playing stones. Within this photo, I think that it could've shown the glass stones better by placing them in front of the trunk to get a better view of them. However, the angle of the trunk clearly shows the holes within it.
This game called Gummo uses ceramics to shape pieces into gum to experience Turkish draughts in a different way. This angle of the photograph clearly shows the gum under the table. Maybe if the photo was a bit closer, it would be clearer that the pieces are based on gum.
This game called Colour Theory uses different coloured tiles and the game featured two opposing players having to get one of their pieces on the opposite side of the board. This game is already in a tray and the photo of it on a garden chair shows the audience that the game is something that can be played outside.
https://www.lizcrainceramics.com/exhibits/games-people-play/
https://www.lizcrainceramics.com/2018/02/games-people-play-toss-it-off-and-gear-train/
Below is one of the pen pot models that I had made using a net. I wanted to show through photography what my pen pot would look like within context, in this case on a desk being used to hold pencils. These photos clearly show where this pen pot is supposed to go and how it is used.
