Ceramic Landscape Tiles
4th Grade
Students
began this tile making process by brainstorming
ideas for their tile and sketching a
plan. They used foreground, middle ground and background to show depth of space. Some students chose to make their
worlds realistic while others
created imaginary places. We looked at the work of contemporary ceramic artist, Amanda Smith, for some inspiration.
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| Planning and Creation |
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| Work by Amanda Smith |
To
make the tile, students first rolled clay
slabs. They then added details through sculpting, scoring and slipping, stamping, and carving.
The
color was added through two different processes. Some students colored their tile with oil pastel and then dipped it in watered-down acrylic paint. The oil pastel resists the paint and the paint is absorbed into any remaining
ceramic areas.
The other choice was
using glaze. Glaze is a paint specially formatted for use
on clay. After the glaze is applied, the piece is returned to the kiln where
the heat melts the glaze and changes the color.
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