Shape and Form

During the Transitions project one of the biggest decisions to make will be what shape we are going to choose our six forms to be as everything else has been pretty much sorted out for us already (what colour we're to use, how many we need to make, that they will be cast, etc). Also as they are going to be cast from an initial plaster model made using a horizontal lathe they're all going to have to come from a basic shape which has a circular base and vertical rotational symmetry (is that a thing or have I just made that bit up?)

Apologies for the terrible cropping.. 

The two basic shapes that stuck me first were cylinders and cones. Originally I was very keen on just making a simple cone but I couldn't really picture how I would display six of them in a intriguing fashion so I decided to focus more on post-lathe adaptations that would enable them to form some kind of interesting relationship in the way they were displayed, for example stacking. And besides, everyone loves to be let loose with a saw..

..Slightly better here.

I have since chosen my final shape (I have in fact actually made my moulds, measured my glass and got some test pieces in the kiln) but I'm not telling just yet you'll have to guess! Hopefully I will post a collection of photos very soon an all will be revealed..