Sgrafitto

Sgraffito Whale Shark.

For this project I had to make sgraffito which is clay with ink which you scratch away to reveal the clay. My Idea for this piece was inspired by whale sharks because I think there very cool and have interesting patterns. 

The materials i used for this piece is clay, black ink, gloss, and scratching tools.

The process to make this was fairly simple. I rolled out a piece of clay and shaped it into a whale shark using my inspiration drawing. After it dried out for a few days I painted black ink and it and let it dry some more, once that was done I scratched out the dots whale sharks have and did small hearts in the middle as a interesting addition to it.