{"id":1089,"date":"2023-11-14T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:43:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:43:28","slug":"cow-horn-paper-and-gum-paper-vessel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/?p=1089","title":{"rendered":"Cow horn paper and gum paper vessel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I was asked to make a vessel maquette as part of one of Julian’s sessions in the ceramic studio. Initially using paper, card and tape, with a view to developing a ceramic version after we refined our initial idea.<\/span><\/div>\n

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I felt drawn to make a cow horn because I’d been so connected with research around that shape on the day. In fact, I just gotten off the phone talking to the secretary of The Longhorn Cattle Society about how to source a horn and a pelt to use in my project as ethically and safely as possible.<\/span><\/div>\n

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I experimented a little using different materials and eventually settled on making the foundation structure using several interlocking cardboard tubes that were held together and reinforced by masking tape.<\/span><\/div>\n

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I then covered this all with a layer of gum paper, which I absolutely adored working with. It was visceral and pleasing to handle, it worked really well as a fast drying binding and reinforcing material and it has a finish which suits my maquette.<\/span><\/div>\n

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I experimented with some photography and video of this initial piece with Julian and was pleased with the results.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I wanted to include more of a natural curve\/ twist to the piece, and decided the cut it in half, turn the top half and then reattach it to the bottom in order to achieve this.<\/span><\/div>\n

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I covered the whole thing with more gum paper to give it a pleasing finish but also to make it robust as a structure.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I really enjoy the shape of this object. It feels beastly and powerful and natural and ancient in some way.<\/span><\/div>\n

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I would like to play around with this form more, and so will make a slip cast mold to do so. Hopefully this will let me reproduce multiple versions of it relatively easily.<\/span><\/div>\n

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