Top - Middle - Bottom
After being set the task of creating a ceramic tower in groups of six we chose to focus on texture, by imprinting as many different objects, materials and surfaces into the clay as possible. We used blue and red slip in order to add colour to the piece, as well as dark coloured oxides to contrast these two colours and to help bring out the different textures.
A variety of different shells pressed into the clay and highlighted with red and blue slip to bring out their texture .
Footprint with grog to add a gravely texture.
Shell imprints with coloured slip over the top to highlight texture and add interest, as well as dripped colour oxide to give a watery effect.
A range of different tools such as Lego and patterned rollers to add as many different textures to the clay as possible in one small space.
The structure we chose for our piece was; one large component for the base of the tower, four for the middle section, and four slightly smaller ones for the top. One of the advantages to having the design of our piece based around texture was that each pair within the group could use their imagination to create something different and individual as our design wasn't restricting. This then meant that the final outcome would be much more visually interesting because of the variety of tools, methods and mark makings. However, one thing which we did keep the same was the use of red and blue slip, which each pair incorporated into their section in order to bring them all together.
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