Scrafitto

The point of this project wast to take the techniques we learned from the scratchboard unit and apply it to a clay tile. This project was more graphic design and pure black and white instead of grey tones.

First I cut out my shape which was a circle and then let that dry, Then I drew my design on a blank piece of paper. After the clay was dry I put three layers of the black glaze on. Then once it was dry I carved my design out on. I decided to do a turtle with a flower shell because I really like turtles but I wanted to be more creative. Then they dried a little and were fired. After I did a coat of "pink" glaze on top and the tile was fired once more. We used carving tools that were different than the ones for scratchboard.

I wish I made the elements of my design bigger instead of really small.