Tiles

To start this project I began by sketching out the potential design I was going to use for my mold. I ended up going with a simple geometrical shape tile because I didn't want there to be a big risk of anything breaking off during the whole process. Once my design was fully sketched out an approved I began the process of constructing the tile I was going to use to pour my mold. I used a thick slap and a thinner slab to create the tile. I cut out each shape individually and I built up the ones on the edges to make them higher, giving me a low, medium, and high point in my tile. Once that was ready I got the plaster poured over the tile and then set it out for a week to dry. Once it was dry I peeled the clay out of the tile and was just left with my mold. I then gave it more time to set and once it was ready I began pounding clay into the mold to make my tiles. Once the tiles were out of the mold, I smoothed them out to make them look nicer and then set them out to dry. I ended up making 6 tiles but  only ended up using 4 of them in the end. Once the glazes were bisque fired, I started glazing them, I used cobalt, poppy, and light blue for my glazes and I did three coats of each color on all four tiles, and then finally they were glaze fired.