In week three out of four in the textiles workshop, we made tiles out of clay. we rolled out the clay evenly, around 5mm thick, and placed it onto a board, cutting around a square template, so the clay did not stick to the table, and wouldn't be tricky to take off, ruining our piece. I took some inspiration from William Morris' work When creating my first piece (the Flowers). I wanted to create a contrast with my second piece and made a tree, sticking pieces of extra clay on to make leaves. When painting the pieces (in week four) I made my first piece bright like day and the second warm like evening. My third piece I wanted to show nature in a different way so made a butterfly, and stuck extra pieces on, cutting into them to make flowers. To improve on the tiles, I could have used a wider variety of materials to made texture such a textured rolling pins and cutters. I also could have added more 3D pieces instead of mainly etching into the clay.
In the fourth week we painted everything, My pieces are waiting to be glossed so will post those at a later date!
(More pieces of my tile work, before and after being painted.)
I couldn't post all the painted pieces as they are covered in gloss so as mentioned I will post everything at a later date.
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