clay tiles

In order to create these tiles, I first had to make a plaster mold so that the shapes could be replicated. I chose the perfume bottle because I was drawn to the intricacies of the decorative flower and the potential for detail work in the cap. It was only when I started actually working on it did I actually realize how difficult it was going to be to not have undercuts, as the flower I was depicting had many of them. When I finished with the plaster mold, I came to the part where I actually had to start putting the clay in and allowing it to harden. Like many people in the class, I had trouble taking the tile out at the right time. Mine where either too hard and cracked, or too soft and tore away. I ended up with many unusable tiles and only three that were worth glazing. If I could go back, I would go the glaze jobs 100% differently, but I just didn't know how they would turn out since it was only my first try.