1. Relief Tile Design Project

2. RELIEF SCULPTURE
Is a type of sculpture in which the form projects from a background.
In high relief, the forms stand far out from the background.
In low relief (best known as bas-relief), they are shallow.
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3. High Relief
Bas-Relief

4. Examples of figures
Greek Byzantine

5. Pre-Columbian

6. Middle Ages

7. Renaissance

8. India

9. Modern Relief Sculpture (Late 19th Century to Today)
Augustus Saint Gaudens

10. Pennsylvania Anthracite Miners Memorial
Bill Mack
Pennsylvania Anthracite Miners Memorial

11. Koh Varilla Guild

12. Examples
from older pupils

14. Ceramics Terms
Additive – Adding clay to the surface (makes the clay thicker than the ½ inch).
Subtractive – Taking clay off the surface (makes the clay thinner than ½ inch).
Incise – Using a sharp instrument to scratch the surface, writing on the clay.
Slip- Thick, wet clay used to attach two pieces together (glue for clay).
Scoring- Marks made on clay when attaching two pieces together.

15. Project
Choose a design inspired from nature or any lesson from your sketchbook.
Make a sketch of your design onto the paper provided.
Draw the square with your design inside.
4. I will approve it or make suggestions.
Think about placement, overlapping, details and patterns.
5. You will receive a slab of clay 1/2 inch thick.
6. Make your sketch to size so you can trace onto clay.
7. You must use subtractive, additive, and incising in your piece.
8. Tiles can be round or square.
Make sure you know which one you want before I call you up for your clay.

16. Year 7 and 8 examples…

17. Rules for clay: Clay cannot be thicker than 2cm.
Clay cannot be thinner than 1cm.
You must score and slip to attach clay.
Tile cannot have any holes.
Create a 1cm border around your design