For my sgraffito project I choose to do a design of an axolotl. To start off the piece I flattened a piece of clay and put it on a plate to get the shape I wanted for the plate. Then I carved out the design I wanted and then I will fire it.
I designed my piece to sit exactly in the center of the plate to form a sort of circle. I used line by edging out details like the hands and the feet to look more realistic. I used space by having the axolotl cover the center of the plate and letting the rest of the plate be blank to highlight the axolotl. For contrast I fully carved out the eye making it all white to contrast with the grey head and body. Interpret: How did you balance the black and white sections of the piece? Why did you pick the imagery you did? I balanced out the black and white sections of the piece by adding white to things I wanted to highlight and black to things I wanted to say in the background. I chose this imagery because I thought that it would look nice with the flow of the plate in the middle. Judge: Is your pieces successful? Why or why not? What are you thoughts on the project and your piece in particular? Personally I don't think that this piece was successful, because I feel like I should have made it a lot more simplistic so it was easier to carve out and I could fully carve out stuff like the arms or legs without losing detail. But overall I really like this project and I think that it is so cool to make your own plates and other dinnerware yourself. I don't really like my piece at the moment so I was considering starting over or maybe adding to the piece as is.
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