Clay Techniques

 This week we have been continuing to use our drawings of organic and industrial objects to influence our work. This week we are using clay to explore different techniques.
SCRAFFITO scraffito is a technique in which you roll and cut out a piece of red/terracotta clay and coat it In a white decorating clay slip. You then leave it for 2-3 days before scratching into it a design with a sharp wooden stick, scalpel or for fine detail, a pin. SLAB FORM A slab form begins the same way as a scraffito piece, you roll and cut out a piece of clay (grey or red) and you may either work into it or add to it. By working into it you can impress marks either by carving or using a stamp. To add onto it to achieve a clay relief, you just raise images out of the slab form using other, small pieces of clay.