19 June 2008

tile workshop


A few weeks ago I did a tile workshop with some nursery children. I had rolled out a large slab for each of them, and they explored patterns and textures in the clay. I cut out an interesting section with my tile cutter and then they used cutters on the remaining clay which we then stuck onto the tile. After firing I painted them with one coat of brush on glaze. I learnt a lot from working with the children, and the first thing was that I didn't leave any room for them to just squelch clay.

2 comments:

Bruce said...

When you look at the big image they look really good.

Bryony Burn said...

Yes. I have just tried that it they look good! The children were pleased with them.