For this project I was assigned to make a relief square. I could make this square as big as I wanted it to be. Go big or go home, but in this case I kept within my set skills by doing a medium sized rectangle. At the time that I was figuring out my design my favorite show called Once Upon a Time was airing it's new season. That is when I got the idea to do a swan after the main characters middle name, Emma Swan. Also, once I had the idea of a swan I knew I could do so much with it. I carved the clay away around the swan to get the basic outline of it. I wanted to give the piece a water ripple look so I decided to have the water ripple around the swan. After I built the swan up to give that a more 3D visual than the rest of the piece. Once I was finished with the clay part and it was put into the Bisque kiln I had to paint it by using glaze. Since glaze is shiny I thought it was appropriate to use that for the water ripples. I went with an ombre, blues all the way to a grey to give the water more depth. I then proceeded to add more to the piece by melting glass in between the ripples to give it more of an effect.
I am very proud of how this piece turned out. The last time I did a square piece it was just hideous, I hated it. Redeeming myself with a relief piece, I think I did better with this one because I was working with a bigger space making it easier to add in the designs I wanted.Overall I enjoyed making it and glad on how it turned out.
I am very proud of how this piece turned out. The last time I did a square piece it was just hideous, I hated it. Redeeming myself with a relief piece, I think I did better with this one because I was working with a bigger space making it easier to add in the designs I wanted.Overall I enjoyed making it and glad on how it turned out.